First Impressions: Elder Scrolls Online story, not scribing, is Gold Road’s apex
If you followed my series of Choose My Adventure columns from last month, you'll know that I ended up making Elder Scrolls Online my...
SGF 2024: Aloft is a cozy Ghibli-inspired PvE-centric survival sandbox in the sky
When I first heard about Aloft while planning for Summer Games Fest 2024, I figured it would just be a cute multiplayer survival game;...
Progress Bar: Wayfinder is in a much better place as an offline game
Normally we're the sort of gamers who advocate for more MMOs and multiplayer games, not less. We're also all about games being preserved. Therein...
The Daily Grind: What do you expect out of MMORPG roadmaps?
So as we wait for New World's promised Q&A for PC players today following the botched Aeternum reveal at Summer Game Fest, New World...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking for support in Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIV does not have a support role... technically. People have been asking for a dedicated support role for years, of course; people...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with NetEase’s team shooter Marvel Rivals
There are lots of Summer Games Fest embargos still in place and more coming this week, but fortunately NetEase's Marvel Rivals is something I can...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online’s new birding hobby a flight of fancy?
My father-in-law is an obsessive birdwatcher. He took it up as a hobby a few years ago, and now he travels all over the...
The Daily Grind: What are the scariest words in the MMORPG genre?
The other day I was chatting up a friendly MMO dev who - in the context of the then-still-fresh Elder Scrolls Online rollback -...
Global Chat: FFXIV’s out-of-control cutscene scene
Here's a terrifying and fascinating fact: Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV's cutscenes now total up to 159 hours of non-interactive, viewable-only content?
Gamer...
One Shots: The portents of the heavens
When you look up at the night sky and everything's going nuts, it's either the end of the world as we know it or...
The Daily Grind: What was an MMO system you liked better in the beta?
More often than not, the beta defense is deployed for MMOs when they're in testing to defend janky and unpleasant systems. Sometimes, this is...
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s Aeternum relaunch is actually a solid update – with terrible timing and comms
After months of waiting, New World's June mystery announcement has been revealed as New World: Aeternum, a console release coupled with a rebranding and...
MMO Burnout: Cozy Caravan brings an incomplete yet instantly charming chore-filled break
One of my dream jobs in sandbox MMORPGs is to run logistics. Whether it's flying space trucks around or steering a caravan, delivering goods...
Vague Patch Notes: Chasing the metagame in MMOs isn’t the metagame at all
So a few weeks back, I did a column on what the metagame actually is in MMORPG, and then I discussed how noob traps...
The Daily Grind: Would you trade places with any of your MMORPG toons?
Most of my MMORPG characters do not live gentle or safe lives. My Lord of the Rings Online hobbit Hunter is constantly being set...
Massively Overthinking: If you lost your account in your main MMORPG, would you start over?
The other day, MOP's Justin came into our work chat understandably nervous because he couldn't log into his Lord of the Rings Online account;...
The Daily Grind: What were you looking forward to from the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail media tour?
So, hey, Final Fantasy XIV is about to launch a new expansion! Did you hear about that? I might have heard some rumors. We've...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Questions and answers with Naoki Yoshida
Interviewing Naoki Yoshida is always a heck of a time. There are people whom I can interview about the games they run and get...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Exploring Dawntrail’s Tuliyollal, Urqopacha, and Kozama’uka zones
I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: Getting to walk around in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail was always like catnip to me...
Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail media tour: Hands-on with Dawntrail’s first dungeon, Ihuykatumu
The first dungeon of a Final Fantasy XIV expansion tells you a lot about what to expect from the rest of the expansion. I...
