Eliot Lefebvre
Betawatch: Diablo IV opens up for everyone to test its server queue
Yay, Diablo IV has an open beta where you can test your ability to wait in a server queue to play the game! But...
Vague Patch Notes: The objective truth of ‘objectivity’ in games journalism
All right, folks, real talk: Originally there was going to be a much more sober and depressing column this week, but then this week...
Tower of Fantasy releases information about its next major update, Under the Great Sea, releasing March 30
So Tower of Fantasy has released a theme song for update 2.4, Under the Great Sea, and it will enrage you if you are...
Wisdom of Nym: What will a new producer mean for Final Fantasy XI?
So we were pretty surprised yesterday when Square-Enix announced Akihiko Matsui would step away as the producer of Final Fantasy XI after a decade...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs make it too easy to fail something long before you’re done?
Nobody likes queueing up for an instanced PvP match to lose. But what sucks way worse is when you queue up and get into...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas discusses the underused Work Orders and plans for character customization in a new interview
If you've looked at the work orders available on your server in World of Warcraft and found that there, uh... aren't any, you aren't...
Final Fantasy XI producer Akihiko Matsui passes the torch to Yoji Fujito
After a decade of leading the team behind Final Fantasy XI, producer Akihiko Matsui announced today that he will be stepping down from his...
Perfect Ten: A primer on 10 very basic MMO fight mechanics
When the first two humans decided to get into a fight, they were just pushing one another and telling the other person to quit...
Final Fantasy XIV begins the Hatching-Tide event on March 20, complete with Tonberry glamour
It appears that this year's Hatching-Tide event in Final Fantasy XIV will have basically nothing to do with eggs or even anything remotely seasonal....
Wisdom of Nym: Potential destinations for Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion
Let me say this upfront: While I will occasionally point out that I probably know more than the average Final Fantasy XIV fan about...
The Daily Grind: What terrible MMO story moment will never leave your mind?
I know I can almost always make Bree giggle by talking about how my father trifles with doors. It's a Guild Wars thing. And...
WRUP: You failed your monster hunting test edition
The Yeti
You wrote: "The best weapon to fight the yeti is a flaming sword."
Why you were wrong: The best weapon to use to fight...
Betawatch: Star Citizen’s alpha 3.18 has been quite a trainwreck
So Star Citizen launched patch 3.18 last weekend, and everything worked absolutely perfectly with no downsides, please don't check. But it's all right because...
Final Fantasy XIV schedules its next Live Letter for the end of March
Ready to take a gander at the content coming to Final Fantasy XIV in patch 6.4? Heck, ready to get a title for the...
WoW Factor: Narrative justification for every missing class/race combo in World of Warcraft
As I implied in a recent post about the most recent Ion Hazzikostas interview, the line about making sure that there was a narrative...
World of Warcraft will remove the Pathfinder requirement for Battle for Azeroth flight in patch 10.0.7
Inside of you are two wolves. One of them wants to be able to fly in Battle for Azeroth areas in World of Warcraft...
Final Fantasy XIV examines how its project managers work on the game behind the scenes
If you're not familiar with what project managers do, you might not understand why Final Fantasy XIV needs them or what they're doing on...
Vague Patch Notes: How WildStar’s first dungeon killed me
This is the story of a girl who ran a dungeon in WildStar's world, and while it looks all right in photographs, I absolutely...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you regret not playing again when you could?
Game shut down. It's sad, but it happens. And more often than not when I can see an MMO is going to wave farewell,...
Final Fantasy XI’s latest patch contains more Voracious Resurgence and Sortie queue changes
It's the beginning of the end for the Voracious Resurgence story in Final Fantasy XI, and you know it's the beginning of the end...