Other sci-fi
It’s the spookiest time of the year~
What’s that? Who’s there?! For those of you not already in the Discord, here’s your mid-month reminder: Rapadruk Season is upon us, Starmourn! As the night’s shadows encroach on the day’s glow, the gloomy holiday brings out the band of Candy Dans and all sorts of trickery across those populated planets and ALL known racial…
Read more...The New Tutorial’s First Days, New Archaeology, and QOL Updates
The Starmourn Devblog: Read this to learn about our ongoing promotion, new archaeology digsite, and QOL Command “WELCOMEBACK”!
Read more...Make your mark on the NEW tutorial area!
As work continues on the revised tutorial area, we’re offering our community the chance to have their ideas implemented in lore and for new players to experience going forward. Check it out!
Read more...Our final Winterflame present: New Player Race Releases!
Our final Winterflame present to y’all: New Player Race Releases! Learn more about the Belaul and the Bushraki, now available to play for FREE in Starmourn.
Read more...Terminal Memory – Chapter One
The first Hack Dungeon extended quest in Starmourn is now live! Learn how to get started in the first chapter of Terminal Memory.
Read more...Year In Review: 2022
Welcome to the Year in Review for Starmourn 2022! Here you’ll find a summary of new systems, major events, and noteworthy player RP that’s taken place over the past 12 months in addition to tons of bug smashing, rebalancing, skill updates, and more!
Read more...Starmourn 2021 Year in Review: Celebrating our Best Year Ever!
Hello Spacers! The time has come for our end of year roundup, and I hope you’ll all agree that it has been an AMAZING year for Starmourn. We saw the introduction of player housing, real world player shops, Hardcore mode (permadeath), daily streaks, battlebots, a ship arena, several major new areas, a new tradeskill, a…
Read more...Possibly the greatest sci-fi book I’ve ever read
Just finished book three of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, by Chinese sci-fi author Cixin Liu. The first book was very good, the second (which had a different translator than the first) I didn’t like quite as much, but oh my god, the third book – Death’s End – was absolutely incredible. I cannot…
Read more...Mass Effect: Andromeda
Seen the new trailer? I love Mass Effect! I love the lore, the setting, the tone, the storytelling, and the gameplay. It hits all the right buttons in sci-fi for me.
Read more...Independence Day: Resurgence
I was stuck on a plane for awhile yesterday, so watched the new Independence Day. It’s the kind of movie I’d probably only choose to watch when I’m a prisoner in a metal tube. I mean, it wasn’t just bad, like the first one – it was terrible. I’m not sure there was a single…
Read more...Westworld is a MUD
Are you guys watching Westworld on HBO? If not, go do it. Find a way to watch it! It’s fantastic, and one of my favorite things about it is how unbelievably similar to designing and running a MUD or MMO the show is. For those unfamiliar, the tl;dr is that customers come to this fake…
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