In May, Polygon reported on Venezuelan players who were using Old School RuneScape in order to make a livingin the real world.
After two decades inside a browser, RuneScape is heading to Steam this October
While RuneScape is much less high-tech than a big budget MMOs, the game has picked up a loyal playerbase over 20 years and still has a thriving community.
The franchise was also party to an unusual legal tussle when, in January, a federal court ruled that getting muted in RuneScape did not violate a players civil rights.Original article