Choose My Adventure: On the wrong side of the law in The Elder Scrolls Online
The Thieves' Guild might have a somewhat generic name for what it's doing, but I find it makes far more sense in any world...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2016 in review
If you care about awards - and let's be real, we all do, even if they don't inform our emotional states - you'll notice...
EVE Evolved: The Siege of M-0EE8, the new largest battle in gaming history
In the political sandbox of EVE Online, colossal player-run military coalitions frequently war over territorial conflicts, in revenge for past transgressions or just for...
The Daily Grind: What ridiculously specific award would you give your favorite MMOs?
Folks, I don't mean to alarm you, but our 2016 award spectacular starts tomorrow. Really! I know all of the results already and everything....
How 2016 took Lord of the Rings Online to the gates of Mordor
As Lord of the Rings Online nears its impressive 10th birthday in April of next year, we see a game that's in many ways...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation shows up out of nowhere (December 9, 2016)
Man, how can I not notice this? Out of nowhere we first hear about Ashes of Creation, then we did a little interview asking...
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...
