diff --git a/client/pages/Blog.tsx b/client/pages/Blog.tsx
index f9d3f41e..64e460e6 100644
--- a/client/pages/Blog.tsx
+++ b/client/pages/Blog.tsx
@@ -30,171 +30,7 @@ const Blog = () => {
   const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState("");
   const [selectedCategory, setSelectedCategory] = useState("all");
 
-  const staticPosts = useMemo<BlogPost[]>(
-    () => [
-      {
-        id: "static-0",
-        slug: "shipping-aethex-multiverse-events",
-        title: "Shipping AeThex Multiverse Events: Behind the Scenes",
-        excerpt:
-          "How the AeThex LiveOps squad orchestrated cross-platform events with zero downtime.",
-        author: "Sofia Alvarez",
-        date: "January 18, 2025",
-        readTime: "8 min read",
-        category: "Company News",
-        likes: 254,
-        comments: 44,
-        trending: true,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1529101091764-c3526daf38fe?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-1",
-        slug: "aethex-guilds-collaboration-toolkit",
-        title: "AeThex Guilds Collaboration Toolkit Launch",
-        excerpt:
-          "New creator guild features help communities prototype faster and ship together.",
-        author: "Priya Desai",
-        date: "January 16, 2025",
-        readTime: "7 min read",
-        category: "Product Updates",
-        likes: 311,
-        comments: 59,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1526402464885-402318f32905?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-2",
-        slug: "horizon-engine-2-0-preview",
-        title: "Horizon Engine 2.0 Preview: Performance Notes",
-        excerpt:
-          "Peek into the renderer upgrades, tooling, and ergonomics coming to Horizon Engine 2.0.",
-        author: "Liam Hart",
-        date: "January 14, 2025",
-        readTime: "9 min read",
-        category: "Technology",
-        likes: 368,
-        comments: 71,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1498050108023-c5249f4df085?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-3",
-        slug: "community-creators-spotlight-january",
-        title: "Community Creators Spotlight — January Edition",
-        excerpt:
-          "Celebrating five AeThex creators pushing storytelling, accessibility, and esports forward.",
-        author: "AeThex Community Team",
-        date: "January 13, 2025",
-        readTime: "6 min read",
-        category: "Community",
-        likes: 427,
-        comments: 95,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1522199710521-72d69614c702?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-4",
-        slug: "building-scalable-game-architecture",
-        title: "Building Scalable Game Architecture with Microservices",
-        excerpt:
-          "Learn how to design game backends that can handle millions of concurrent players using modern microservices patterns.",
-        author: "Marcus Rodriguez",
-        date: "December 12, 2024",
-        readTime: "6 min read",
-        category: "Technology",
-        likes: 89,
-        comments: 15,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1518770660439-4636190af475?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-5",
-        slug: "advanced-unity-optimization-techniques",
-        title: "Advanced Unity Optimization Techniques",
-        excerpt:
-          "Performance optimization strategies that can boost your Unity game's frame rate by up to 300%.",
-        author: "Alex Thompson",
-        date: "December 10, 2024",
-        readTime: "12 min read",
-        category: "Tutorials",
-        likes: 156,
-        comments: 34,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1527443224154-dcc0707b462b?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-6",
-        slug: "aethex-labs-neural-network-compression",
-        title: "AeThex Labs: Breakthrough in Neural Network Compression",
-        excerpt:
-          "Our research team achieves 90% model size reduction while maintaining accuracy for mobile game AI.",
-        author: "Dr. Aisha Patel",
-        date: "December 8, 2024",
-        readTime: "5 min read",
-        category: "Research",
-        likes: 203,
-        comments: 41,
-        trending: true,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504384308090-c894fdcc538d?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-7",
-        slug: "introducing-aethex-cloud-gaming-platform",
-        title: "Introducing AeThex Cloud Gaming Platform",
-        excerpt:
-          "Launch games instantly across any device with our new cloud gaming infrastructure and global CDN.",
-        author: "AeThex Team",
-        date: "December 5, 2024",
-        readTime: "4 min read",
-        category: "Company News",
-        likes: 278,
-        comments: 52,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1511512578047-dfb367046420?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-8",
-        slug: "real-time-ray-tracing-in-web-games",
-        title: "Real-time Ray Tracing in Web Games",
-        excerpt:
-          "Tutorial: Implementing hardware-accelerated ray tracing in browser-based games using WebGPU.",
-        author: "Jordan Kim",
-        date: "December 3, 2024",
-        readTime: "15 min read",
-        category: "Tutorials",
-        likes: 94,
-        comments: 18,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1489515217757-5fd1be406fef?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-      {
-        id: "static-9",
-        slug: "the-evolution-of-game-ai",
-        title: "The Evolution of Game AI: From Scripts to Neural Networks",
-        excerpt:
-          "A comprehensive look at how artificial intelligence in games has evolved and where it's heading next.",
-        author: "Dr. Michael Chen",
-        date: "December 1, 2024",
-        readTime: "10 min read",
-        category: "Technology",
-        likes: 167,
-        comments: 29,
-        trending: false,
-        image:
-          "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1523580846011-d3a5bc25702b?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80",
-      },
-    ],
-    [],
-  );
+  const staticPosts = useMemo<BlogPost[]>(() => blogSeedPosts, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;