Columns

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I gots to bag it up.

The Daily Grind: What do you do while you’re waiting in MMOs?

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Let's face it, MMOs are not always filled with new stuff happening every minute. You wait for queues, you wait for enemies to spawn,...

The Game Archaeologist: Shadowbane

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Way back when I used to haunt the corridors of Gamestop and had yet to shun the place due to its stinky evil, I remember...
Game recognizes game.

Betawatch: Devilian steps up its PvP game for its fourth closed beta test (November 20, 2015)

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How strong is Devilian's PvP game? Really, it's hard to say, but it's being stepped up for the game's fourth closed test. That closed...
Opposition.

WoW Factor: The look of the Legion class previews

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Last week was a pretty fun ride, I have to say. Leaving aside everything else we had to chew on after a weekend's worth...

EverQuesting: First impressions of EQII’s Terrors of Thalumbra

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Since EverQuest II's newest expansion just launched on Tuesday, there is no way I could have explored and experienced all the content completely before today....

Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)

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No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...

Choose My Adventure: Running amok with Guild Wars 2’s Revenant

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Hello again, friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. As you may or may not have noticed, CMA took a little hiatus last...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s enhanced Squad UI factsheet

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I've already brought you my initial impressions of the Gorseval raid encounter followed by a quickfire interview with Guild Wars 2 Associate Game Director Steven...

Global Chat: Gearing up in WildStar

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If you're anything like me, when you get to the max level in a game, there's a general flailing of hands and a feeling...

Hyperspace Beacon: The confused state of the galaxy in Star Wars: The Old Republic

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I don’t write a lot about the Star Wars: The Old Republic roleplay community because I don’t usually like it to be known who...
Blue skies of Ishgard indeed.

Wisdom of Nym: The first impressions of Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.1

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Part of me feels really ungrateful for being upset that it took five months instead of the usual three to get Final Fantasy XIV's...

EVE Evolved: Huge PvP battles and corp wars in Citadel

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Huge PvP battles have always been a core part of EVE Online's territorial warfare gameplay, with fleets of hundreds or even sometimes thousands of...

One Shots: Slice ‘n’ dice

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New expansions across the MMO sphere are prompting many of us to take up a part-time job as in-game photographers. And why not? Eye...
I want a new... arsenal.

The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs contrary to their design?

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If you play Final Fantasy XIV, you know that it is not a game that rewards players for playing multiple characters. Quite the opposite, in...

Nexus Telegraph: Evaluating WildStar’s free-to-play model and special events

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It's been over a month since WildStar kicked its game -- and business model -- into high gear with the Reloaded update. Since then...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Indefinite delays hit Bless Online (November 13th, 2015)

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There is basically no situation wherein an indefinite delay is a good thing for a game. Bless Online is getting hit with one at...

Why I keep returning to Lord of the Rings Online

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I got sucked into Lord of the Rings Online last weekend and I'm not sure why. There's no new Hobbit movie forthcoming (thank funk). I haven't...
Bet on it.

WoW Factor: In the wake of BlizzCon’s Legion content

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Well, folks, we're officially living in a post-BlizzCon world. Until the next one. The point is, we're done with that convention, and all that's...

Massively Overthinking: Is IP-blocking in online games a necessary evil?

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This past week, news about Black Desert's IP blocking has reminded me once again how IP-blocking, region-locking, and the resulting isolated MMO communities are...

Chaos Theory: How my walk in The Park gave me hope for The Secret World

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In the beginning, there was surprise. Funcom is making a single-player experience based on The Secret World?! After a few seconds that shock melted...