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Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on...

Nobody wants a bad reputation. I mean, you can't make everyone everywhere approve of you, but you also don't have to go out of...

So yesterday we got hit with the Final Fantasy XVI crossover in Final Fantasy XIV. It was all right, I guess. But it wasn't...

It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...

It's hard to pass up a really good comeback story. We love it when a beloved something or someone is counted down and out......

Every so often I think to myself that a video game should get some kind of media adaptation before I come to my senses....

While many MMORPG players would (and probably have) beat up on the fluffiest of lambs and the cutest of otters if a loot table...

Robots are, let's face it, very important. You might say that's not true, and to that I say: When you get to write the...

I never quite know how much stock to put in Guinness World Records. I guess it's somewhere between "for amusement value" and "stone cold...

For whatever reason, The Secret World is one of those games that people keep going back over mentally, an MMO that still collectively has...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

We've said it before, but this time we really mean it: The future of MMORPGs looks amazing. Contrary to years when we've seen only...

I have been told that if I start another one of these columns musing on the abstract meaning of "value" as I have for...

If you want to look at the overall health of the MMORPG industry, one vital heartbeat that must not be missed is continual development....

Some years, it's hard to really cut a distinction between the biggest stories of a year and the biggest surprises. There can be a...