EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools
Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...
Jukebox Heroes: Six more groovy tunes from MMOs you’ve never played
As an MMO music collector, I've gathered some really obscure soundtracks over the years, including ones from games that people don't even remember existing,...
One Shots: My name is Captain Vanity
As I'm off on vacation this week, I knew that I wasn't going to be able to cull through the previous One Shots comment...
LOTRO Legendarium: Are the new seasonal instances a win or a whimper?
Let us travel back to 2009, when Lord of the Rings Online released its second expansion pack, Siege of Mirkwood. This pint-sized expansion seemed...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained has to delay that beta (July 6, 2018)
It's important to note that however frustrated you might be about the fact that Camelot Unchained had to delay its long-awaited beta, the developers...
Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XI in review and choosing our next MMO
Here's the weird part about this week's column: I'm going to tell you, in short, that Final Fantasy XI is still a good game...
The Survivalist: Yes, ARK Survival Evolved actually does have a story
Survival -- or more? You might be surprised. When I first started playing ARK: Survival Evolved at the launch of its early access, it...
Tamriel Infinium: All the lore you need to know for Elder Scrolls Online’s Wolfhunter DLC
Lycanthropy has been a part of the Elder Scrolls lore since Daggerfall, even if it did kind of skip Oblivion. Elder Scrolls Online introduces...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you bought and barely played?
There was a time when any new MMO was only open to you if you bought it, and that made for an interesting situation....
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s beast tribes ranked, the middle rankings
We're continuing our tour through the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV, and as I move through these rankings I can't help but notice...
One Shots: Better virtual homes and gardens
Lately I've been overdosing on some serious Sims 4 time (blame the Seasons expansion announcement for this!) and indulging in my long-standing passion for...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO collector’s editions worth it?
The allure of the collector's edition has always been a strange one. I remember when it started, of course, when you could get the...
The Game Archaeologist: Raph Koster on MUDs and Privateer Online
The release of Raph Koster's monster book of game essays, Postmortems, was of high interest to Bree and me for different reasons. For her,...
Betawatch: Saga of Lucimia’s combat is updated for pre-alpha (June 29, 2018)
The nice thing about early testing is that big things can change and it's really all part of the experience. Sure, Saga of Lucimia...
Choose My Adventure: Capping things off in Final Fantasy XI
All right. When last I left off my Final Fantasy XI time, it was... wait, June 7th?! What the heck happened? If not for...
Chaos Theory: A year in the life of Secret World Legends
We've talked all about Secret World Legends' first anniversary party, but now it's time to talk about the game's first year. Fans can easily recall...
Vague Patch Notes: On balance and differentiation in MMOs
Do you like fighting games? I don't. Let's talk about fighting games. But bear with me because you'll get where this is going.
While I...
The Daily Grind: Should every MMO with factions have mechanics to switch factions?
Lots of things bug the living heck out of me about World of Warcraft, but one of the bullet points on that list is...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006
By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Our preview of Guild Wars 2’s Long Live the Lich, now live
We've waited out the short delay, and today's the day when we get our hands on the third episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living...
