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]

Black Desert

Perfect Ten: Tips for fighting an MMORPG boss for the first time

3
Ahh! That header scared me, and I'm the one who picked it! But that's where adventure leads you, right into the maw of something...

Choose My Adventure: The simple joys of RuneScape and duo gameplay

4
I've often wondered to myself why there seem to be so many in-development MMORPGs that stubbornly and desperately cling to the idea of the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 needs real housing

45
There is no shortage of things to do in Guild Wars 2. Wandering around the world and exploring is a joy, and players are...

Not So Massively: Yearning for an MMO future free of loot

37
Throughout all of the Drama over Anthem's loot issues, I've just been rolling my eyes. Not because I think Bioware screwed up -- arguably...
Up.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – side stories, part two

4
If I'm being entirely honest, I could probably stretch this series out even further from having two columns on side stories in Final Fantasy...
Bye.

MMO Cartographer: Exploring Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar

18
Since my last report from the field, I have been exploring Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, a game developed by Portalarium, described as a...

One Shots: Cruising in the Batmobile

27
Nothing gives me genre whiplash more than seeing technology that's vastly more advanced from anything in our world existing alongside of an otherwise-medieval realm....
Fwoosh.

The Daily Grind: How much preparation do you do for big MMO updates?

17
There has never yet been an MMO expansion for a game I'm playing that has not prompted an elaborate plan to prepare from me....

Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great

37
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Bless Unleashed enters beta testing on the Xbox One

3
If you own an Xbox One and would like Bless Online Without Quite So Much Bless Online In It, you're in luck! Bless Unleashed is testing on...
enchantment!

Jukebox Heroes: Diving back into Aion’s soundtrack

1
While the game itself never fascinated me, Aion's soundtrack is easily in my personal Top Five in terms of quality and variety. The game...

Warframe of Mind: Massively OP’s guide to finding your ‘Frame

21
When I first tried Warframe , I found that I enjoyed the movement system, and I discovered that I really loved headshots with a...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: What could win back the crowd for the next World of Warcraft expansion?

120
So the conclusion to the Azshara raid has been mined out, and I'm just going to link it to you here. I don't want...
Please, just... potter less.

Vague Patch Notes: It’s all right for MMO studios to stop trying

22
Let me tell you about last year's NaNoWriMo project. If you've never taken part in National Novel Writing Month, it's a great reason to...

Tamriel Infinium: Dissecting the Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr Necromancer class

11
I spent some time this week playing on the Elder Scrolls Online public test server. I've explored quite a bit of Northern Elsweyr. I...
Good car, bad game.

The Daily Grind: What would you be willing to transfer servers for in an MMO?

23
As I write this, we're knee-deep in the 24-hour maintenance for Final Fantasy XIV splitting up the North American datacenters. What will I do after...

Desert Oasis: A post-mortem examination of Black Desert’s defunct Shadow Arena

4
Last week was such an intense week for Black Desert. The community took a blow when news broke out regarding Black Desert’s second major...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Things do prepare for ahead of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

8
Let's be real, folks, Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion is not right around the corner. You have two months until that thing is even in early access,...

Choose My Adventure: Finding the perfect group activity in RuneScape

2
Early on in this month's Choose My Adventure, a reader in the comments mentioned that RuneScape is the perfect game to have a CMA,...
Well, we got something right!

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – side stories, part one

2
Those of you who don't remember the last time I did this particular column series (which is understandable, it was two years ago) should...

ADVERTISEMENT