Columns

Enjoy a run-down of our recent long-form pieces, both game-specific and more general. You might also be interested in our list of all of our columns and recurring articles. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online aging well?

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By now, to me, Lord of the Rings Online is a comfortable, well-worn friend that always offers a very predictable and enjoyable experience whenever...

EVE Evolved: A furious supercapital war is raging in EVE Online

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This year kicked off with a bang for EVE Online as rumblings emerged of impending war on a scale that the gaming world had...

One Shots: Motion sickness

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Our headlining picture today comes with a request for some help, so we're calling all Warframe players to give their aid! "So I finally decided...
Shiny!

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite bragging rights reward in an MMO?

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The title I display most often in Final Fantasy XIV is "Sidestepper." It's not a flashy title, but it's a bragging rights reward because...
Like a boss.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained reaches the green fields of beta (August 3, 2018)

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Someone break out the "It's Happening" image, because Camelot Unchained has entered its beta testing at long last! Yes, ti may have been delayed...

EverQuesting: Returning to EverQuest II’s Guk (for the first time)

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In my last EverQuesting, I mentioned that I had not participated in much -- if any -- of EverQuest II's The Shadow Odyssey content. I've...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: There’s no fixing this Battle for Azeroth story

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Let's be totally clear about something: There is no twist waiting for this World of Warcraft story. It doesn't exist. There's no way that...
Oh, is this one my time? It keeps changing back and forth.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever run a ‘solo’ guild in an MMO?

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When housing first arrived in Final Fantasy XIV, a lot of people wanted personal houses but couldn't yet get them. So they did the...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR is testing huge changes for the Rishi stronghold

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I know I took more than a moment to explain why I liked the new Rishi stronghold coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic...
It'd be nice.

Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV’s housing issues (other than availability)

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When we talk about issues with Final Fantasy XIV's housing system, the first issue that's going to be brought up - invariably - is...

One Shots: Dancing in the dark

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When the lights go down, the party animals come out, dancing to their dark gods and eating all of the really good snacks before...

The Daily Grind: What would you do if you could reboot any live MMO?

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It's kind of crazy to me that Final Fantasy XIV is not only still running but is successful, has a thriving population and a...

Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria

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One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
City again.

The Game Archaeologist: Digging up the history of City of Heroes

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For the longest time in the early 2000s, MMORPGs scared me off. They looked too obtuse, too grindy, too ugly, and too unapproachable for...
The next few months, then.

Betawatch: Fallout 76 starts beta testing in October (July 27, 2018)

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Good news for those of you patiently (or not-so-patiently) waiting for Fallout 76 to enter beta testing, you have a date! Slightly worse news,...
Those are people who died, died.

WoW Factor: Dissecting the dumb plan in World of Warcraft’s War of Thorns

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There's a lot to be upset about with the World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth prepatch. There's stuff that just doesn't feel good any more...

Hyperspace Beacon: Making roleplay events deeper in SWTOR (or any other MMORPG)

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From time to time, I like to break from talking about the latest news from Star Wars: The Old Republic to talk about what...

Perfect Ten: The best expansions for specific MMOs

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Looking over the past two decades or so, MMORPGs have grown by leaps and bounds with regular releases, events, and (of course) expansion packs....

EverQuesting: Ranking our favorite EverQuest II expansions

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I was recently asked which EverQuest II expansion was the best. The best! I didn't know how to answer that really: I am not...
Oh, great.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV gets to hunt some monsters

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It hardly needs to be said at this point that the new way of doing things with Final Fantasy XIV's live letters has proven...