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The Daily Grind: Do you have authenticators for your MMO accounts?

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It never seemed to me like I had any need of an authenticator for World of Warcraft... until my wife's account got taken. It...

The Game Archeologist: Halo Universe

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Since its debut on Xbox back in 2001, the Halo franchise has been a massive powerhouse and a mainstay for shooter fans. To date,...
SO many things.

Jukebox Heroes: RuneScape’s orchestral album

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I have been saying for years that RuneScape has a truly impressive yet overlooked body of video game music. To my knowledge, it's the...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: The dumb World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon

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It's easy to just think of this year's BlizzCon as having dumb stuff on display for Diablo, but let's be real here - there were...

EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s 14th anniversary retrospective, from Columbus Nova to Chaos Descending

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During last year's anniversary retrospective for EverQuest II I dared to say things were too quiet. Big mistake! Why would I tempt fate like...
Yeah, we're doing this.

Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King vs. Legion

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It was just a couple of days ago when Bree was sharing that I felt like Wrath of the Lich King was the best...
I'm supposed to what?

The Daily Grind: What MMO offers players the best tutorials?

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Let's face it, MMOs are pretty bad at teaching players about what they're supposed to do. I can't recall the last time I needed...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: MMOs that aimed at the future… and missed

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The future is a weird place. It's similar to the present, but it has a very different outlook on the world, and it wants...

The Survivalist: Conan Exiles’ Picts, pets, and pokey arrows

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In a world where no game is perfect, I continue to be pleased with the progress Conan Exiles keeps making. I'm also happy that...
Here comes trouble.

Wisdom of Nym: How many antagonistic sides do we have in Final Fantasy XIV?

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One of my favorite moments from Order of the Stick (which is excellent anyhow) is when one of the villains makes it clear to...
It only became real very recently.

BlizzCon 2018: What the heck happened?

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Every year, I cover BlizzCon for Massively Overpowered. This is not new information; you've all seen my liveblogs running every year for quite some...

One Shots: A star is born

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It's time for another amazing Fashion Week here at One Shots! It's like Shark Week, only with sleeker looks and less chum. Last time,...
This one hurts.

The Daily Grind: What wildly implausible settings would you like for an MMO?

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If you had told me before it happened that we would get an MMO based on the works of Tad Williams, I wouldn't have...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to prep for legendary servers

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With progression servers on the way for... sometime... this month, many players (myself included) are planning out their brand-new adventures through Middle-earth. There's certainly...
I'm fine. We're fine. This is fine. Everything's fine like wine.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation tests battle royale, Occupy White Walls hands out beta keys

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So... all right. Ashes of Creation has a secondary side battle royale mode that's going to be entitled Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse and is...
Such meaning.

Vague Patch Notes: The meaning of ‘meaningful’ in MMORPGs

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Ironically, the term "meaningful" has a long history of not meaning much of anything with MMOs. Back in 2015 I did a Perfect Ten about...

Hyperspace Beacon: Five tools to up your roleplay game in SWTOR

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As you all know, I like to roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic. In fact, creating characters and creating struggles for them within...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: When long-term progress in World of Warcraft isn’t

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"When even the vanishingly tiny playerbase of your game that you've been catering to for years is getting tired... what's going to happen to your game?"
The Guitar Hero rush hit us all.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever felt personally let down by an MMO?

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MMOs are not my life. My interaction with them starts and stops with me as a player and a journalist. I evaluate them, I...

Perfect Ten: Compliments to MMOs I don’t play

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Back in September, Bree posed a Daily Grind question that I thought was genuinely intriguing. You know, for once. Just kidding, Bree! She asked...