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There are a lot of times when this column is not in any way a ranking, when it is just a list of things...

After my wife and I saw an X-Men movie a while back, we got into a discussion about what mutant power we'd pick for...

There are two types of people in the world: those who can't get through the character creation menu fast enough to start playing "LordBladezz"...

If you've somehow missed this fact, then I hate to be the one to inform you of it, but it's time you learned: MMOs...

In general, I try to be an optimistic fellow. When it comes to MMO gaming -- you know, that hobby we apparently love and...

Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...

Elves. Dwarves. Humans. Halflings. Gnomes. Hobbits. Dark elves. High elves. Half-elves. Wood elves. Keebler elves. Elvish impersonators. Are you as tired as I am of...

In my illustrious career of sitting on my butt and mashing the 1-4 buttons over and over, I've returned to many MMOs like an...

Have you ever fought a boss monster that didn't feel like it deserved your fatal blows? Sure, it's just a video game, and the...

Back when Daybreak announced that EverQuest's 19th expansion would be titled Rain of Fear, I instantly found myself tripping over the name. I shouldn't...

We have some fun here in Perfect Ten land dealing with lists. That's kind of the whole point. We've done columns about the races...

Escapism and daydreams are, in my opinion, wonderful and part of what fuels our creativity and excitement. I mean, most of us probably engage...

Chillin' in the clink. Spending time in stony lonesome. Thrown into the slammer. Checking in to the big house. Doing (perfect) 10 to life...

There's nothing more tantalizing nor frustrating than knowing that an MMO or MMORPG is in the works but hasn't been formally announced yet. We...

Webster's Dictionary describes "kill 10 rats" as "something nerds do, now shut up and read a few intelligent words." I think the editors are...

I have stated before that I have a complex relationship with the term "pay-to-win." On the one hand, it tends to refer to something...

MMOs are places of great imagination, where developers take fantastic concepts and make them real (in a sense). MMOs are also places of great...

If you've ever wondered what kind of naive sucker would plunk down a semi-thick wad of perfectly good cash on an overstuffed MMO collector's...

Paul Simon once said that there had to be at least 50 ways to leave your lover. Back in the day, however, there was...

I remember the first time I got hit hard by the powerhouse slugger known as "burnout." It was during my second stint in World...