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Global Chat: WoW Classic impressions mega-compilation

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When World of Warcraft launches, the world stops to pay attention. The recent release of WoW Classic didn't just pull in hundreds of thousands of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What we saw (and what we didn’t) in Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga announcement event

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This past weekend’s announcement of Guild Wars 2’s continuation of the Living World story, entitled The Icebrood Saga, was met with all of the...

Massively Uplifting: LOTRO community events, appreciative FFXIV fans, and making gaming accessible

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Just because it's the hottest month of the year doesn't mean we don't want to bury ourselves in warm fuzzies! Positivity is always welcome...
It's actually fine.

Wisdom of Nym: Checking the health of Final Fantasy XIV’s healing metagame in Shadowbringers

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One of the stated reasons for not getting a new healing job with Shadowbringers is essentially that the development team wanted to work on the...

Not So Massively: Pagan Online’s launch addresses its biggest beta problems

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A few months back, I offered my impressions of Pagan Online's early access build. I found it to be a fun online ARPG hampered...
Oh, this... keeps my feelings where they were before, really.

Global Chat: MMO roleplaying explained for the rest of us

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Game designer Brian Green has been on a writing streak as of late with a whole series of blog posts about roleplaying in MMORPGs....

One Shots: All the awesome you can handle

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One day when I grow up, I hope to be half as amazing and down-to-earth cool as most of our One Shots community here....
Never mind, I'm not real!

The Daily Grind: How do you handle cancellations for MMOs you were looking forward to?

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I've been very open about my interest in Peria Chronicles basically from the start of its development, so the fact that it certainly appears to...

First impressions: WoW Classic is fun but anachronistic

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I'm not really one to follow trends or scamper along the zergeist (a combination of zerg and zeitgiest that I've decided perfectly encapsulates the...
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Betawatch: Peria Chronicles is gone, WoW Classic has launched

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I feel so alone, Peria Chronicle's gone, its release has cut and run; Why should I be so blue? Well, what else can I do? Its...

Why I Play: AdventureQuest 3D’s Korn concerts and crazy puns

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My first real exposure to AdventureQuest 3D was years ago now when I was asked if I would host a special giveaway on an...
A journey already taken.

WoW (Classic) Factor: The journal of Nieve Vinther – first entry

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My name is Nieve Vinther. I am 28 years old and was born in the wake of the Second War of the Dark Portal....
Chicks who've broken our hearts.

Design Mockument: Plausible ideas for The Matrix Online 2

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When Bree found out that I'm a fan of the Matrix franchise of films, she said it'd be fun to see me take on...

Perfect Ten: Ten weird things I’m relearning with WoW Classic

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It's been a strange week. No - it's been a strange year in MMO gaming, all things considered. As I'm going through old Lord...
Squirrel?!

The Daily Grind: What MMO do you not play but would still miss if it were gone?

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I don't play RIFT. I never had, and on the occasions when I have it's kind of just not been my thing. But I still...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: The fantasy MMO zone atlas

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There are, let's face it, a limited number of different ways to design real-adjacent zones in any fantasy game. At the end of the...

Tamriel Infinium: Things we wish were in Elder Scrolls Online’s cash shop (but aren’t)

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Convenience items in the cash shop are nothing new in The Elder Scrolls Online. ZeniMax has been selling experience boosts and mount training accelerators...

Desert Oasis: First impressions of Black Desert on the PlayStation 4 (and the PS Vita too!)

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I needed a break from Black Desert after that disappointing enchant session I recounted in the last edition of the Desert Oasis column. A few...

Choose My Adventure: Anthem kept crashing, so here’s what happened in Destiny 2

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This past weekend, for lack of a better word, was a shitshow. Let me try to set the scene. My computer is about five or...
Get thee within, ye of victories forsaken.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s sixth year is the Shadowbringers high

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Let's look back at the sixth year of Final Fantasy XIV since its relaunch, shall we? Six times we've had a Rising celebration to...

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