Eliot Lefebvre
Vague Patch Notes: The day I deleted a character in anger in Final Fantasy XI
Today, I'd like to tell you about how your characters in MMOs aren't real, and you know that, but I want you to think...
The Daily Grind: What’s the zone you love to hate in an MMORPG?
The Rikti War Zone in City of Heroes kind of sucks. It has ambiguous routing to the point that I have spent a lot...
Waven extends its tutorials and cleans up some guidance with its latest patch
Tutorials are kind of important when video games want people to actually play instead of stare blankly at the screen murmuring "so how do...
World of Warcraft previews eight more Hero Talent Trees
If you're eager to check out the Hero Talent Trees in World of Warcraft's next expansion, well... you're going to have to wait until...
EverQuest II adds the remainder of its tradeskill achievements for the year ahead of time
All right, so if you're playing EverQuest II, you have plenty of achievements tracking throughout the entire year as the Year of Darkpaw rolls...
Temtem subreddit mods temporarily close the sub following Temtem Swarm uproar
So hey, things with Temtem are just going absolutely super. Last week, Crema Games insisted that it was still working on the main game...
Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references for monsters in Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIV has no shortage of references to prior series enemies, but as with so many things, lots of those references are not...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you waited for reviews before buying?
As someone who spends a not-insubstantial part of my life reviewing games, especially with bigger titles, I know it sometimes feels like wasted time....
New World offers players guidance on how to navigate the Garden of Genesis
The Garden of Genesis is not, as a rule, a place for New World players to have a pleasant and relaxing stroll. It is...
WRUP: Glortback mountain edition
Join our weekly open thread as we discuss what MMOs we're playing this weekend, plus answer this week's bonus question on the worst things we've forgotten.
Betawatch: Nightingale heads into early access at last
After what feels like it has been forever - well, wait, that's not fair. Nightingale has actually been in not-early-access for a reasonable length...
War Thunder previews the Jaguar IS coming as a reward for the Sword of Justice event
In a game that involves a lot of airplanes flying around doing airplane fighting things (shooting missiles, doing barrel rolls, riding into the danger...
Final Fantasy XIV is hosting a panel at PAX East this year
Among all of Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, there is one question that everyone wants to have answered: What's the actual deal with Hildibrand? How...
Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...
Crema Games says it is ‘still working on Temtem’ following Temtem Swarm backlash
If you're just a wee bit anxious about Temtem these days, what with a new spinoff being announced after the last spinoff didn't work, the...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Final Fantasy XV collaboration next week
It's time to get back in the car, loser, because Final Fantasy XIV is going collaborating. (Note: this applies to people who are not...
Into the Super-verse: Missing in City of Heroes is part of what makes it hit
It seems like we're never going to be done talking about City of Heroes at this point, and clearly I am here for this....
Xbox’s Phil Spencer insists Microsoft’s mass-layoffs position it for future growth, somehow
Everyone just loves Phil Spencer these days, right? Oh, right, all the layoffs. Probably not, then. But according to a recent interview with Game...
The Daily Grind: How have your MMO play habits changed as you’ve gotten older?
The stereotypical progress of MMO players is to start out in college when you have the time to spend 19 hours of your day...
Perfect Ten: 10 problems that really hurt The Secret World
For whatever reason, The Secret World is one of those games that people keep going back over mentally, an MMO that still collectively has...