One Shots: Walk of shame
From Zulika Mi-Nam's Adventures in Tale of Toast:
Log into a game to do some play testing.
"Hey, look at these cutsie graphics and...
The Game Archaeologist: Phantasy Star Online
The Dreamcast was a brief but shining aberration in the gaming world. Coming along years after Sega had fallen out of its position as...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends opens the beta doors (June 9, 2017)
If you're an active player of The Secret World, you can get into the Secret World Legends beta at this point. Really, you can!...
Massively Overthinking: MMO monetization run amok
Over the last couple of weeks, the monetization of unreleased games has become a pervasive and uncomfortable theme for the MMO genre. Just in...
Choose My Adventure: My frustration with Neverwinter’s lockboxes
If you thought I was enjoying my time with Neverwinter as a whole, you would be right. I am enjoying my time with the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite unorthodox MMO weapon?
I'm never going to fail to be amused at the weapon of choice for Medics in WildStar. "Medic" is an odd class choice anyway,...
Chaos Theory: Interview and impressions of Secret World Legends, part II
Last time, I told you my Secret World Legends tour with Creative Director Romain Amiel was too big to fit in just one Chaos...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind is the MMO you want and don’t want
I have been head-over-heels for Elder Scrolls Online since One Tamriel, and the Morrowind chapter has only added to my enthusiasm for the game....
Wisdom of Nym: Words of caution about speculating on Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood’s balance
Whew. All right. Last week had a big old release of news about Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, and now I'm far more relaxed because...
Chaos Theory: Interview and impressions of Secret World Legends
I may or may not be in that secretive NDA-locked closed beta of Secret World Legends -- I'm not telling. But there is something...
MMO Mechanics: Making healing interesting in MMORPGs
I was reading a recent Daily Grind article on the topic of unique healing classes and it prompted me to think about the variety...
One Shots: The 3:15 giant flea is on time
When it comes to public transportation, I can think of no better way to get from point A to point B than by climbing...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO for doing things as a group?
I have nothing against Guild Wars 2 on a whole, but the group content in that game is a disconnected mess. Dungeons, when I...
LOTRO Legendarium: Seven abandoned LOTRO features
One of the hallmarks and attractions of MMORPGs is growth. These games, much like the characters that inhabit them, grow and change over time....
Betawatch: Master x Master sets a launch for this month (June 2, 2017)
No to worry, ladies and gentlemen, your long Master x Master-less nightmare is almost over. The game has officially announced a full launch on...
Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons
It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...
Massively Overthinking: 2017’s MMORPG zeitgeist
This time last year, I polled the Massively OP writers for their opinions on which MMOs had had the best year, or half year,...
Choose My Adventure: Exploring the purpose and plan of this community column
You are no doubt staring at the title image above and thinking to yourself that it really does not look like a Neverwinter screenshot....
Tamriel Infinium: A life lesson in Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind
If you start your Elder Scrolls Online character in the Ebonheart Pact, then you run into the Ashlanders almost as soon as you step off...
The Daily Grind: Do MMOs go overboard with particle effects?
There was an old joke among myself and some of my friends playing World of Warcraft about how it was convenient that bosses are...
