Vague Patch Notes: Game preservation is way more complicated than it seems
Before I say anything with this week's article, I want to make something very, very clear right from the premise: As you have probably...
Tamriel Infinium: Everything you need to know about Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter
The Elder Scrolls Online celebrated its 10th anniversary just this week, an impressive milestone and a chance to reflect on just how far this...
The Daily Grind: Are you looking for drama in your MMOs?
The other day in Lord of the Rings Online chat, the topic of guild drama came up and took one hell of a twist....
Massively Overthinking: Would you pay for a Guild Wars 1 revival?
WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear...
Into the Super-Verse: How to get started with Incarnates in City of Heroes
It wasn't so long ago that I mentioned how pleased I was about City of Heroes matching my different intensity and goals after I...
The Daily Grind: Do you play different MMORPGs for different content types?
A while back on the MOP Podcast, I was waxing on about housing and crafting and player cities in SWG Legends, when Justin asked...
Global Chat: What should we be thinking about Guild Wars 3?
The surprising (and not surprising) news that ArenaNet has the go-ahead from NCsoft to develop Guild Wars 3 sent ripples of interest, confusion, and...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best Final Fantasy crossovers
So yesterday we got hit with the Final Fantasy XVI crossover in Final Fantasy XIV. It was all right, I guess. But it wasn't...
The Daily Grind: Are you waiting on WoW The War Within at this point?
Unless you've been playing World of Warcraft fairly faithfully during the Dragonflight expansion, you're probably buried in content and objectives if you've tried to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 464: Guild Wars 3 is a go
Justin and Bree discuss NCsoft, Guild Wars 3, DCUO, Monsters and Memories, Hellgate, and the LOTRO downtime, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, and Valheim, plus a mailbag topic on Palia.
Fight or Kite: Predecessor’s open beta brings back MOBA action and a heap of nostalgia
The newest, brightest pupil from the School for Extraordinary MOBAs has arrived for your gaming pleasure. Predecessor launched in early access last week, bringing...
Choose My Adventure: Returning, remembering, and relearning in New World
Once again for this week's Choose My Adventure, I've found myself coming back to a game I haven't touched in a while - New...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most predictable MMORPG?
MMORPGs have an impossible problem: If they patch whenever they can - big patches, small patches, whatever is finished and ready to go -...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV isn’t easier, but it also is
So it was about half a month ago when Final Fantasy XIV fans translated an interview with producer and director Naoki Yoshida talking about...
Working As Intended: The top 10 hot tubs in MMORPGs
It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...
The Daily Grind: Introducing our sponsor, Swords of Tales of Legends of Reigns of Epics of Sagas of Rhymes of Lyrics of Elflandia
Heya, folks, we're trying something just a little different this April, and we hope you'll be on board for it. Traditionally, we've avoided any...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that make you sad to play?
I've written a couple times about the way that our history in MMOs can sometimes ripple through in our play experiences, which is not...
LOTRO Legendarium: Middle-earth’s world integrity is an endangered species in MMOs
Back in 2018, Steven Spielberg adapted the popular novel Ready Player One into a film. It seemed like a great pairing: The master director...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs repurpose their old content more often?
World of Warcraft certainly provoked the raising of many, many eyebrows last week when it announced that its secret March patch ended up being...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s April content isn’t all laughs
Pokemon Go isn't talking about its yearly April Fools' day event yet, but we do have some details on the rest of the month,...
