It’s not a history of individual games or experiences, but Sherry Turkle, who works at MIT, has written books on online communities, including MUSHs. I know they’re covered in her book “Life on the Screen” but may crop up in other ones.

@tsar said in Dead MU*s you remember fondly:

I need to toss Santa Rosalia in there too.

Very much Santa Rosalia.

PernMUSH. Silverskies.

Hi! I was Cami on SR and really enjoyed the like, two times we played together.