Global Chat: WoW Classic impressions mega-compilation
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
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
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Checking the health of Final Fantasy XIV’s healing metagame in Shadowbringers
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
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...
Global Chat: MMO roleplaying explained for the rest of us
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
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....
The Daily Grind: How do you handle cancellations for MMOs you were looking forward to?
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
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...
Betawatch: Peria Chronicles is gone, WoW Classic has launched
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
My first real exposure to AdventureQuest 3D was years ago now when I was asked if I would host a special giveaway on an...
WoW (Classic) Factor: The journal of Nieve Vinther – first entry
My name is Nieve Vinther. I am 28 years old and was born in the wake of the Second War of the Dark Portal....
Design Mockument: Plausible ideas for The Matrix Online 2
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
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...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you not play but would still miss if it were gone?
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...
Perfect Ten: The fantasy MMO zone atlas
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)
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!)
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
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s sixth year is the Shadowbringers high
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...