The Daily Grind: What was your favorite part of BlizzCon?
BlizzCon 2016 was really hit-and-miss from my perspective. On the one hand, there was some really great stuff in there, like the discussion of...
Massively OP’s guide to upcoming MMORPG expansions
If there is one consistent inconsistency among MMORPG studios, it is that teams keep swinging back and forth on pursuing the expansion model. How...
Betawatch: Revelation Online lands in closed beta (November 4, 2016)
After a week's delay, Revelation Online has arrived in closed beta. It even has a snazzy trailer to go along with it, which is...
WoW Factor: BlizzCon betting odds
My original plan this week was to talk a little bit about patch 7.1, but two things have made that less than possible. The...
Chaos Theory: A guide to The Secret World’s Samhain 2016
Well, there you have it. After 12Â months of anticipation, the 2016 Samhain event in The Secret World is here. And I most definitely have...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Amazing Guild Wars 2 in-game Halloween costumes
I've devoured all of my homemade pumpkin pasties and downed the last of my butterbeer while enjoying the Halloween festivities in Guild Wars 2, gaining...
The Daily Grind: Does bigger content in an MMO feel more epic to you?
The tradition of making big plot stuff happen in big groups is not unique to World of Warcraft, but it was one of the...
Hyperspace Beacon: Are Uprisings the SWTOR group content we’ve been looking for?
As we step closer to the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion, BioWare spills more and more information about the content...
Perfect Ten: The craziest things The Secret World has asked me to do
As I am fond of saying, there is no MMO that I've ever played that has the capability of being so frustrating and downright...
Jukebox Heroes: MMORPG music for a haunted Halloween
You simply can't have a good and proper Halloween without a perfect soundtrack to back you up. Sure, you could just pop in one...
Wisdom of Nym: The scariest stuff in Final Fantasy XIV
As a horror game, Final Fantasy XIV fails, due largely to the fact that it isn't a horror game and never attempts or pretends...
EVE Evolved: Alpha Clone economics, bragging rights, and restrictions
Yesterday at EVE Vegas 2016, developer CCP Rise held us spellbound with tales of his recent misadventures in EVE Online recently when pretending to...
One Shots: A familiar familiar
If you're going to go adventuring in an insanely hostile world wearing nothing but robes and supportive undergarments, then you best be compensated for...
Betawatch: Revelation Online stays unrevealed a little longer (October 28, 2016)
Oh Revelation Online, won't you stay just a little bit longer? Wait, no, you can't stay; you haven't even arrived yet. Your closed beta...
Massively Overthinking: Our five favorite MMORPGs of all time
Earlier this week, Redditor maxpower888 started an epic thread on the /r/mmorpg sub asking everyone to chime in and name his or her top five...
Chaos Theory: First impressions of Funcom’s Hide and Shriek
Have you been hiding and shrieking? I have! Hide and Shriek, the 1v1 Secret World spinoff that pits the much-loved Innsmouth Academy against the...
Perfect Ten: My demands to MMORPGs after 13 years
I've mentioned many times that my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI. It released in North America 13 years ago as of tomorrow. I...
Hyperspace Beacon: Outside-the-box Star Wars The Old Republic gameplay
For some reason, this time of year always seems to be a down time in the activity of large-scale MMORPG development. Although Star Wars:...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV console support, storage woes, and PvP servers
First things first. If you missed this before, I already did put together my thoughts about what little we know of Final Fantasy XIV's...
One Shots: Devil’s Night
We had a tremendous response to last week's call for Halloween screenshots from MMOs, and I'd like to encourage you to keep sending them...
