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Fight or Kite: First impressions of newly free-to-play Albion Online

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As soon as I heard that Albion Online was going free-to-play, I knew where I was going to spend the majority of my PvP...

Global Chat: Can you play WoW Classic casually?

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Over at Priest with a Cause, MMO blogger Shintar came up with a great question for those looking to play World of Warcraft's upcoming...

One Shots: Officially Sanctioned Sunday Afternoon Nap Hour

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Shh. Shhhhhhhh. Do not, under any circumstances, make a sound during Officially Sanctioned Sunday Afternoon Nap Hour. Some of us take it very, very seriously and...
Alas and alack.

The Daily Grind: What MMO received far more effort to keep it alive than it deserved?

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It's ironic that two of the games I regard most fondly are both titles that received a huge amount of support trying to make these titles...

LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s festivals from worst to best

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The schedule for Lord of the Rings Online's special events keeps us hopping most of the year-round, as Standing Stone Games weaves major festivals,...
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Betawatch: Peria Chronicles is actually heading to beta, gosh

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This one's personally important to me. Peria Chronicles is a game that looked very interesting to me from the moment it was revealed and...
Just play along.

Storyboard: Stop whining and accept your MMO plotline

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I'm going to let you in on a very big and also very obnoxious secret. All right? No one is going to like hearing...

Lawful Neutral: Is it safe to play on City of Heroes’ inevitable rogue servers?

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You CAN play on the City of Heroes rogue servers you're about to see springing up. But should you? Our law columnist looks into the legalities of the City of Heroes emulation situation.

Perfect Ten: MMOs for puzzle lovers

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Ever find yourself complaining that all of the PvE content in your MMO is nothing but shooting something in the face or chopping down...

Not So Massively: First impressions from Pagan Online’s early access launch

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Today, Wargaming's ARPG Pagan Online launches into early access on Steam. Just before this launch, the developers were kind enough to provide us with...
It feels faintly telling, yes.

The Daily Grind: How long does it take for wipes to bother you in an MMO?

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This is not a question about wipes in general. If the first wipe in a Final Fantasy XIV dungeon happens with a veteran party with...

Hyperspace Beacon: Why we’re excited about the SWTOR Onslaught announcement

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Before the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina, millions of voices were crying out in terror: "We are never going to get any...
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Tamriel Infinium: Are Elder Scrolls Online’s events too much of a good thing?

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The Elder Scrolls Online players are suffering an embarrassment of riches at the moment. The 25th anniversary of the Elder Scrolls franchise coincides almost...
It's gone.

Into the Super-Verse: The death of the City of Heroes community

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Kingdom Come is a 1996 DC Comics miniseries by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. The central conceit of the story is that it takes...

Choose My Adventure: The Slayer skill and the power of cabbage in RuneScape

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Talk about a landslide decision. This round of adventuring for CMA saw my husband and I take up the Slayer path in RuneScape, which...

Flameseeker Chronicles: A PvE carebear’s guide to Guild Wars 2 WvW and the Warclaw

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By now, you’ve probably seen this hulking, armored cat bounding around Tyria. No, not my Charr warrior; I mean Guild Wars 2's new Warclaw...
Collide.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood in review – The main scenario

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All right. It's all over but the waiting, and that means it's time to start picking apart the Final Fantasy XIV expansion we're now...
House of skulls.

Not So Massively: Five things I love about Anthem

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It is by now clear that Anthem had a fairly tortured road to launch. I don't wish to condone the clearly appalling conditions BioWare...

The Survivalist: Why I love survival games but refuse to touch Atlas

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I love survival sandboxes. They give me that virtual world experience I'm missing from most MMOs. And I can build! So, why won't I...

One Shots: Band practice went long today

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Fred and Wilma's parents always wondered what happened to them. One day they stayed after school for a little extra band practice... and they...

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