Matt Daniel
Reporter
Matt is an incurable, lifelong nerd who has almost certainly spent more time in front of various screens and monitors than is strictly healthy. On the rare occasions that he manages to pull himself away from said screens and monitors, he's probably absorbed in a good book or scribbling down the latest half-formed story that's popped into his head.
Twitter:Â @Matt_DanielMVOP
Desert Nomad: The Nomad’s guide to Black Desert
Hello friends, and welcome to a new installment of Choose My Adv-- HA HA, PSYCH! This puppet's strings have been cut, suckers! No longer...
Choose My Adventure: Crafting catastrophes and dungeon doldrums in Blade & Soul
Hello, friends, and welcome to the fourth and final installment of Choose My Adventure with Blade & Soul. Last week, as you may recall...
Beta impressions of Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic
About a week ago, I got an e-mail granting me access to the closed beta test of Motiga's in-development MOBA title, Gigantic. Now, most...
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul’s questing, PvP, combat, and impractically revealing outfits
Hello friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure, where I'm in my third week of exploring NCSoft's martial-arts MMORPG, Blade & Soul. Last...
Hands-on with The Division’s beta: From character creation to Dark Zone PvP
A couple of weekends back, I -- like many other players -- took part in the beta weekend for Ubisoft's upcoming MMO shooter, The...
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul’s school of hard knocks (and mysterious, potentially deadly curses)
Hello friends, and welcome to week two of the February series of Choose My Adventure. For those of you who are just tuning in,...
Choose My Adventure: Entering the fray in Blade & Soul
Hello, friends, and welcome to a spankin' new series of Choose My Adventure. This month, I'm going to be diving into NCSoft's wuxia-inspired Blade &...
Choose My Adventure: Brewing disaster in Shroud of the Avatar
Hello, friends, and welcome to the final (belated) installment of Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar edition. Last week, I asked y'all to...
Choose My Adventure: Exploring Shroud of the Avatar’s (not so) open wilds
Hello, friends, and welcome to the penultimate installment of Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar. Last week, in addition to giving the game's...
Choose My Adventure: In which my Shroud of the Avatar plans are foiled
Hello friends, and welcome to the next installment of the Shroud of the Avatar edition of Choose My Adventure. Last week, as I'm sure...
Choose My Adventure: Trying on the Shroud of the Avatar
Hello friends, and welcome to the new year's first installment of Choose My Adventure. As you may have noticed, I took a bit of...
First impressions of Black Desert’s closed beta test, part two: Crafting, gathering, and economy
On Friday, I took a look at the classes, combat, and tricky mechanics of upcoming sandboxy Korean-import Black Desert's first western closed beta test....
First impressions of Black Desert’s closed beta test: Classes, combat, and mechanics
Over the course of my first day in Black Desert, I did a lot of the things you'd expect from the first day in...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up my Guild Wars 2 adventure
Hello again, friends, and welcome to the fourth and final installment of the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns edition of Choose My Adventure....
Choose My Adventure: Rising through the ranks in Guild Wars 2
Hello, friends, and welcome yet again to another installment of Choose My Adventure. Over the course of last weekend, I've continued my journeys in...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for total MMO newbies
If you're anything like me, you probably have a tough time deciding what kinds of gifts to buy all of your totally real, not-at-all...
Choose My Adventure: Running amok with Guild Wars 2’s Revenant
Hello again, friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. As you may or may not have noticed, CMA took a little hiatus last...
Choose My Adventure: Into the Heart of Thorns
Hello again friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. November is upon us, and that means two things: It's time for another round...
Choose My Adventure: Settling the homestead in WildStar
Hello everyone, and welcome to the latest (and ostensibly greatest, depending on your perspective) installment of Choose My Adventure. This week, we'll be bidding...
Choose My Adventure: WildStar’s crafting frustrations
Welcome, everyone, to another installment of Choose My Adventure: WildStar edition. Last week, Bonongo Jazz, Chua Spellslinger-slash-Explorer-slash-Architect extraordinaire, arrived at the Dominion outpost of...
