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Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s petite patch 6.55
There's an odd thing that keeps going back and forth in my head when I look at last week's patch 6.55 for Final Fantasy...
The Stream Team: Fighting Asura and other tasks in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has another primal to defeat with his family! He'll be hopping in to Final Fantasy XIV to take on Asura, then after...
One Shots: A heated meeting
What are two words that delight you to hear as a child in school but terrify you as an adult? "Field trip!"
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Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs
During a recent podcast discussion about City of Heroes' official revival, the MOP writers were talking about its combat, which - let's be honest...
Final Fantasy XIV jumps the gun on Xbox open beta announcement
One of the biggest developments for Final Fantasy XIV in 2024 that isn't named "Dawntrail" has to be the MMO's debut on Microsoft's game...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most kludgy MMO system you’ve encountered?
The other day I was watching MMO players have a good-natured discussion about transmog systems among various titles. A few FFXIV players lamented how...
Final Fantasy XIV wraps up Manderville weapons and readies for Dawntrail with patch 6.55 today
It's time to get started on your final push to Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion with today's release of patch 6.55, starting with the...
Wisdom of Nym: Dreaming about Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.55 during the day-long downtime
Somehow, the final Endwalker content patch has arrived. All right, maybe you could argue that's just the tiniest bit premature; technically we've still got...
Final Fantasy XIV player aims to complete every sidequest to relay which ones are worth doing
If you've played Final Fantasy XIV for any length of time, you've probably heard the advice that the standard sidequests are totally OK to...
The Stream Team: Training a burgeoning Astrologian in Final Fantasy XIV
Today's Eorzea Sunday stream isn't primarily about MOP's Chris. No, this time around it's about his husband, who has been slowly learning the ropes...
The Daily Grind: Do any MMO class themes turn you away from playing them?
Last weekend, FFXIV announced that one of its upcoming jobs (classes) will be a Pictomancer -- a mage that flings paint all willy-nilly. As...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its new trial and more additions arriving in patch 6.55
More Manderville madness. A new trial. A wrap-up of the story. A tying together for the various tribal quests from the expansion. All of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
Final Fantasy XIV will run 24-hour maintenance ahead of patch 6.55 starting on January 15
If you want to get things done in Final Fantasy XIV this week, you should make sure to do so before Monday, January 15th....
Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s 2024 Tokyo fan festival
There's a certain dramatic irony in the idea that as the Tokyo fan festival started winding up the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail hype, the...
The Stream Team: Discussion and reaction to Final Fantasy XIV’s Japan Fan Fest reveals
It's time once more for MOP's Chris to join his husband and talk about Final Fantasy XIV... in Final Fantasy XIV. That's right, the...
Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival: Pictomancer, lady Hrothgar, and release ambiguity
If you had been paying attention and looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV's third and final fan festival ahead of Dawntrail, you probably had...
Into the Super-Verse: Reflecting on City of Heroes, back officially at long last
As a dedicated fan of superheroes, I have to be honest that yesterday's news feels downright poetic. City of Heroes died in November of...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are still just games you rent
When I was a teenager, I accidentally stole a few games from a video rental place. You might wonder how you accidentally steal something,...
Well Fed: An introduction to our MMO kitchen and MOP’s new Well Fed column
Hello fellow MMORPG lovers and food enjoyers alike! Welcome to Well Fed! If you listened to the end-of-year podcast from Bree and Justin, you...
