Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases
For an avid fan of video game soundtracks, and of MMO soundtracks in particular, the most frustrating aspect of collecting and listening to these...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Ten things I’d forgotten from Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 1
I spent quite a while poring over a recent gem of a video that served as a fantastically nostalgic trip down memory lane through its...
Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.5
It occurred to me as I penned last week's column that I hadn't actually been talking about Final Fantasy XIV's next patch very much...
Global Chat Extra: In remembrance of Landmark
Obviously, the reverberations of the news of Landmark's closure continue to be seen across the MMO community, including in our own comments sections. The...
EVE Evolved: Five EVE video shows to watch in 2017
Over the past several years, the way in which we receive gaming news and the types of gaming media we follow has changed pretty fundamentally. Today's...
One Shots: The Reaper comes for all MMOs
In light of this past week's sad Landmark news, it's perhaps too on-the-nose that I asked for players to send in pictures of defunct...
The Daily Grind: Do you look forward to being ‘done’ with an MMO?
I have a lot of reasons for taking something an extended break from Final Fantasy XI, but one of the biggest reasons is that...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero’s Journey
Fiction writers know well of Joseph Campbell's identification and outline of the monomyth, or "hero's journey," in many stories. The 12-step process starts with...
Chaos Theory: The Secret World says sayonara to 2016
Have you ever had a year that you looked back on and all you could really say was, Hey, I made it through. I've...
Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)
Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR predictions for 2017
Here we are again. Star Wars: The Old Republic survived another year despite those who predicted five years ago that it would shut down...
Choose My Adventure: Preparing to re-enter Lord of the Rings Online
The votes are in, and the next four weeks will be spent in Lord of the Rings Online! This one quite genuinely surprised me,...
Global Chat: The Standing Stone standoff
Following the announcement of LOTRO and DDO's new studio and the subsequent cancellation of the Asheron's Call games, you can better believe that the...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the ever-shifting landscape of class imagery
Here's a fun question for the series fans in the audience: How many party members in Final Fantasy VI had traditional jobs?
The answer, somewhat...
WoW Factor: A wishlist for 2017 in World of Warcraft
This year has been a pile of garbage and I'll be glad it's over. It's not that I'm convinced 2017 will be any better...
Guild Chat: Reflecting on 2016’s MMO guild issues and commenter advice
We're finally rid of the crazy rollercoaster ride that was 2016 and are now taking our seats aboard the crazy train that'll be 2017, meaning...
One Shots: The Christmas when no one showed up
If an MMO throws a Christmas party and no one shows up, who gets the presents? Will that eggnog ever get drunk? Are the...
The Daily Grind: What are your MMO resolutions for the new year?
Here we are again: It's a new year, and 2017 has a very low bar to pass to be a better year. Not that...
LOTRO Legendarium: A cautious hope for the future
One of the threads that weaves the Lord of the Rings narrative together is that of hope. Holding onto faith in friends, perseverance against...
EverQuesting: Welcome to the Daybreak family, LOTRO and DDO
Sometimes there's news that just makes you go, "Huh?" At times it happens because said information makes no sense whatsoever; other times it surprises...
