Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!
It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO subgenres need better names?
There are an awful lot of games falling under the broad header of "not quite an MMORPG but still multiplayer shooter with strong influences...
Perfect Ten: Ten steps for understanding MMO systems
As I write this, I'm in the middle of putting together my first impressions for Anthem. This takes some doing and would probably be easier...
Choose My Adventure: So long The Elder Scrolls Online, hello Legends of Aria
It's been a refrain in this edition of Choose My Adventure, but I still have to say it again: I have had a blast...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers overhaul jobs, part one
There are four jobs that we know of which are getting some major reworking in Shadowbringers. For a game with fifteen jobs, that's not so...
Jukebox Heroes: Mabinogi’s six best music tracks
When evaluating an eastern MMORPG that boasts a huge soundtrack, I am often filled with a mixture of dread and anticipation at the start...
One Shots: Don’t look behind you!
Oh man, you did it. You clicked on this column and brought a curse onto your head. Right now, something terrifying has materialized out...
The Daily Grind: Do you get worried when MMO fan sites shut down?
Fan sites come and go. They always have and always will. The game that you thought you would care about forever when you were...
LOTRO Legendarium: Examining 2019’s amazing producer’s letter
I swear, the news never fails to make a monkey out of me. Just the other day I was grousing about how it was...
Betawatch: Anthem has begun to sing
It'd be nice to say that nothing in beta can stay there, but that would be a lie. There are lots of games that stay...
Jukebox Heroes: The 10 greatest MMO soundtracks of all time (as voted by you)
A few weeks ago we witnessed the showdown of the ages (or at least the epoch known as "late January 2019"), as Massively OP...
WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part one: Combat
One of the complicated challenges of writing about World of Warcraft is sorting out the stuff that's happening now from the stuff that's been happening...
Hyperspace Beacon: The Star Wars MMOs and communities beyond SWTOR
Time flies: I am now coming up on nine years of covering Star Wars: The Old Republic professionally. Of course, I was a Star...
Vague Patch Notes: Online games are a marathon, but they still need to start running
One of those phrases we like to use a fair amount here is the fact that running an MMO is a marathon, not a...
The Daily Grind: Are there party roles you will not fulfill in MMOs?
We all know the big three roles in most MMO design at this point: tanks, healers, and DPS. But these are not the only...
Perfect Ten: The bloodiest MMOs of all time
I am not nor ever have been that much of a fan of gore and blood in video games. Oh, I thought Doom was...
Choose My Adventure: Dungeon diving in The Elder Scrolls Online
Pretty much everything I've done in The Elder Scrolls Online has been a delight, so I was going in to my chosen task for...
The Survivalist: Astroneer adds whimsy to the enjoyable terrors of space survival
Ever feel like you can't keep up with all the survival sandboxes coming out? With so many, it can be hard to keep them...
Wisdom of Nym: The system changes I’d like to see in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
We don't yet know everything we're going to learn at the Tokyo fan festival about Shadowbringers, but we can be reasonably confident that it...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online has a gambling problem
The gambling debate has kicked off again in EVE Online, this time in response to the annual Guardian's Gala event that's currently running throughout...
