game history
The Daily Grind: Which doomed MMO would you love to play again from launch?
Good news! Your friend, Professor Hypothetical-Question, has developed a time machine! Unfortunately, it's pretty limited. It will allow you to do one thing and...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that turn you off just based on history?
We were having an interesting discussion in work chat the other day about EVE Online involving Brendan and me. Brendan, obviously, is the expert on...
The Daily Grind: Do you skip periods of MMOs you play?
I've seen the argument put forth several times over the past month or so about World of Warcraft players just... skipping the current expansion....
The Daily Grind: How faithful a recreation should classic MMO servers be?
There was a great thread on the official World of Warcraft forums the other day about the game's upcoming Classic servers talking about the...
Blizzard is rolling out StarCraft: Remastered for hardcore fans
It's been a very long time since StarCraft was first released. By this point, the original game is just part of the landscape, and...
Former City of Heroes developers fill out the game’s annual lore reveal
There are going to be two potential reactions to the yearly set of lore reveals from former City of Heroes developers Matt Miller and...
WoW Factor: A decade of Blizzard’s bad habits
The funny thing about World of Warcraft - and I should note here that I'm using "funny" in this case as a synonym for...
WoW Factor: Flying ruined everything and shouldn’t be removed
Allowing flying mounts in World of Warcraft was a terrible mistake that should never have been corrected.
For those not up on their history, here's...
WoW Factor: The design slide from start to present
After more than a decade of operation, a curious thing has happened to World of Warcraft: It's circled back around on an awful lot...
