Vague Patch Notes: Balance in MMOs is overrated
Earlier this week, we did a post all about balance in Crucible. It was a detailed post explaining all of the ways that the...
The Daily Grind: What moments do you feel people have missed if they haven’t played your favorite MMOs?
When we try to sell people on MMOs, we naturally talk about systems or mechanics. If I wanted to convince someone to play World...
Choose My Adventure: Shopping for classes in AdventureQuest 3D
So as it turns out, through information granted by a couple of commenters and by the inimitable MJ, the Moglomancer class in AdventureQuest 3D...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 can improve underwater combat
Way back in the lead up to Guild Wars 2’s launch in 2012, I remember the community being all abuzz about the addition of...
ArtCraft on Crowfall’s beta release today, Eternal Kingdoms, the newbie experience, and much more
Crowfall, the PvP-centered MMORPG originally Kickstarted back in 2015, announced last week that it had finally arrived at its beta milestone and would begin...
Wisdom of Nym: Just before patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV
Is it too late to hope this patch ends with a bunch of NPCs from the First watching everyone walk back to the Source...
Jukebox Heroes: It’s time to turn your MMO’s music back on
We're going to take a detour from our tour of various MMO soundtracks to talk about one of the most common statements I hear...
One Shots: Avoid these vacation destinations
When you're planning your summer MMO vacation, there will be a lot of places bidding for your time and gold. But not every resort...
Betawatch: Here comes Crowfall’s beta
Five years since its Kickstarter, Crowfall is finally entering beta next week! That's good news for backers and even better for MMO PvP fans...
LOTRO Legendarium: The pros and cons of Rohan housing
To my knowledge, this past week's Update 27.2 for Lord of the Rings Online may well be the biggest housing patch that's hit the...
GDC Summer 2020: Quantic’s 400K-gamer motivation model
Quantic Foundry's Nick Yee gave a lecture at GDC Summer 2020 yesterday showing how the analytics firm's massive amount of data can be used...
Desert Oasis: Our guide to playing Black Desert’s season servers
The introduction of Black Desert's season servers this summer was my chocolate-in-peanut-butter moment of the year. I didn't know the combination would be so...
Perfect Ten: Ten things to do when you just want to chill out in an MMO
Let's face it: Sometimes, playing MMORPGs -- as with any video game -- has the potential to stress us out. We might feel under...
Choose My Adventure: The absurd tsunami that is AdventureQuest 3D
Let's see... I was flung across the world, I fought an extremely hyperactive unicorn bro, I nearly got defeated by chickens, and I fought...
Not So Massively: First impressions of StarCraft II’s co-op prestige system
Last week, StarCraft II celebrated its tenth anniversary by launching the major 5.0 patch. With it came the new "prestige" system for co-op mode,...
Massively Uplifting: Good deeds don’t take the summer off for Bungie, Niantic, and Trolls in WoW
When summer comes, some lucky folks get to take the season off. Even those who continue on their regular labors often head out on...
Wisdom of Nym: What it means to be good at Final Fantasy XIV content
Let's start with an assertion that some people may or may not believe but is still true no matter what: Dungeons in Final Fantasy...
Jukebox Heroes: The ultimate guide to MMORPG music
It's been a long, strange, and wonderful journey to explore MMORPG music with you here in Jukebox Heroes. And while I am anticipating many...
One Shots: The ultimate tree house
When I asked for pictures of plant houses in online games, I wasn't quite expecting that notion to sprout and grow into this tremendous...
The Game Archaeologist: Clone Wars Adventures, the Star Wars MMO everyone kinda forgot
Whenever the topic -- the argument -- of Star Wars MMOs arises, the debate is usually between the merits of the sandboxy Star Wars...
