Guild Chat: Solving officer conflicts
Welcome along to another advice-packed edition of Guild Chat, the column in which I offer up my opinions on how best to solve a...
A deep-dive into MMORPG housing: RIFT vs. WildStar
If you took a casual poll of the MMO community and asked which game's player housing system was the best and most robust, chances...
EverQuesting: Five EverQuest II features you may have forgotten
Use it or lose it. I may have learned that little gem in relation to skills and talents, but it applies to the world...
WoW Factor: Assessing WoW after two weeks of Legion
All right, so it's actually closer to a week and a half. I'm torn between an eye-rolling "it's only been a week and a...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the worst MMORPG for duos?
Massively OP reader Styopa recently wrote in to us to propose that we write about the best MMORPGs for duoing. I was all set...
Perfect Ten: Comparing Druids across MMORPGs
If I asked you what a Mage is in an MMORPG, what would you say? Some cloth-wearing gal who lugs around a long staff and flings...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s bonus chapter wins because of story
As threatened, the Shroud is back and like you’ve never seen him before. Seriously, you’ve never seen the Shroud like this. Star Wars: The...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of WildStar’s soundtrack
I can't tell you how good it does my soul to see that WildStar has finally released an official soundtrack -- two, in fact,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s Ring of Fire episode reveal
We've been promised a whole list of newness for Episode 2 of Guild Wars 2's latest Living World season, which will be with us by...
Wisdom of Nym: Myths and misconceptions about Final Fantasy XIV
One of my favorite parts of the Transformers Wiki - which is already wonderful - is the myths and misconceptions page. It's really well...
EVE Evolved: The consequences of a free-to-play EVE
This week we heard the unexpected news that EVE Online will be going partially free-to-play when the next expansion lands in November. Like many games...
The Daily Grind: How should long-running MMOs help new players catch up?
Expansions for MMOs are really made for the veteran player. A bump of the level cap from 60 to 70 seems reasonable if you're...
Betawatch: WoW Legion launches (September 2, 2016)
Boy, it feels like we've been waiting for this for a whole year, doesn't it? World of Warcraft: Legion launched this past week, putting...
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Legion, part three
One of the things that bothered me about Warlords of Draenor was how bad it felt to play. It was unexpected. I don't inherently...
Chaos Theory: Is it possible to complete The Secret World’s Doomboard challenge? Maybe
When The Secret World’s devs teased the Doomboard, I was pretty excited. I was totally on board for getting that sweet ride even though...
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Legion, part two
When last we left off, the world was screwed. World of Warcraft: Legion doesn't tell you that you're facing a huge threat, it just...
Hyperspace Beacon: The Shroud of Star Wars The Old Republic
I’m going to hit you again with some lore this week from Star Wars: The Old Republic. However, I promise that there will be...
The Daily Grind: What are your first impressions of Legion?
Well, it's here. World of Warcraft: Legion has been out in the US for five hours now (more for Europeans!), which in internet time is more...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s next major patch preview arrives
The anniversary has arrived, and to no one's great surprise, we started hearing about the next big Final Fantasy XIV patch. The fact that...
Guild Chat: Minors and MMOs: Family-friendly guilds
Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat for a double-bill of advice for better facilitating junior players in guilds. I received two...
