Richard Garriott's alter-ego Lord British has been appearing in his games since he launched his career with Akalabeth in 1980. The special thing about his in-game incarnations? They're indestructible. You can't kill them through conventional means.
Except gamers aren't very good at accepting the word 'can't'. Over the years, the kill-Lord-British phenomenon has evolved from canny players exploiting holes in the game's logic to game developers actively hiding murder methods for players to discover in an Easter Egg fashion. The Tabula Rasa 'Kill General British' mission is only the latest in a long and glorious history...
Let nostalgia take you back to the lands you once roamed until they were cruelly taken offline and away from us. MMOGames list the top 10 MMOs that died and left us with a hole in our hearts.
I agree when it comes to The Sims Online. That game was really fun and nothing has even come close to it. I still crave a new Sims with online multiplayer. Blows my mind they haven't done anything like that since The Sims Online or even The Sims Bustin' Out on PS2.
GamesRadar - You probably think online worlds shut down because no one's playing. Actually that's rarely true. Often, when servers finally wink out, there's a thriving community patiently waiting for the end and making sad faces at the sky. Most recently it was PlayStation Home, a game that no-one apparently played but which still managed to have millions of inhabitants waiting out their own personal apocalypse on the last day.
MMO-Play gathered a list of the most disappointing MMO's in the history of gaming.
n easy one. The game is all about rescuing Lord British. Spend too long messing around, and eventually you'll be told of the great man's demise. What... I was meant to save you? Sorry, man: I was too busy baking this lovely bread.
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