One after another this week, huge names in live service games announced their servers going down. What's going on?

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Ep. 294 - All the Live Service Games Are Dying

Episode 183
Although games preservation has come a long way, there are some online-based games that have been lost to time. Today, we reflect on games that are no longer playable and what those games mean to us. We also discuss the newly released Metaphor: ReFantazio and compare it to its sister Persona games. As always, we conclude with the games we are playing (Metaphor: ReFantazio, My Summer Car). This episode was recorded in October 2024. Royalty free music from BenSound.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Remembering Rumbleverse and Pre-Big Bang Maplestory
16:07 - Mabinogi, Old School RuneScape, and Fortnite
28:09 - Dead Games and Bygone Social Aspects
45:38 - Metaphor: ReFantazio
1:14:25 - My Summer Car

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