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lifestorm ii
The Game Archaeologist: Lifestorm, Japan’s first MMORPG
Justin Olivetti
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April 10, 2021
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In comparison to how widely that China and Korea's game development studios embraced MMORPGs right from the beginning, Japan's been curiously low-key in creating...
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