Columns

Enjoy a run-down of our recent long-form pieces, both game-specific and more general. You might also be interested in our list of all of our columns and recurring articles. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

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...
This. Is. Exhausting.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite place to just hang out in an MMO?

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Either we all wind up with time spent in MMOs wherein you're just hanging out or I am singularly bad at managing my time,...

Choose My Adventure: Albion Online, chestnut logs, and terrible mistakes

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I regret to inform you all that my final moments in Albion Online were something of a bellyflop. A number of smaller frustrations just...
Never seen a bluer sky.

Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV need new jobs?

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We're all still basically expecting an expansion announcement for Final Fantasy XIV in November. I'll talk about the weirdness of the world right now...
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Global Chat: Is Animal Crossing New Horizons an MMO?

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One trend that we have noticed over the past decade or so is the blurring of lines between "regular" video games and MMORPGs. It...

EverQuesting: Looking back at EverQuest’s 21st year

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There are landmark years, and then there are landmark years. (Not to be confused with Landmark, which has been gone for years.) You can...

Massively on the Go: How Pokemon Go is improving without all the ‘go’

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We've briefly covered some of Pokemon Go's new changes in light of recent non-fun viral events, and in today's Massively on the Go, I want...

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