Massively on the Go: Pikmin Bloom began with Nintendo’s vibes, drifted to Niantic’s void
It's been about a month since Pikmin Bloom was released, and anecdotally, I've noticed social media and real-world communities dying off. But it feels...
One Shots: Multilevel marketing dragons
To kick us off in One Shots today, Miol seems embroiled in some... issues: "You’d think with a flying dragon, you could finally reach...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite toy ability in an MMO?
You know how annoying it is to have Demon Hunters around you constantly double jumping and gliding in World of Warcraft? I absolutely do...
Global Chat: Wrapping up FFXIV’s Shadowbringers
As Final Fantasy XIV players are on the cusp of leaping into Endwalker, MMO blogger Gnomecore wrapped up a final look at Shadowbringers. It's...
Tamriel Infinium: Eight things I really like as a Elder Scrolls Online casual
As some of you have so kindly pointed out, I am by no means an Elder Scrolls Online expert. I've been playing off and...
Betawatch: Guild Wars 2 readies its fourth beta event
Rejoice, Guild Wars 2 fans! No longer will you need to just test the elite specs three at a time, as the next beta...
Perfect Ten: 10 mounts that New World should definitely add
For some reason, New World does not have mounts. This is obviously not the only thing that the game lacks, as it also lacks...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever exploited in an MMO?
New World's seemingly endless parade of exploits had reawakened my wonder about who exactly buys a game only to try to break it for...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude in the MMORPG genre
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and while some folks have probably already kicked back from the table and have started in on the...
Vague Patch Notes: When ex-World of Warcraft fans become Final Fantasy XIV partisans
There is a certain stripe of Final Fantasy XIV fan that is exceedingly prevalent at this point, and that type is the rigid partisan... against World of...
The Daily Grind: Are you going to indulge in some sales action for MMOs this year?
It's the season... the season of discounts. Yes, it's just about time for everything to go on discounts on various online storefronts, and while...
Perfect Ten: 10 stock MMO mobs from crummy to cool
My pet theory of MMOs is that they exist in a gaming multiverse with scores of unseen connections. This explains why so many of...
Choose My Adventure: Cobbling together a death brick in Avorion
You know how your first construction job in a survival sandbox is a perfectly functional but spectacularly hideous in terms of aesthetics? That was...
The Daily Grind: What might the MMO genre have become without World of Warcraft?
A few weeks back, MOP's Andy mused that it would have been a very different industry without World of Warcraft. As luck would have...
Vitae Aeternum: Analyzing New World’s storytelling
I've been wanting to write this column for a while, but it's been a struggle to find the words. I'm never sure of how...
Wisdom of Nym: The plot threads I hope to see addressed in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
It's almost time. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is going to be here very shortly - just a bit less than two weeks from now, in...
The Daily Grind: Do all the New World issues make you less enthusiastic to play?
We were talking in work chat the other day about how all New World really had to do this year was launch in a competent...
One Shots: After darkness, light
Lord of the Rings Online is a game of great contrasts -- between evil and good, between darkness and light, and between ugliness and...
The Daily Grind: How do you rotate through MMOs if you’re playing more than one?
One of the phrases that I used to use when describing certain games was that a given title would make a great "second" MMO,...
The Game Archaeologist: The Wonderful World of Eamon
As we've long since established, 1980's MUD1 was the official kick-off of the MMORPG genre, bringing online players together to adventure through persistent worlds...
