Vague Patch Notes: ‘Gamer’ is not an identity
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I'm 36 years old. I've been a professional writer for about a decade now, and...
The Daily Grind: How much should fan communities influence MMO designers?
The other day I saw a comment on an MMO subreddit that I quite liked; to paraphrase, it basically stated that the system designers...
Perfect Ten: The worst MMORPG expansions of all time
A great MMO expansion brings so much to the table: fresh excitement for a game, new classes, innovative features, expanded vistas, additional races, and...
Choose My Adventure: Fighting for friends in Elite Dangerous
Combat in Elite Dangerous is hard, but finding friends was just a bit harder. At least, it was in the way that I had...
EVE Evolved: Solving conflict avoidance in EVE Online
Back in October, I made the case that wars were literally ruining EVE Online for the huge number of players living in high-security space....
Wisdom of Nym: A measured evaluation of Final Fantasy XIV’s Blue Mage
It's fair to say that a lot was riding on the first limited job for Final Fantasy XIV. It's not just that the job itself...
Global Chat: The big question mark of Anthem
What's the biggest gaming unknown for you going into 2019? For MMO blogger Cary at Virtual Bastion, it's whether or not BioWare is going to...
One Shots: Dream home
Housing wish fulfillment (or lack thereof) was the main theme running through last week's community postings here at One Shots. Where would we like...
The Daily Grind: Do you wish more MMOs celebrated character birthdays?
It always struck me as a cute trick that the original Guild Wars gave your characters birthday presents. Sometimes they were even valuable birthday presents, seeing...
The Game Archaeologist: Fury
Back in 1997, Australian game developer Auran arrived onto the scene with the real-time strategy title Dark Reign. While it wasn't exactly Command & Conquer...
Betawatch: Atlas addresses hacks and gets hacked
Screw you, hackers in Atlas! You don't get to ruin this game for people, according to the developers! They're working to fight you, and......
WoW Factor: No, Activision is not the reason you’re unhappy with World of Warcraft
There's a narrative that's been making the rounds for a little while now among the World of Warcraft community, buoyed a lot by the fact...
Tamriel Infinium: Examining the features (and hype!) of Elder Scrolls Online’s Season of the Dragon
I have mixed feelings about dragons coming to Elder Scrolls Online. Originally, we knew that we would not see them because they were hibernating...
Vague Patch Notes: Representation in games matters when you don’t see why it matters
This is a story about a boy named Michael. Follow along with me for a little bit, if you'd be so kind.
Michael was born...
The Daily Grind: Do you trust player census numbers for MMOs?
It's a shame that developers don't really give you any official player numbers any more, but that's the state we live in. Players have...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2019
Working in this field has given me something of a sense of how a lot of the industry is going to play out. Take...
The Survivalist: Seven survival game features I want to see in 2019
A new year is all about new hopes, new goals, and -- hopefully -- new features and content. I am talking about games, of...
Choose My Adventure: The lonesome job of star charting in Elite Dangerous
Today's edition of Choose My Adventure features results that were both a landslide and extremely close. On the one hand, most people suggested that...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.5 in review
Ah, that's the good stuff. I'm not going to lie, I was honestly a bit concerned about this patch for Final Fantasy XIV. Not just because...
Jukebox Heroes: Bless Online’s soundtrack
You probably wouldn't blame me for the fact that I've dragged my feet on listening to the Bless Online soundtrack over this past year....
