Columns

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Fight or Kite: Deep-diving Crowfall’s Dregs RvR gameplay

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A couple weeks ago I was preoccupied with leveling up my Frostweaver in Crowfall and completely missed out on the Dregs campaign that was...

Massively Uplifting: Charity tourneys, Asheron’s Call in Animal Crossing, and over a million Kind Words

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May day! May day! We have warm fuzzies incoming! And just in time to start June off with happier thoughts. And who couldn't use...
The other side.

Wisdom of Nym: So, if there is a Final Fantasy XVI…

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It's been about a year since I wrote about Naoki Yoshida's mystery project, which still has not actually been announced in any way and...
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Phantasy Star Online 2 is a fun treasure buried under antique contrivances and inconveniences

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When I first booted up Phantasy Star Online 2, the only way to get to a suite of visual options that included making the...

Desert Oasis: Recapping Black Desert’s Heidel Ball, from backstage to balancing

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One of the complications of playing playing Black Desert is that it operates on UTC. Since I live in California, aka the center of...
Or not. We could not.

The Daily Grind: What was the most disappointing MMO launch you’ve ever experienced?

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I'm pretty sure that yes, Phantasy Star Online 2 is the worst and most disappointing MMO launch I've ever gone through. That means that it's...

Global Chat: Does SWTOR fail in the end for (Han) soloers?

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As his name suggests, FibroJedi is a big Star Wars: The Old Republic player -- but even so, he is not above criticizing the...

One Shots: Posing is half the battle

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It's not just enough to tote around a legendary weapon in your MMO -- you're going to need to learn that posing is half...

Jukebox Heroes: The best of Echo of Soul’s soundtrack

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Echo of Soul is one of those MMORPGs that seems doomed to languish and be tossed around from publisher to publisher until it fades...

The Survivalist: Astroneer launches persistent multiplayer servers

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Sometimes the gaming gods do listen! Sometimes you do get your wish. Sometimes your heart's desires are granted. And that sometime is now! From day...
All right, here we go.

Betawatch: Torchlight III wraps up its closed testing

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So it appears that Torchlight III has finished its round of closed testing! Great! And what happens next for the game? When is the next round...
All over again.

WoW Factor: Shadowlands needs an excitement boost it’s not getting

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Back in February, I wrote about how Blizzard could help restore some player confidence about Shadowlands. And we're a few months in, and... yeah, that's...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?

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Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...

Desert Oasis: Rethinking the Black Desert grindspot debate

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Almost a year ago, I penned a column on grindspot etiquette in MMORPGs. Specifically, I wrote about the commonly accepted etiquette when it comes...
That's not a doll, guy.

The Daily Grind: What are the MMO starting zones that feel most welcoming to you?

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To this day, there is no starting zone in any MMO that has felt as warm and welcoming to me as Ronfaure in Final Fantasy...

Wandering Wraeclast: Final impressions of Path of Exile’s Delirium

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Let's talk Delirium! We're in the third month of Path of Exile's latest league, and with the next league expected in June, we're running out...

Perfect Ten: Unconventional MMORPG magic classes

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Earth. Fire. Air. Water. These elements are all well and good if you want to summon Captain Planet for some reason, but they make...

Choose My Adventure: Taking the new Warbird for a spin in Star Trek Online

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It was unanimous: We were meant to be Romulans and continue with the storyline that we were following in Star Trek Online. The voting...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s No Quarter

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After March’s relatively lightweight release, Steel and Fire, a lot of Guild Wars 2 players were expecting something big from this month’s release, entitled...

MMO Burnout: We Happy Few is a single-player virtual world

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After having it on my radar for many years, I've finally gotten around to playing indie stealth/survival game We Happy Few. It's a good...

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