Chaos Theory: Our guide to The Secret World’s Unseen achievement
For the last couple of months, I have been focused on trying to acquire The Unseen achievement in The Secret World. Why? It isn't...
Choose My Adventure: Assassinating randoms in The Elder Scrolls Online
It's weird how attitudes towards death vary depending on the video game and the structure set up. In Saints Row the Third, a friend...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online juggles making money and making content with Crown Crates
I think it's fair to say that the $15 subscription model just isn't cutting it for MMORPGs anymore. I understand that. The $15 pricetag...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s Machinist
About a year and a half ago, I first put (digital) pen to (theoretical) paper about Final Fantasy XIV's Machinist. At that point, Heavensward...
Epic MMO Battles of History: Star Trek Online vs. Star Wars: The Old Republic
Asking whether Star Trek or Star Wars is the better science fiction series is like asking whether Game of Thrones or The Tudors is...
MMO Mechanics: 2016’s MMORPG mechanics in review
The holiday season is finally upon us: My decorations are resurrected from their dark corner of my storage closets once more, Jack Frost is...
The Game Archaeologist: A talk with the man behind EQOA’s revival project
This past week we reported on an ongoing attempt by a small group of faithful EverQuest Online Adventure fans to bring back the MMO...
Betawatch: These are the dates of our lives (December 2, 2016)
I never wanted to be writing about betas for a living, you know. I wanted to be a novelist (once I realized that "combination...
WoW Factor: Looking forward to World of Warcraft 7.2
It's been a little while, friends, but that happens. Last time I was making bets about what we'd see for World of Warcraft at...
EverQuesting: Preparing to play EverQuest II’s Kunark Ascending
When I first spoke about preparing for EverQuest II’s latest expansion, Kunark Ascending, I pretty much focused only on leveling. That's because you can't...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016
As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever wished that supplementary lore were represented in an MMO?
I do not care about Hearthstone. Odds are I'm never going to; I got over my CCG phase ages ago with actual cards, and...
Hyperspace Beacon: What to expect from SWTOR’s Knight of the Eternal Throne
After some of the major flaws with Knights of the Fallen Empire, I wasn't expecting much from Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest expansion...
Choose My Adventure: My first week in the Elder Scrolls Online
Despite the fact that for this round of Choose My Adventure, I am jumping into The Elder Scrolls Online in an era of doing whatever...
Global Chat: Evaluating the latest MMORPG expansions
This week in our tour through MMO blog posts, we're going to witness a lot of evaluations of recent update and expansion launches that...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s A Crack in the Ice
I've covered plenty of ground since my initial impressions piece went live last week, and I'm hoping that you've had time to play Guild Wars...
Wisdom of Nym: Our first preview of Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 3.5
The last patch of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is on its way. It's not here, of course; we'll have to wait until January for...
EVE Evolved: Getting started with EVE’s free-to-play
Just under two weeks ago, EVE Online launched its new free to play account option with the introduction of clone states. Subscribers are now given the...
One Shots: A horse and his old boy
As much as I admire the world that J.R.R. Tolkien built and his insane attention to detail, language, and extensive back histories of completely...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most frustrating streak of bad luck you’ve had in an MMO?
There are two things I'd really like in World of Warcraft's most recent expansion, and since both of them are entirely random, I'm flat...