Uru Live: Ongoing Review

I like to write reviews of adventure games. But Uru Live isn't just an adventure game; it's an ongoing multiplayer experience. It may not be "finished" for years, if ever. So when should I write a review?

Instead, I'm going to keep an occasional journal. My thoughts so far. I may ramble; I may digress.

(My main character in-game was belford at KI#00188183. Maybe someday he'll reappear.)

Update: (Feb 2004) As you probably know, Cyan has cancelled the Uru Live (online multiplayer) part of Uru.

Further Update: (May 2006) It's back. Who knew?

Once Again: (Feb 2008) And, there it goes again.

And: (Apr 2008) Goodbye, Uru.

And: (Jul 2008) Now what?

And: (Feb 2010) Back again!

Review: Uru: the Single-Player Game (posted Nov 18, 2003)
The Prologue Experience
- Invitation to D'ni (message from Cyan, received Dec 5, 2003)
- Thoughts from the first couple of days (posted Dec 9, 2003)
- Thoughts on drama in the Prologue (posted Dec 25, 2003)
- Why Cyan needs to write a manual (posted Jan 23, 2004)
- A brief observation about fun (posted Feb 4, 2004)
- Cancellation of Uru Live (message from Cyan, posted Feb 4, 2004)
The Expansions
- Uru: To D'ni (posted Mar 25, 2004)
- Uru: The Path of the Shell (posted Jul 16, 2004)
- Overview of Uru: Complete Chronicles (posted Jul 16, 2004)
The Spirit
- Untìl Uru (posted Aug 14, 2004)
- Restoration of Uru Live (message from Cyan, posted May 16, 2006)
Interregnal Essays
- On Fan-Created Ages (originally posted Jul 31, 2006)
- Manuals and Motivation (originally posted Dec 25, 2006)
- Players Versus Fun (posted Jan 22, 2007)
- Role-Playing in the Cavern (posted Feb 9, 2007)
Uru Live
- Notes from Launch Day (posted Feb 19, 2007)
- Review: Uru Live (posted Feb 27, 2007)
- Negilahn and Other New Ages (posted Mar 4, 2007)
- How to Invent Story (posted Mar 19, 2007)
- How to Host a Forum Game (posted May 3, 2007)
- Review: Episode 5: "Scars" (posted May 31, 2007)
- Review: Episode 6: "A New Light" (posted July 4, 2007)
- Review: Episode 7: "Familiar Voices" (posted August 22, 2007)
- Review: Episode 8: "Deception" (posted September 16, 2007)
- More On Writing Games (posted Nov 11, 2007)
- Handling Player-Created Ages, Again (posted Nov 13, 2007)
- Cyan Communicating (posted Jan 5, 2008)
- Second Cancellation of Uru Live (message from Gametap and Cyan, posted Feb 4, 2008)
The Future?
- Beyond Cancellation (posted Feb 10, 2008)
- Better Instancing Scheme (posted Feb 23, 2008)
- Design Sketch for an MMO Adventure Game (posted Mar 25, 2008)
- Myst Online: Restoration Experiment (message from Cyan, posted Jul 2, 2008)
- Open Source Uru Live (message from Cyan, posted Dec 12, 2008)
- Myst Online: Uru Live Again (message from Cyan, posted Feb 8, 2010)
- Myst movie posts (various messages re the Myst film project, July 2012)
- Starry Expanse posts (various messages re the Starry Expanse project, Oct 2022)

Last updated October 31, 2022.

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