Runescape: A journey between two worlds
Hail Wanderers, Travelers and Lurkers alike. When I was tasked with the mission to begin exploring the ebbs and wanes of the multitude of communities and cultures that exist within the virtual realms, I knew I was being set before a monolith that loomed over me like a stack of books threatening to tip over under precarious weight of it all. Just about everyone knows Runescape. Even if you haven’t played it, you have heard it mentioned offhand elsewhere. From humble beginnings in 2001 and still thriving at the time of this writing in 2024, enduring nearly a quarter of a century, I knew this would be the first stop on my quest to experience the universes that people escape to to forget their troubles for a time. The tricky part is, Runescape is a game split into two parts. Runescape itself has evolved, grown and changed with the times. As they do and should. This need to change however did not sit well with a very vocal playerbase and this is why Old School Runescape exists, recreating t...