AUSTIN WOOD × OLD SCHOOL RUNESCAPE

Every piece Austin Wood has written about Old School RuneScape.

45 articles spanning Old School RuneScape's coverage, newest first.

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19 OCT
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·19 Oct
I've been covering MMOs for 13 years, and this is by far the most disgusting grind I've ever seen
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13 OCT
2 pieces
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GamesRadar+·13 Oct
One MMO player spent 6,572 hours setting a new world record – about 30% of the last 4 waking years
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GamesRadar+·13 Oct
"He was one of us": Unexpected tributes to RJ Mitte from MMO fans after Breaking Bad star dies
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10 SEPT
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·10 Sept
ChatGPT employee makes a "RuneScape clone," immediately gets slapped by Jagex lawyers, then acts like he's leaving some great legacy behind in a goodbye post surely written by AI
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4 SEPT
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·4 Sept
Court sentences disgraced Old School RuneScape dev who stole players' gold and "banked more than £364,829 in cash"
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11 AUG
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·11 Aug
One of the first Animal Crossing speedrunners spent 4,300 hours catching shrimp in an MMO "just to see if I could," and he might even "do it again"
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21 JUL
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·21 Jul
"What makes an MMO truly special": Hundreds of Old School RuneScape players have become monks and started a holy war after a pilgrimage got out of control
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29 MAY
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·29 May
13 years in, Old School RuneScape is winning the war against MMO bots
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7 MAY
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·7 May
Old School RuneScape players riot as YouTuber's account is reset hours after finishing ridiculous 3-month grind, but Jagex has receipts
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6 MAY
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·6 May
Old School RuneScape is so old and so big that the devs are about "to run out of" a key tech resource and have to do "a bunch of work to stop the game exploding soon"
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21 JAN
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·21 Jan
Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolen
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16 JAN
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·16 Jan
Stating no lies, RuneScape CEO says the MMO's players "used to be angsty 16-year-olds listening to Breaking Benjamin. Now it's 33-year-old accountants and CEOs who've got 41 minutes in an evening"
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14 JAN
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·14 Jan
6 years ago, an MMO player of focus, commitment, and sheer will demanded a pair of custom sandals in-game – at long last, the devs decide "it's time" to add them
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4 JAN
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·4 Jan
An MMO player spent 3 years building a legendary treasure collection just to burn through it all in one glorious binge: "When I click 'Time Played' the game just tells me to touch grass"
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11 DEC 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·11 Dec 2025
MMO adds Christmas event, accidentally fills city fountain with pee: "A fix is planned"
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28 NOV 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·28 Nov 2025
MMO player endures "heavy chest pains" and struggles "to stay awake" as his girlfriend brings him food during 4-day grind to become first in the world to reach max level
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