Columns

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EverQuesting: Guide to EverQuest II’s Days of Summer reward event

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Did you hear about EverQuest II multi-month Days of Summer reward event? If so, lucky you! Here is an event that was launched with...
Mired.

Choose My Adventure: The why behind Shroud of the Avatar

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Finding the fun, I'm sorry to say, was a bit on the fleeting side. The problem isn't that Shroud of the Avatar suddenly stopped having...
LEARN

The Daily Grind: What MMO tutorial experience is your favorite?

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The best way to learn how to play most MMOs is to already know how to play them. Heck, there are major parts of...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories

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Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...

Tamriel Infinium: ZeniMax’s Rich Lambert on Elder Scrolls Online content development, past and future

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Morrowind was very likely a great boon for The Elder Scrolls Online. Although ZeniMax Online Studios hasn't released any solid numbers, the staff has...
Book 'em

Wisdom of Nym: Four years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch

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I find it kind of wild to think that when I wrote my last Final Fantasy XIV anniversary column, we hadn't yet actually heard...

Guild Chat: Enacting change in an MMORPG guild

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the online spot for all things guild-related where we band together to tackle a submission sent in by a...

One Shots: Alien sunset

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I will admit that I've been craving a good space exploration sim lately -- the burn to "explore strange new worlds" is rising inside...
If you doubted this before, well, don't.

The Daily Grind: Should expansions change the core of an MMO?

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Those of us playing Final Fantasy XIV have had about two months with Stormblood now, which has prompted one complaint to come out as...

The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia

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Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
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Betawatch: Star Citizen chatters about the still-absent 3.0 (August 25, 2017)

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The team behind Star Citizen is on the floor at Gamescom talking about 3.0, which would be pretty awkward if that update wasn't already...
It delivers something very much like what it promises.

Choose My Adventure: Finding the fun in Shroud of the Avatar

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One of the things that I believe is utterly vital to writing about games in general and MMOs in particular is finding the fun....

Hyperspace Beacon: Impressions of SWTOR’s Crisis on Umbara update

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I questioned BioWare's delay of the latest update for Star Wars: The Old Republic. According to a post on the official forums, the team...
Unbreak my heart.

The Daily Grind: Are there any failed IPs that deserve a second MMO try?

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Am I still upset about what happened with Transformers Universe? Well, it's a day, so yes. I'm upset. But what makes me even more...

Chaos Theory: Funcom can still fix Secret World Legends’ Aurum fiasco

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Mere days after the exciting news about Secret World Legends being made into a television show, we finally hear about the game's long-awaited Aurum...

Perfect Ten: MMO experiments in transmedia synergy

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We're not going to argue that MMORPGs are the dominant form of media entertainment these days, but they do have endurance and a devoted...

Global Chat: World of Warcraft’s wild frontier

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How is World of Warcraft like the wild west of American history and legend? Something about Barrens chat might come to mind, but blog...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Elite Specialization preview weekend impressions

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Over the weekend Guild Wars 2 players had the chance to get to grips with the new Path of Fire elite specializations in a PvP setting,...
Ideas face challenges when born.

Wisdom of Nym: The jobs in the middle of the road in Final Fantasy XIV

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The first time, it was all about the jobs everyone thinks are garbage now. The second time, it was all about the jobs everyone...

EVE Evolved: The strategy and narrative of EVE’s revenge war

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At the start of this month, we reported on a massive new war that was kicking off in the north of EVE Online. The...