Working As Intended: Decorating MMORPG houses in SWG Legends and beyond
I've been mulling over how to do a piece about MMO housing for a while now, spurred on by colleagues and readers who've said...
WoW Factor: Dissecting the drips and drabs from the Shadowlands reveal stream
All right. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands kicks off its beta next week. I would kind of like to be involved in that! I am...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever tried to get your money back from an MMO Kickstarter?
We're all clear on the fact that at this point Kickstarted MMOs do not have a great track record, right? For every Elite: Dangerous...
Desert Oasis: How should Black Desert handle class balance?
Last week, I wrote about how the recent tamer changes in Black Desert resulted in a write-in campaign. Ever since then, I've had game...
Perfect Ten: More time traveling adventures in MMOs
Writers and geeks alike can't seem to get enough of time travel -- and neither can I! Back in 2017, I wrote a list of...
Choose My Adventure: Dungeons and Dragons Online already does so much right
Well, well, well. Consider me pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when the voters told me to kick off my Dungeons...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 keeps meta maps relevant
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of my time in Guild Wars 2 running through the Drizzlewood Coast meta event (be sure to check...
Massively Uplifting: Speech therapy, a college class in WoW, and the Ian Holm tribute that crashed LOTRO
Inside or outside? Like a cat at the door, June had many of us unsure if we wanted to go out or stay in;...
Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet
After years of hilariously wrong recommendations, something seems to have clicked with Facebook's algorithms lately to make it finally start showing me relevant ads....
Wisdom of Nym: The two-month delay of Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
Well, it turns out this week did not bring much in the way of new information about Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3. Or... it...
Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Mists of Wilderland soundtrack
Just in time for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, Standing Stone Games finally posted Update 26's full soundtrack to YouTube the other...
One Shots: A daring jump into two dimensions
While most of what we think of as MMORPGs are lush, three-dimensional worlds, there are several that are portrayed in just two (or, in...
The Daily Grind: Has the Crucible pull-back affected your thoughts on New World?
Here's the thing: I have definitely not been on the hype train for Amazon's New World for a variety for reasons. But with the...
WRUP: Robot edition
Note: Due to general apathy, my updates for this thing will now be written for our robot audience by my helpful companion unit ZR-44581-Q....
Betawatch: Crucible has re-entered beta
Ah, Crucible, welcome back to the warm embrace of being in beta. Yes, after launching with something like a bellyflop, the game is now...
WoW Factor: The missing soulbinds of Shadowlands’ testing
Everyone remembers about soulbinding, yes? It's one of the major new features in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? Like, it's literally the whole thing that...
LOTRO Legendarium: A very Middle-earth wedding
Dearly beloved players, we are gathered today to celebrate the release of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, and with it, a great...
Vague Patch Notes: Trying to salvage MMOs from bad launches
So I'm glad that Crucible got a "pull back to beta" instead of a complete shutdown. I'm surprised but still happy because that's more...
The Daily Grind: What systems do you avoid learning properly in MMOs?
Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was meant to break some degenerate enhancement effects, but it also meant that you had to think a...
Final Fantasy XI plans for its July version update with more Odyssey content
The Final Fantasy XI team has gotten its groove back, although in this case "groove" mostly means "development cadence." Yes, the team is back...