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The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to start playing an MMORPG?

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I'll go first: Nope, it's not. Unless the game is sunsetting tomorrow, it's never too late. It's a video game, folks. You sit on...
So long, guy. You looked good.

The Daily Grind: What was a great idea you saw in an otherwise unsuccessful MMO?

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If you're familiar with tabletop roleplaying games, you are probably familiar with the concept of the fantasy heartbreaker. To summarize it very quickly for...

The Daily Grind: How much does an MMO’s environment affect your mood?

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As we talked about on the podcast this past week, in-game environments can have a huge affect on moods, depending on the person. I'm...
I'm important!

The Daily Grind: What’s your most embarrassing MMO fail story?

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A while back my husband was playing Overwatch when he was in a match with two guys who obviously knew each other and both...

Sony invites you to register to preorder the PlayStation 5 price-unseen

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My kids don't know it yet, but they are probably getting a PlayStation 5 within the next year. It's likely to be a big...
bears, bears, beaaaaaars

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best bears?

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To this day there are few things that have bothered me as much as seeing someone refer to bears as "a big pile of...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs did you test that never released?

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When I submitted my column on Flagship's Mythos (shameless plug!), Bree and I got into a short discussion about how we both tested the...

The Daily Grind: Do you do side quests in your MMOs?

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I realize this question doesn't apply to all MMOs: Some MMOs don't have quests at all, while in others, there's no way you're leveling...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying ‘dark pattern’ in MMO gaming?

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I've been kind of obsessed with dark patterns - that is, intentionally deceptive or annoying interface design - for kind of a while now,...
Sorry, guys.

The Daily Grind: Are there any languishing MMOs you’re still hopeful will recover?

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You know, I was pretty down with the long wait for Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch, but I have nothing on Secret World...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has benefited the most from cross-promotion?

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One of the great advantages of making an MMO in an established IP is that there are all sorts of opportunities to draw in...
BURNS

The Daily Grind: What malingering Kickstarter MMO do you most want to see launch?

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With Crowfall hitting beta and carving out a clear path to launch, it's only natural that we start taking a hard look once again...
Over and over.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever dreamed about an MMO?

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At least two or three times a year, I have the World of Warcraft expansion dream. It's usually really nice. There are new systems...

The Daily Grind: How successful do you think Crowfall will be?

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When Crowfall went into beta recently, I felt like my interest in this game was awakening from a long slumber. Some of these Kickstarted...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying travel system in an MMO?

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A while back, I finally talked my husband into buying his Elf Warden a basic Hobbit house in Lord of the Rings Online. He...

The Daily Grind: What borky system in your favorite MMO needs some love?

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A few weeks back, a new SWG Legends chef was chatting me up on Discord, asking what were frankly very reasonable questions about some...
Ah yes, teamwork.

The Daily Grind: How aggressive do you like to be in MMO group content?

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It will probably not surprise anyone reading this that I do a fair bit of group content in Final Fantasy XIV, and veterans of...
This is really World of Warcraft's fault, but I have to be comprehensive here.

The Daily Grind: What was your most awkward MMO roleplaying experience?

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Back in the early 1990s, I glommed onto Star Trek bulletin board systems in the hopes that I might connect with some fellow Trekkies....

The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs with ‘rested experience’ in mind?

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Let's talk about rested experience in online games this morning. MMOs call them all sorts of things, but World of Warcraft's has stuck the...
Money dollars.

The Daily Grind: What moments do you feel people have missed if they haven’t played your favorite MMOs?

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When we try to sell people on MMOs, we naturally talk about systems or mechanics. If I wanted to convince someone to play World...

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