

Related: I Love Old School RuneScape, I Think Something like RuneScape could not be made today. The Gower brothers organically grew a community over the space of years, they made mistakes and they made huge leaps forward, because the state of the industry back then allowed it. But the story of RuneScape is one of trial and error, something rarely afforded to any dev now. We still have loveable indie success stories, perhaps even more so now that big studios are seeing the value in them. But as you read on, it’s a very bittersweet tale, because it was lightning in a bottle that will probably never be caught again, and definitely not on the same scale. Full of nostalgia, it’s hard to flick through the pages without wanting to boot up Old School RuneScape.

On the face of it, RuneScape The First 20 Years is the perfect holiday gift for that 2000s kid in your life.
