Eliot Lefebvre
The Daily Grind: Have you or would you buy an album of MMORPG music?
Music in video games is a funny thing. In the early days games could barely manage music and many didn't even try. But these...
Stars Reach moves its pre-alpha testing from single worlds to multiple worlds
The first thing to note is that Stars Reach, if you hadn't know this, takes place in space. The second thing to note once...
WRUP: Deciding on the serious version from now on edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about.CANDY!
Betawatch: Path of Exile 2 delays its early access thanks to demons of the database
Look, I have to ask: Does Path of Exile 2 have a whole lot of demons in it? I haven't really played the game,...
Design Mockument: Exploring alternatives to the typical MMO trinity
Here's a fun thing for you: I swear that way, way back before the game launched, there were documents from the Guild Wars 2...
Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs
We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you consider to be truly niche titles?
Someone said something in Final Fantasy XIV the other night that just stuck in my craw: "FFXIV is kind of a niche title." I...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of tanks in MMORPGs
I've been thinking a fair bit about player archetypes lately, and that also means that I've been thinking about the variants within roles. While...
Corepunk says it’s a month and a half behind schedule, but early access is on track for November 26
If you've been following the Corepunk's development over the last few years, you surely know that the team is running behind where it expected...
Bill Roper’s upcoming cowboys vs. Cthulhu game, Codename: Skinwalkers, has itself a trailer
Well now, cowpokes, looks like you got one of them there trailers to check out if'n y'all fancy playin' a fast gun in the...
World of Warships kicks off a community event to support K9s For Warriors charity
If you don't know much about military veteran suicide rates, you might not realize that it is a constant and real problem. K9s For...
Monster Hunter Wilds’ open beta has begun on PlayStation with PC and Xbox following this week
It's just about time for players to get together and go hunt some monsters once again because Monster Hunter Wilds is starting an open...
Marathon boss captains a new video explaining the basic premise behind the Bungie remake
If you remember that Bungie is working on a game called Marathon, you probably remember that it's an extraction shooter set in the same...
Wisdom of Nym: Contrasting the storytelling of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI
We've just started what may be the second major arc in Final Fantasy XIV... maybe. Like, the developers are understandably reluctant to commit to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has a world that seems the most pleasant to live in?
Every so often I find myself thinking that it must be so nice to live in the Shire in Lord of the Rings Online....
Rabbit and Steel adds Steam modding support and French translation with its newest patch
Voulez-vous jouer Rabbit and Steel en Francais? If you answered that sentence with "oui, j'aimerais ca!" then you will enjoy the fact that the...
WRUP: Serious version experiment three – descriptive introduction
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about MMOs we didn't play until later in their lifetimes.
Betawatch: Wayfinder makes a triumphant launch, Brighter Shores begins CBT
You can't blame anyone who was skeptical that Wayfinder would make it to launch. It's seen some pretty rough waters. But it did make...
NCsoft’s Blade & Soul has launched its Ashland Village update
Look, you have to give Blade & Soul some credit for delivering what it promises. What's the new update called? Ashland Village. What's the...
Design Mockument: Alternate trinities in MMORPGs and the challenge of other roles
The trinity has been a truism of MMO design now for about as long as it wasn't. I came up during the small times...