Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s Uncle Owen problem
When Star Wars: The Old Republic first released, an old Star Wars Galaxies argument popped up, and the crux of that argument was this:...
Perfect Ten: Fresh approaches for familiar MMORPGs
Short of taking a blow to the head, there's very little I can suggest in the way of experiencing a familiar MMORPG for the...
Global Chat: What Asian MMOs can learn from the west
Usually when it comes to discussing world hemispheres of MMO game design, comments and observations are made about what western studios can learn from their...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Cautiously optimistic about Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire expansion
ArenaNet chose to very cleverly stave off the post-season blues by teasing a long-awaited, much-anticipated, and very-spoiled Guild Wars 2Â expansion announcement as a close...
EVE Evolved: A massive war for revenge is brewing in EVE Online
Just over a year ago, the largest PvP conflict in gaming history kicked off in EVE Online as war erupted between the game's most prominent...
Wisdom of Nym: The losers we see in Final Fantasy XIV’s jobs
The biggest problem with jobs in Final Fantasy XIV isn't always mechanics. Sometimes it's a matter of perception. With 15 jobs to play in...
Chaos Theory: Guide to Secret World Legends’ Whispering Tide event
Have you met Flappy? If you haven't yet, you might want to do so very soon else you'll miss your chance. That dirty bird...
One Shots: Sacred space
Anyone a little excited about Guild Wars 2 these days? Probably not, but on the off-chance that there's a glimmer of hype and hope...
The Daily Grind: What was the funniest group you ever had in an MMO?
There are lots of things that I love about dungeons in Final Fantasy XIV, but one of the many is the way that you...
LOTRO Legendarium: First steps into Mordor
Victory.
It's a fascinating place to begin an expansion, really. Most games like to set up a new threat, pit players against impossible odds, and...
Betawatch: Delays always win (August 4, 2017)
We realize that some of our readers are a bit younger, so we'd like to introduce you to a universal truism of life: Delays...
Choose My Adventure: Get out of here, DC Universe Online
So this is an unusual situation for me: I've never actually played a game for Choose My Adventure that I've disliked this much.
Those of...
Chaos Theory: To Steam or not to Steam your Secret World Legends account
To Steam or not to Steam, that is the Secret World Legends question -- now that the horror game has relaunched on that platform,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your unhealthiest real-life habit brought on by MMOs?
I've always had a hard time going to sleep at a reasonable hour. MMOs, though, have helped make that functionally impossible for me. It...
Tamriel Infinium: Impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Falkreath’s Hold dungeon, part of the Horns of the Reach DLC
Although the vast majority of my time in Elder Scrolls Online is spent solo, running through the single-player storylines, I raid and have done...
Perfect Ten: The circles of MMORPG combat hell
And so it was as I traveled across the many spheres and realms of MMOs, I came to realize one simple truth: War is...
Global Chat: Dipping into Albion Online
Now that Albion Online has officially launched, what's the verdict? It's a little hard to get a feel for that, since I haven't seen...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV issues that don’t exist yet… but will
One of the bright sides of having so many alts (specifically, six of them) in Final Fantasy XIV is that I'm getting a picture...
Guild Chat: Damage control after MMO guildmate poaching
Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, the column through which I gather the Massively Overpowered readers together to help me tackle a...
One Shots: The one where we mention Michael Bay
Warning: This column will contain GRAPHIC and EXPLICIT references to film auteur Michael Bay. You may find yourself cutting away in excitement every two...
