Something's Haunting These Dead Servers...

Today we'll be exploring the topic of abandoned virtual worlds, and doing a little bit of 'digital urbexing.' What is it about abandoned video games that makes us feel so... uneasy, or even nostalgic? And in exploring these digital spaces, can we discover something more than just polygons and code, can we discover the... ghosts of these places? • SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KyEXKJv0idZHVMDHqwXoFiiImXYvAeWwv3q940ieXHw/edit?usp=sharing • PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/saganhawkes • SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tYN0aD5MYboKohIw2lsdx Second Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxDtkNE2-aAS31762rTRPA Opening: (0:00) Source Maps: (4:50) Minecraft Servers: (18:32) Roblox Places: (42:41) Maid Marian MMOs: (53:03) Blockland Servers: (1:04:03) The Ghosts of Place: (1:16:25) Ending: (1:27:08)