Buried Comms in the deGrasse System
On October 1, 2017, I visited the planet Pr for the first time. I returned nearly nine months later to see what, if anything, had changed. As has happened elsewhere, […]
Deep Thought on V-1 Onsen IV
Onsen is the second of two neighboring planets paying tribute to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Alone in Euclid Galaxy, a colossal reconstruction of the Deep Thought computer broadcasts […]
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to New Ireland
Fans of Douglas Adams’ 1979 novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will recognize the giant thumb on the billboard posted above CrispyChrisu’s base. This is the first of a brace […]
The Movable Base of Meridian Village
Meridian used to be a forested world with the Meridian Village Grand Prix race track. Now the planet is stripped of trees, its name has changed, and the Meridian Village […]
The Planet of Lost Lore
Lofamy: Lore, Fable, and Myth. It is a “sacred” planet, and another of the key worlds Travelers may choose to visit while creating their own path through the universe of No […]
The Glitched Ruins of Langley
Langley is one of a handful of true ruins in the old Galactic Hub in No Man’s Sky, and is the only one (so far) that can be purposely glitched by […]
A Father’s Day Pilgrimage to Glenn William’s Memorial in No Man’s Sky
I have cried twice in No Man’s Sky. The first time was upon my arrival through the portal at Lennon (aka Drogradur NO425), the capital planet of the old Galactic Hub, […]
Shipwrecks and Sentinels on Eslachlan Kayham
Two sources of delight make Panda’s Legacy Hub base noteworthy. First is the presence of an alpha-class Explorer-type ship, wrecked in the deep desert, marked by a floating communication station […]
Old McDillard had a Pad
The player base on what used to be called Marvel occupies a commanding overlook onto the desert floor far below. It is the last base standing after the v1.3 update, […]
The Completely Ordinary Mother Base
The single thing that makes Mother Base in the Legacy Hub stand out is the fact that it is completely ordinary in every way. It is the first such Legacy […]
Excavations, Climate, and Linguistics at GlassShop Farm
The planet GlassShop in the Legacy is both paradox and contradiction: paradox because the same base unit exists in two places at once, and contradiction because a cold-weather crop […]
The Location, Location, Location of BotFodder’s Base
Location, location, location! Sometimes the universal reset of Atlas Rises v1.3 does something positive for a player. In this case one can only imagine player BotFodder2 logging in on August […]
The Excavation of Sunaru2’s Farm
After visiting several Legacy Hub sites I continue to think that nothing will surprise me, yet every site has at least one strange feature. Sunaru2’s farm (aka Binoscope’s Pad) has […]
Five Years of Archaeogaming
On June 10, 2013, I registered the Archaeogaming domain and wrote my first post. Five years and nearly 200 posts later, the Archaeogaming book will be published by Berghahn Books, the Twitter account […]
Past Meets Present in Local Serenity
Introduction Local Serenity is a star system in the Amino Hub near the home of the Pilgrim Star, which I wrote about recently. The system as of June 3, 2018, […]
Intangible Cultural Heritage on the Pilgrim’s Path
Introduction On August 27, 2016, player Steam-bot decided to go for a walk. Over the next 16 days he successfully circumnavigated an entire planet in No Man’s Sky, journaling about his […]
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