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I was jolted into a near panic earlier this past weekend when I saw a tweet from Lord of the Rings Online in which...

So last week, I spent a whole lot of words talking about what "the meta" actually means when it comes to MMOs. Put very...

All the way back in 1996, Bethesda introduced an interesting feature with its second Elder Scrolls RPG. Daggerfall included "spellcrafting," a system that allowed...

Considering the fact that every MMORPG is in a war of content basically forever, I say it makes sense that they would embrace level...

There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...

For the past few months, Amazon Games has repeated the same mantra in regards to New World's future: Wait for the announcement in June....

Last week, all productivity in the MOP office ground to a halt when we started playing a game to change an MMO's title into...

Justin and Bree discuss PlanetSide 2's new developer, Elder Scrolls Online's rollback situation, the revival of Life is Feudal, and the resurrection of Legends of Aria Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, and World of Warcraft, plus mailbag topics on Palia, Blade and Soul, Dragons Dogma Online, and MMOs that would work offline.

When it comes to MMORPG games, most of the time I hold just one home title -- an MMO that I stay subscribed to...

Last weekend, I was away on a mini-vacation with my kids; we zipped down to Florida for my brother's beach wedding, then zipped back,...

Based on a wholly out-of-context reading, the headline for this edition of Wisdom of Nym might sound completely ridiculous. Final Fantasy XIV is not...

Back in February, MMO YouTuber MarleMMO reminded me that Ashes of Creation is planning to obscure enemy health bars during PvP - a concept...

Anyone who says that graphics in an MMORPG don't matter at all who is not playing a MUSH is gently lying to you because...

At the start of Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins famously celebrates his 111th birthday (alongside Frodo's own 33rd birthday). He looks back at...

It's hard for me to fathom going anywhere or doing anything without music as part of the background of my life. That's certainly true...

Last year, we did a Daily Grind asking about interest in a My Little Pony MMORPG, and y'all reminded me that we actually have...

There's an interesting aspect I've observed about World of Warcraft as we slowly creep toward the release of The War Within. No one who...

Back in December, Guild Wars 2 boss Josh Davis told fans that "alternate servers and hardcore modes aren’t a priority for ArenaNet," as the...

Back in March, MOP reader Exarch Cathedra posted a comment to a Daily Grind about daily logins and sticky MMOs that caught my attention,...

I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is...