That Old School Feeling: Processes of Mythmaking in Old School RuneScape

Dom Ford

That Old School Feeling: Processes of Mythmaking in Old School RuneScape

Dom Ford

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Abstract

What is ‘old school’ about Old School RuneScape? In this presentation, I discuss the history of the MMORPG RuneScape and the steps that led to Jagex in 2013 releasing a version of the game from 2007, titled Old School RuneScape, alongside their flagship iteration of the MMO, RuneScape 3. Through a lens of myth, I argue that a communal process of mythmaking is at the heart of Old School as players debate with each other and with the developers over the correct way to retrive the nostalgic object and lost time of RuneScape circa 2007.

Original language	English
Publication date	22 Oct 2020
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2020
Event	History of Games Conference 2020 - online Duration: 21 Oct 2020 → 24 Oct 2020

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Conference	History of Games Conference 2020
Location	online
Period	21/10/2020 → 24/10/2020

Keywords

myth
history
RuneScape
Old School RuneScape
nostalgia
mythmaking
player community

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