RuneScape player pulls off a personal Shawshank Redemption: Grinds his way out of one-zone house arrest by grinding a raid 2,000 times over 10,000 hours: 'It was all worth it'

Since time immemorial, one question has hounded the games industry and all who sail in her: Are RuneScape players okay?

They are not. As spotted by GamesRadar, the latest evidence for that assertion is the tale of Agile Tom, an Old School RuneScape (OSRS) player who—in the heady days of spring 2023—signed himself up for a challenge that would take him two years and two months to complete.

Tom completed his heroic(?) quest just a few days ago, on June 13. His goal was to start a new character...