Eliot Lefebvre
The Daily Grind: Should MMO mentors have special rewards?
No one respects the mentor tag in Final Fantasy XIV. It's applied via an automated process, and the idea is that you're supposed to...
Grand Theft Auto Online: Bikers lets you be the outlaw motorcyclist you always wanted to be
Here in the real world, your options with a motorcycle are more or less limited to "riding it." You can't really whip into a...
Eco delays its Alpha 5 update to October 24th
Eco's Alpha 5 brings in its comprehensive ecosystem mechanics, but as a result of polishing those mechanics, it's going to take a little longer...
EVE Online details the major changes coming to being a mining foreman
For larger mining operations in EVE Online, you need a foreman. Not just because you need someone to complain about to your fellow mining...
Skyforge is cashing in its extensive currencies
There are a lot of different currencies in Skyforge - so many that it's easy to lose track of all of them, some of...
Blade & Soul introduces Ebondrake Citadel and the Tower of Memory
It's the most wonderful day of the week for fans of Blade & Soul because it's patch day. Not only does this patch include...
SamuTale brings out a horse-filled update for closed alpha
If you bought a founder's pack for SamuTale, you could have been already playing in the game's closed alpha... but you couldn't have done...
Daybreak is cutting out game cards
If you're a big fan of buying game cards for Daybreak's various online offerings, you should go snap them up now before they're gone....
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.4 in review
We're on the penultimate patch of the expansion (no, that's not official, but let's be real) and Final Fantasy XIV fans have had a...
TERA’s Civil Unrest causes actual unrest when it fails to function
One of the big centerpiece features of TERA's most recent patch was the Civil Unrest event, with players teaming up to take on other...
The Daily Grind: What MMO events have you stayed up for?
When the first two World of Warcraft expansions launched, my wife and I were there for the midnight launches. We set up our schedule...
Dragon’s Dogma Online may be headed to the West eventually
At this point, there are no announced plans to bring Dragon's Dogma Online to Western audiences, something that no doubt makes aforementioned Western audiences...
WRUP: How to be cool edition
Many times, people have come up to me on the street asking how I got to be so cool. Well, let me tell you,...
Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria begins the search for more money (September 30, 2016)
Good news, fans of Chronicles of Elyria! You can now give the developers more of your money via the game's web store, which is...
Dragon Quest fans are running a grassroots campaign for localizing Dragon Quest X
It's easy to forget that Square-Enix is running another MMORPG in addition to the two localized titles we have over here... unless, of course,...
City of Titans shows off fully modeled capes
Superheroes don't always wear capes at this point. There have been entire movies highlighting the need for not having capes. But it's just not...
Perfect Ten: Questions to ask before backing an MMO Kickstarter
I am not a big fan of Kickstarter in general, but I like to think that I'm not a big fan for actual reasons...
Riders of Icarus delays the Rift of the Damned update (again) until October 5th
If you're an avid fan of Riders of Icarus, you probably weren't happy when the game pushed its next big patch back by a...
The Daily Grind: What cosmetic changes would you like for your MMO character abilities?
We live in an era when most designers have noticed that we like to control what our characters look like as well as how...
Final Fantasy XIV makes Chinese vanity items available for sale
A new patch just arrived in Final Fantasy XIV, complete with a plethora of items that you can use to glamour your gear. But...