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Vague Patch Notes: The MMORPG industry shockwaves that still reverberate
A thought occurred to me the other day regarding World of Warcraft and the way that it deformed the MMO industry: People who are...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO ever helped you get through difficult times?
Sometimes life is difficult. I don't mean regular everyday challenges; I mean things happen like your parents die or your romantic partner leaves or...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Tricolor demo makes double trouble
As Splatoon 3's release swims ever closer, I keep thinking back to the recent Splatfest demo we had. Splatfests aren't new to veterans of...
Perfect Ten: Recent promising MMOs that died before they were born
Is there anything more agonizing to an MMO fan than to get excited about a promising title and then see that title cancelled before...
The Daily Grind: Do you like knowing how your MMO is made if it spoils the world?
Lately I've been listening through a Lord of the Rings Online YouTube series in which the game's lead world builder goes zone by zone...
Choose My Adventure: Hands-on with Temtem’s early access build before launch
Knowing that the Temtem character I was running was going to be reset at the time of launch, as voted on by you fine...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of Dysterra, a cybernetic post-apoc survival sandbox
In the future, our home Earth is beset by a host of economic and environmental disasters. It got so bad that people with resources...
The Daily Grind: Do you want another game in the EVE universe?
CCP Games, we gotta talk. You've been trying to make the EVE Online "universe" thing happen a long time. You've put out so many...
Wisdom of Nym: Story impressions for Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory
Gosh, this has felt like a long darn week, hasn't it? I couldn't tell you why it felt so particularly long to me, but...
The Daily Grind: How does your first non-WoW MMO affect your perception of the genre?
One thing that keeps striking me in my local Pokemon GO community is how the World of Warcraft veterans, who know MMOs only through that game, try...
The Daily Grind: What’s the MMO grudge you’ve held on to the longest?
I know people who are still, to this day, angry about a balance change made in Final Fantasy XI that changed how TP was...
The Game Archaeologist: How Ultima Online got made
You know how there’s that yokel in every global chat channel that likes to troll players by claiming that World of Warcraft was the...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs bring back the fog of war?
The other day, I was reminded by a fellow Lord of the Rings Online player of something that I had completely forgotten: That the...
WoW Factor: When your MMO design is hooked on a feeling
To start this off, I want you to summon up a feeling. I want you think back to the first time you can remember...
The Daily Grind: Will New World’s big overhaul lure you back?
I have to say that I'm a little surprised at how little the New World preview earlier this week rippled across the MMO genre....
The Stream Team: Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Dragonblood Prophecy
With a game called Dungeons & Dragons Online, you expect there to be dragons. And there are! Massively OP's MJ is embarking on an...
Vague Patch Notes: The gating of time in MMO content
People are over the moon about the Island Sanctuaries added in the most recent update to Final Fantasy XIV, and I entirely include myself...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you wish you’d never played at all?
My list of played MMOs is long. Not as long as some people, to be fair; there are people who have played nearly everything...
Massively on the Go: September brings Pokemon Go’s Season of Light and winds of change
Hoo boy, trainers, we have a lot to unpack after that Pokemon GO Go Fest Finale. September to November will be The Season of Light,...
Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....
