cosmetics
The Daily Grind: What customization option do you wish your main MMO had?
When I first started working at Massively-that-was, it seemed downright luxurious to me that Lord of the Rings Online let you choose what your...
The Daily Grind: Which aesthetic era in your MMO of choice was your favorite?
Any MMO that last long enough goes through various aesthetic eras. It's just inevitable. Especially if you can browse back through old appearances, you...
The Daily Grind: What’s the furthest out of your way you’ve gone to earn a cosmetic item in an MMO?
If there is a cosmetic item I want badly enough, I don't care what content it's gated behind; I'm just going to get it....
New World discusses the future of wards and banes as players strut their transmog stuff online
Wards and banes. They're one of the hot button meta topics in New World nowadays, and they're the subject of Amazon's latest Forged in...
New World’s latest video highlights its long-awaited transmog system
"Transmogrify" is a verb that has been used for centuries as a humorous word to denote gross transformation, but it came into vogue following...
Warframe of Mind: Fashion ‘Framing with Digital Extremes’ Megan Everett
With TennoCon 2023 just around the corner, it's hard for me to not think about the cool cosplay costumes that folks will be showing...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO minipet?
Once upon a time, a very smart woman was looking at an MMO's design document. "We have pet classes for people who are scared...
The Daily Grind: What’s a piece of cosmetic gear you always seek out in MMOs?
It may not surprise anyone reading this that I wear glasses. I don't actually wear them most of the time because I need them,...
Lost Ark extends the login reward period for the Cutie Headband for seven days
Cute headbands are serious business in Lost Ark. Heck, they're serious business everywhere when you get right down to it, but Lost Ark has...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMO characters have a sense of style?
Let me make sure that my meaning is perfectly clear here: I am not in any way calling upon you to defend your sartorial...
The Daily Grind: How much would you pay for a single MMO cosmetic?
A while back, I was fishing around trying to make my husband's Guild Wars 2 Catalyst look a little more elite in the current...
The Daily Grind: How do you style your characters in MMOs?
Not every game has housing, usually for bad reasons. But the vast majority of games at this point do allow you to design your...
The Daily Grind: What informs your cosmetic choices in MMOs?
The days in which it was an active debate whether or not a given MMOÂ should have a system of cosmetics have passed us by,...
Ashes of Creation plans for more testers and resuming cosmetic sales
The latest Ashes of Creation dispatch from creative director Steven Sharif will no doubt put the minds of fans at ease. Sharif states within...
The Daily Grind: Which of your MMO characters has kept the same look for the longest time?
One of my Death Knights in World of Warcraft has had the same outfit for years. It basically hasn't budged since Cataclysm, and I...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO cosmetic pet?
Yeah, this is the very definition of a fluffy post! I'm just a big proponent of cosmetic pets in MMOs, partially because it adds...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal event reward for seasonal content?
I don't like seasonal events that award pets. I understand why that's a reward, of course; lots of people like having pets, some games...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Chairs and other oddities in Guild Wars 2’s cash shop
I love MMO cosmetics, and Guild Wars 2 has a great selection, from armor skins and outfits to gliders to minipets to mount skins....
Monster Hunter World prepares to celebrate the winter holidays with the Winter Star Fest
There's no place like hunts for the holidays. That one is free; Monster Hunter World players can use that for promotions if they so...
The Daily Grind: How much time do you spend on aesthetics in MMOs?
You don't want to know how much time I've spent carefully decorating my characters' living spaces in Final Fantasy XIV. Or maybe you do;...
