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Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: The state of professions in Legion

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The state of World of Warcraft's professions in Legion is a weird one because it's obvious how much work has gone into crafting for...

EverQuesting: Scoring our EverQuest franchise 2016 predictions

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January 14th, 2016. On that date, I said we'd get to look back in a year and see just how many of my EverQuesting...
hoooorse

Choose My Adventure: Nice things about Lord of the Rings Online

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The thing about the level of Lord of the Rings Online that I'm playing at is that they are not exactly replete with choices....
Item by item.

The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO patch notes?

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I read the patch notes. I've always read the patch notes. When I was first playing Final Fantasy XI and you had to deal...

Jukebox Heroes: Live performances of MMO scores

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I am of the opinion that there is something special and magical about getting to experience music in person, especially so when it is...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that walk on the weird side

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In third grade, my teacher sent home a report card with the note that "Justin is wonderfully strange." Ever since then, I never found the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: A guide to Forsaken Thicket, Guild Wars 2’s first raid

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I have to apologise to raiders for not finishing my boss guides I began back in 2015: This is one of those articles that...
And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again.

Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.5, part one

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I can't think of the last time I've played through a patch of Final Fantasy XIV as quickly as I played through patch 3.5....

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Creative Director on Uprisings and Update 5.1

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We are a couple days early with the Hyperspace Beacon this week for a reason you're going to love: We had an exclusive conversation...
Never mind, I'm not real!

The Daily Grind: Is management the big problem with non-Western MMOs?

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There's a certain culture that's grown up around imported MMOs more or less since they started appearing on our shores, the idea that they're...

EVE Evolved: Making stories with friends in EVE Online

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It's one of the more peculiar laws of the universe that when enough EVE Online players meet in the real world, they absolutely must swap stories. You...

One Shots: Healin’ skellies in Shards Online

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When the NDA is away, the cats will play -- and take screenshots! Bless our dear community for documenting upcoming MMOs as they venture...
Oh, well, good.

Betawatch: The Repopulation changes hands (January 20, 2017)

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The good news for fans of The Repopulation is that the game is coming back online. The bad news is... well, it's completely changed...

Chaos Theory: My Secret World 2017 goals

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When the year-end Massively Overthinking asked about game resolutions, I honestly answered that I don't really make any because I hadn't ever done that...
My life is not fun.

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most unclear futures in 2017

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A little while back, I took a look at the healthiest games in the MMO space at this time. That was a nice, uplifting...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Creative director discusses a ‘new adversary’

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For the last five years and more, Star War: The Old Republic told the story of Tenebrae, a Sith of humble origins who rose...

Global Chat: Elder Scrolls Online renaissance

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As I peruse a hundred or so community blog posts every day, it's fascinating to me to see what games the MMO blogosphere as...
Obviously silly dances are already universal.

Wisdom of Nym: Getting ready for Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.5

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Welcome to the next six months of Final Fantasy XIV, folks. Yes, there are going to be more changes over time, adjustments and upgrades...

One Shots: Tabula Rasa’s 21-gun salute

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Ralph the Wonder Llama kicks off today's community screenshot gallery with a salute to the late, great Tabula Rasa. "Yes, Tabula Rasa ended up being...

LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wishlist for 2017

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Ever since I've been covering Lord of the Rings Online for this site (dating back to 2010!), I've had a tradition of kicking off...