Casually Classic: How World of Warcraft made bad graphics look good
When I returned to World of Warcraft Classic in 2019, I steeled myself to be vastly underwhelmed by the visuals. I'm not a graphics...
Fight or Kite: Project Winter plays like Among Us mixed with survival mechanics for a unique experience
What do you get if you take the Among Us crew and traitor system, MMO staples like gathering and crafting, survival games' hunger and...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV Ascians we know
Look, sometimes you just want to do some lore stuff for Final Fantasy XIV, and this is one of those times. Especially since... well,...
One Shots: Past your curfew
One lesser-known fact about the life of adventurers is that they all have to submit to a daily curfew. By the time the sun's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite mount in an MMO?
In a lot of MMOs, the way to get from place to place as fast as possible is by riding something. You sit on...
The Game Archaeologist: The online world of Diablo II
Most of us probably weren't expecting to see Diablo II once again propelled into the spotlight in the year 2021, but the BlizzCon announcement...
Betawatch: Dual Universe gets better graphics in its biggest beta update
This is the biggest update for Dual Universe since it was first playable, according to the studio itself. That's sizable! This update is big...
WoW Factor: The long wait for patch 9.1 in World of Warcraft
We don't yet have a date for patch 9.1, but considering that patch 9.0.5 just released recently and the patch isn't even up on...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of ice physics and mechanics in MMOs?
RPS had a fun headline a while back that made me let out a laugh while I was strolling through my feeds: We must...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMO social hubs overrated?
MMO reader Random recently winged us an article from Kotaku arguing for the abolishment of pointless social hubs in video games. "Here’s a radical...
The Daily Grind: Do you know the names of the people behind your favorite MMO?
Part of my job involves interviewing developers and talking with them. That means that it's important for me to remember who these people are,...
Perfect Ten: 10 ways that MMOs kind of used to be worse
Believe you me, I know quite well the arguments that have been rehashed over the years about how the MMORPG genre and these online...
Choose My Adventure: The point where Wizard101 blends in with other MMOs
I feel like I’ve got the general thrust of Wizard101. For the most part, anyway.
This week it was all about trying to clear the...
Not So Massively: Checking the pulse of Star Wars Battlefront II
As I am someone who is at best lukewarm to the Star Wars franchise, nearly as ambivalent toward shooters, and almost entirely uninterested in...
Wisdom of Nym: Thoughts on Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker (given what we know so far)
At the time you read this, it'll be just about two months until we know more about what's coming with Final Fantasy XIV's fourth...
Global Chat: RIFT’s melancholy birthday
Any MMO's 10th anniversary is a significant milestone and a reason for celebration, but for RIFT's birthday, this year is more like a funeral...
One Shots: Impossible sky architecture
Lethia seems to be waging a very successful campaign to convince us all that Allods Online has it going on in the eye candy...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst general chat channel?
Yes, yes, I know all of the jokes, World of Warcraft general chat is vile enough to be used as a biotoxin and all of...
Betawatch: The Burning Crusade Classic may be entering beta this month
It might be time to beta test World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade! You know, again. See, there's a rumor that the next update...
LOTRO Legendarium: Analyzing the 2021 LOTRO producer letter
Despite the title of the "February 2021" producer's letter, Standing Stone Games' official annual roadmap was welcomed when it arrived last week. In March....
