Massively on the Go: Smash Bros Ultimate’s online scene, one month later
I love Smash Bros. I love the mascot battles, the random items, the hazards. And in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, I love the new Ultimate meter...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing
One amazing trailer and a day of hype later, Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing will be live this afternoon for us to play....
EVE Evolved: Seven of the best EVE Online fan videos of all time
EVE Online has a long history of incredible cinematics and player-made videos, but that legacy has somewhat fallen by the wayside in recent years....
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2019 in preview
It's the day before the last patch of the Stormblood series in Final Fantasy XIV... technically. Yes, you can argue (correctly) that we'll actually...
Wings Over Atreia: Aion’s abolished trading, and other foolish moves
So I really did not want to write a rant for Christmas week. No, I wanted -- nay, I planned -- a joyous column...
One Shots: Bullet hell
If you ever find yourself staring down an impossible spray of projectiles and energy blasts flying every which way and you freeze like a...
The Game Archaeologist: Project Copernicus
In the end, one of the biggest shames of the whole 38 Studios fiasco is that the MMORPG it was creating and the people...
Betawatch: Atlas weathers its storms with strong player retention
Guess what? Atlas did in fact launch over the holiday season into its early access, and it immediately started weathering storms due to its rushed...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s most underused zones in Classic
No, I'm still not done with thinking about the game's zones and how they relate to Classic. Because while I've already covered the zones...
Progress Bar: The bullet hell of Survived By
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Progress Bar! This monthly column will be my personal look at early access MMO, MMO-like, and multiplayer games...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s year-end report card for 2018
Every year, I place Star Wars: The Old Republic on a scale and weigh it against the Bartle Taxonomy, giving the different aspects letter...
Vague Patch Notes: How to make your points and exit gracefully from online debates
It's 2019, people. Let's do this. And by do this I of course mean learn to actually debate things in a way that might wind up changing...
Global Chat: How do we fight early access disasters?
With the year in MMOs ending on a sour note due to the botched rollouts of both Fallout 76 and Atlas, blogger Endgame Variable...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2018
A not-inconsequential part of me misses the days when every MMO would pump out boxed expansions. I like buying boxes of stuff I like...
Choose My Adventure: Sorry, everyone, but I had fun in Star Citizen
In spite of best efforts and even better advice, it's often pretty easy to have other folks bring you down for enjoying something. We...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2018 in review
Sometimes I wind up starting these a bit early because there's just not much to write about; other times I'm writing well in advance...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO resolutions for 2019?
So here we are in 2019. It looks a lot like 2018, really. But it's a new year, and this is usually the point...
LOTRO Legendarium: Eight tips for leveling up in Lord of the Rings Online
Typically around this time of the year, I'll offer up my wish list of features and changes that I'd like to see happen in...
One Shots: Dance like the moon is watching
As we digest all of those Christmas hams and cookies while replacing our bloodstream with eggnog, it's a good time of the year to...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO regrets from 2018?
We talk a lot about how we feel about the year that's past and our resolutions for the next year, but we don't tend...