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If you were to think of Sega and MMOs, chances are the only thing that would come to mind is the Phantasy Star Online franchise....

The doors are open for Das Tal's summer test, and the result has been good and bad. Good because a lot of people want...

Let me start by getting my biggest beef with the Palace of the Dead out of the way right off: I don't like the...

So there's this thing right now. It's kind of a craze. Maybe you've heard of it? Pokemon Go? Yeah, I thought so. The thing...

Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation...

What became an overnight global phenomenon certainly prompted the MMO blogosphere to talk about their experiences and opinions with Pokémon GO! To Game for Life...

It's launch. Can we collectively accept that? Marketing, developers, and players alike? Launch is launch. When your game launches, it has launched. If I can...

I'm currently bogged down in an over-the-shoulder crafting blur, vicariously depleting gold and recommending several YouTube-approved crazy material gathering runs as I get my...

There are some subtle signs that you can look for when you're trying to gauge if you've become truly evil. Conquering small nations for...

I'll admit that I have a particular fondness for older video game music. I still scour the archives of NES and Genesis libraries for...

You know how some titles like to linger in ill-defined test phases forever? AdventureQuest 3D doesn't want to go that route. The game is...

If you've missed discussion of it elsewhere (including on this here site, even), World of Warcraft is rolling out a new system for item...

This week's Massively Overthinking should be a fun one -- and hopefully it'll contrast nicely with the Game Archaeologist column we ran last week, which...

Have you experienced EverQuest II's Heritage Quests? If not, then you haven't truly experienced EQII! While basically all MMORPGs have level grinds and dungeons,...

In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...

There are some games where patches get so much advance notice that you feel like they're already here months in advance. Final Fantasy XIV's...

Well, BioWare, it’s half-way through the year. It’s time to look at how you’ve done with Star Wars: The Old Republic and what can...

If I've read the words "content drought" under your name in the comments section recently, you will be as delighted as I am to...

With Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday, Cryptic is obviously looking to rope in as many Star Trek faithful as possible, particularly from two...

There are going to be spoilers in this column. Let's make this entirely clear. If you read this column without having finished up Final...