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The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes

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The other day in the MassivelyOP work chat, we were talking about City of Heroes. Shocking, I know. But I've mentioned before that I...

Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria

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One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...

LOTRO Legendarium: How to walk away from LOTRO (for a while)

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Even when you love an MMORPG a whole lot, it's rarely feasible to play it as steadily and at the same intensity over the...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs and the PC gaming market

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I find myself thinking a lot about the MMORPG industry lately and the ways in which the gaming industry as a whole has changed...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: The MMO franchises that can’t count past two

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Back in the day, there was a running joke about how Capcom had shown with Street Fighter that the company could not count higher...

Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love

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Why did I stop playing Star Trek Online? Was it because there was some change made to the game that made it no longer...
Come on, my dudes.

Perfect Ten: Why MMOs should never ditch text chat

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If you ever want to feel what an MMO is like without any sort of text chat, then spend a stretch of time in...

The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too

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In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
KITTY!

Tamriel Infinium: The history of Elder Scrolls games (before and after Elder Scrolls Online)

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There's nothing quite like that feeling when you first dip your toes into a particular game only to discover that it's part of a...
hot hot hot hot hot hot

Vague Patch Notes: Early access is just game development as performance art

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I was reminded recently about Valheim. I do not own the game and thus have not played it; I cannot tell you if it...
SIR

Perfect Ten: The 10 most utterly bizarre Final Fantasy XIV NPC names

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A lot of times when I write these columns, I have either a point to make or a higher concept that I am touching...
SHIP IT

Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry

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As you have probably noticed from the fact that I have been writing about City of Heroes nonstop since the Homecoming server got its...

Perfect Ten: The weirdest weapons from MMOs of yore

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Swords. Staffs. Maces. Spears. Wands. Bows. Crossbows. Double-crossbows. Hammers. Wolverine claws. Daggers. Axes. Deadly? Yes. Fashionable? Not so much. A two-handed sword is so...
What was I made for?

Vague Patch Notes: The real question every MMO has to answer

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Why am I here? A lot of times I will slow-roll my column and lead to something unexpected, something that I am sure you are...
Forever and ever.

End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024

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As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
The look.

Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are still just games you rent

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When I was a teenager, I accidentally stole a few games from a video rental place. You might wonder how you accidentally steal something,...
AHHHHHHHH

Vague Patch Notes: The ever-changing costs of playing an MMORPG

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It was a pretty big deal back when I had first started working at original Massively when the trend started, and I can still...
Mumor has looked better.

Vague Patch Notes: It’s never cheating in MMOs when you do it

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My friend from Final Fantasy XI was, understandably, upset. He had just been suspended for a week, and he had been warned that continued...
Yeah, this is a thing.

WoW Factor: The real reason World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm world revamp was awful

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'Tis the season for all of us, once again, to talk about the deeply unpleasant and disappointing expansion that was World of Warcraft: Cataclysm,...
Walking.

Vague Patch Notes: Waiting for the MMORPG endings that are never coming

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It took some real courage for Naoki Yoshida to get up and announce that Final Fantasy XIV was ending. After an enormously successful run,...

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