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This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour in review

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All right. I've now been on this expansion tour for... well, seven weeks, but it feels like years. Partly because it meant covering a...

Massively Overthinking: What generates trust in MMO crowdfunding for you?

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Last week, an anonymous game developer posted on the MMORPG Reddit about the broader MMO playerbase's frustrations with crowdfunding. See, this dev says he's...
All over again.

WoW Factor: A quick first impression of Shadowlands class changes

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Every so often, we wind up in a lull of information or exhaustion with World of Warcraft that leads readers to speculating in the...
No custom.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most coveted MMO alpha or beta you’ve ever gotten into?

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At the time I write this, we do not yet know who will get into the first test phase for World of Warcraft's upcoming...

Tamriel Infinium: Exploring the revamped vampires of Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor

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Ever since Molag Bal created the first vampires in Tamriel to spite the aedra Arkay, they have held a unique place in the stories...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: How World of Warcraft is like professional wrestling

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Professional wrestling is not my thing. I say that with absolutely no ill will or judgment; much like the Lord of the Rings, the...

Choose My Adventure: The weird world of Heroes Online in Roblox

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I had a feeling this whole month of write-ups would go weirdly, and sure enough, it did. It was only until after I got...

Massively Uplifting: Cake, coloring, and EVE Online’s PLEX4Good COVID-19 relief

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The news this past month has been infected with the novel coronavirus. It's everywhere we turn, and we can't escape it even if we...
Alas and alack.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s schedule in the wake of pandemic

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We have an official statement from Square-Enix now. We have a whole lot of panicky Final Fantasy XIV players who want to believe that...

Fight or Kite: You’re stuck in the house, so PvP with the kids in Trove

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It might not be the best time in history to be a human, but it is one of the best times to be a...

One Shots: A nose in a book

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I love me a good library. When I was a kid, going to libraries and book stores were some of my favorite outings, so...
Weird dog.

The Daily Grind: Are you re-exploring old MMO content during isolation?

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These days, a lot of people are sitting at home without necessarily much to do. We are many of us content locusts now, swarming...

The Game Archaeologist: The history of Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box

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In the MMORPG genre, April Fools' Day is especially relished as a time in which developers and studios can get a bit wacky and...
What the el. Yon. Elyon.

Betawatch: Ascent Infinite Realm rebranded to Elyon during beta

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Rebranding is one of those things that always feels like a bigger deal than it might be but also easy to under-sell by accident....

Desert Oasis: A guide to getting started with Black Desert’s lifeskill system

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For pretty much all of my MMO-gaming career, I avoided anything involving crafting, gathering, and cooking. If the problem can't be solved with a...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Battle for Azeroth

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Oh no. I'd ask how this happened, but I know how it happened. It happened because I am a gigantic idiot. This expansion tour seemed...
Ah yes, teamwork.

Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?

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This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that were ahead of their time

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Timing is, as they say, everything. A good idea presented at the wrong time (and perhaps in the wrong way) might fizzle hard when...
This mailbox is mine.

Vague Patch Notes: Chronicles of Elyria’s road to nowhere

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I honestly cannot stop thinking about Chronicles of Elyria. Not in the sense of surprise, mind you; this was pretty much one of the...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s Loyalty to Lowsec update shakes up Faction Warfare

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Between the relative safe haven of EVE Online's high-security star systems and the lawless depths of nullsec where alliances play ping-pong with titans, there...

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