Tyler F.M. Edwards
Tyler Edwards is a lifelong gamer, freelance writer, and occasional game designer living in Toronto, Canada. Here at MOP, he is the main contributor for the Not-So-Massively and Vitae Aeternum columns. He's fascinated by the potential of video games as a story-telling medium, and quickly loses interest in most games that can't engage him on that level. He loves Elves as much as Justin hates them.
Not So Massively: How unrealistic expectations hobbled Heroes of the Storm
I find myself in the odd position of feeling compelled to both defend and criticize Heroes of the Storm. The game's taken a huge...
Anthem’s patch 1.40 brings freeplay changes, returned loot, and a hint toward Cataclysm’s ending
Throughout the Cataclysm event, Anthem has continued to roll out a slow but steady trickle of new loot, arenas, and story missions, but today's...
Not So Massively: Pagan Online’s launch addresses its biggest beta problems
A few months back, I offered my impressions of Pagan Online's early access build. I found it to be a fun online ARPG hampered...
Hands-on: Neverwinter post-Uprising is a mixed bag for newbies and vets
A long time ago, for a few months after it launched, I was an avid Neverwinter player. I loved its visceral combat, and to...
Not So Massively: Comparing looter shooters, from Destiny 2 and Division 2 to Anthem and Warframe
Looter shooters -- online games with shooter gameplay and loot-based progression -- are all the rage these days. But maybe this trend has passed...
Not So Massively: Anthem’s Cataclysm is actually a good ride
It may have taken a while, but the Cataclysm has at last come to Anthem. A rogue Dominion team is trying to control the...
Not So Massively: Why ARPGs, not MMOs, are where pet classes truly shine
I noticed something odd when I started playing Grim Dawn aways back: I went straight for the pet builds. This is interesting because this...
Not So Massively: Jumping into Grim Dawn in 2019
Now that I'm helming Not So Massively, I feel a stronger compulsion to delve into games like ARPGs and shooters so that I can...
The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed
It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
Not So Massively: Gaming genre elitism isn’t a good look on anyone
As I noted when I first took over the Not So Massively column this past spring, we live in a time of great change...
Not So Massively: Blizzard cancelled a(nother) game, and I couldn’t be happier
Recently news broke that Blizzard had cancelled an unannounced game that had been in development for several years. This was followed closely by some...
Not So Massively: Cataclysm looks cool, but it’s not what Anthem needs right now
I am an unapologetic Anthem apologist. I think it's a great game, and I'm more than a little frustrated by the constant barrage of...
Not So Massively: First impressions of Conan Unconquered
I don't have any particular attachment to Conan the Barbarian as a franchise. I'm barely even familiar with it, in fact. But I do...
Not So Massively: StarCraft II co-op is one of online gaming’s greatest hidden gems
Between the disappointment of the current World of Warcraft expansion, the abandonment of Diablo III, and other... unpleasantness, I find my lifelong fandom of...
Not So Massively: Eden Rising provides a low-stress riff on survival games
Somehow I hadn't heard of Eden Rising until it launched out of early access as a free-to-play title, so to me at least it...
Not So Massively: Mourning the wasted potential of Trion’s Defiance
One of my biggest gaming pet peeves is people declaring games "dead" before their time. If you can play it, it's not dead. This...
Not So Massively: Yearning for an MMO future free of loot
Throughout all of the Drama over Anthem's loot issues, I've just been rolling my eyes. Not because I think Bioware screwed up -- arguably...
Not So Massively: First impressions from Pagan Online’s early access launch
Today, Wargaming's ARPG Pagan Online launches into early access on Steam. Just before this launch, the developers were kind enough to provide us with...
Not So Massively: Five things I love about Anthem
It is by now clear that Anthem had a fairly tortured road to launch. I don't wish to condone the clearly appalling conditions BioWare...
Not So Massively: The Division 2 has more stuff than personality
The Division was a game with a number of flaws, but one thing it did very well was present an incredibly detailed, realistic, and...
