Vague Patch Notes: Considering the soloer’s experience in MMOs
I sized him up from where he sat across from me. He was intelligent, that much I could tell just at a glance -...
The Daily Grind: How long are you willing to wait in an MMO?
Tom Petty said it best in song format: "The waiting is the hardest part." And let's be clear about something, this question is not...
Perfect Ten: MMOs of the ‘internet spaceships’ genre
It's at once the most important and most underserved genre in MMOs, aside from gigantic robots - it's the valuable genre of internet spaceships. They're...
Massively On The Go: Pokemon Go’s Kanto Tour failed to Meet Go Fest 2020’s high standards
So Pokemon Go Kanto Tour has passed, and we're currently in the middle of the "week-long wrap-up event." I'm using quotes because, frankly, the Kanto...
Choose My Adventure: In search of RvR in WAR Return of Reckoning; first steps in Darkfall Rise of Agon
The Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning has effectively transformed into me doing two games at once for Choose My Adventure. Let me explain.
First, I...
Wisdom of Nym: The shirt-based speculation around Final Fantasy XIV’s next melee job
Bad news, folks: We're going to be waiting a while longer to find out the new melee job for Final Fantasy XIV, and waiting...
One Shots: Even adventurers like to be tucked in to sleep
Slaying a bajillion creatures, hauling around blood-splattered loot, and going through a repeated death-resurrection cycle sure does take it out on the intrepid adventurer....
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite story of anonymous kindness from an MMO?
One of the best parts about MMOs is that they give players a chance to be kind in countless little ways. Maybe not always...
Betawatch: TitanReach backtracks on admission it’s not paying all its devs
So Titan Reach is launching into its paid early access, and it announced that fact. That's good. What is less good is the fact...
Interview: Crowfall is ‘very close’ to launch, plus more details on 6.400 Transformation
This week has brought another massive update to Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall: ArtCraft describes Update 6.400 aka Transformation as a "major balance pass of combat,...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG offers the best tutorial?
MMORPG developer Raph Koster recently put this neat article by experimental game developer Nicky Case on my radar. Case notes that common wisdom is...
Massively on the Go: Your complete guide to the Pokemon Go Kanto tour
The Pokemon GO Kanto Tour is almost upon us! On Saturday, February 20th, ticket holders will have an opportunity to collect most of the 151 Kanto...
Vague Patch Notes: The challenge of the average MMO player
Pick an MMO, any MMO you know pretty well. Pick an MMO where you have a good sense of how much content there is...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most egregious grifting you’ve seen in the MMO sphere?
There was a time when World of Warcraft charging $25 for a sparkly pony was considered absurd fleecing of its playerbase. Times have certainly...
Why I Play: Final Fantasy XIV’s memorable Shadowbringer relic weapon grind
I have a love-hate relationship with Final Fantasy XIV. I actively fought against giving the game MMO of the year for 2020, and I hold the...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs to get you out of your gaming rut
We have all been there. You've been gaming in your standard comfort MMOs when one day you hit that wall of burnout. You feel...
The Daily Grind: What’s your absolute favorite dungeon in an MMORPG?
A while back, I asked our readers about the most boring dungeons in MMOs. It's The Oculus, by the way. That's the only right...
Wisdom of Nym: What Final Fantasy XIV has lined up for patch 5.5
Amidst all the news last week, the live letter for Final Fantasy XIV kind of got shoved off into the corner, didn't it? Partly...
Not So Massively: Torchlight III is less than the sum of its parts
Last summer in this very column, I argued that ARPGs are the pizza of gaming: Even when they're bad, they're still pretty good.
The Torchlight...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Genshin Impact’s soundtrack
Genshin Impact isn't just a game that's easy on the eyes -- it's marvelous to the ears as well. Massively OP's Chris has taken...
