Forget my birthday and Christmas — I already got the best present I’m going to get this year, I can tell. Last Thursday, Little Orbit activated Fallen Earth Classic, and just like that, we’re back in the apocalypse after two years away.

It was surreal to see the launcher working and heading to the character creator, but it didn’t really sink in that all of this was happening until I got into the game and saw the global discussion celebrating and chatting:

It outright destroyed my morning’s productivity, not that I was playing, but that I kept alt-tabbing over to read more of the excitement and questions in global chat. Man, I’ve missed this MMO, and it’s a true joy to have it back again — even if it’s the same old janky version. At least it’s free without any of the free-to-play restrictions or lockboxes, which makes it an…