Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with interesting Guinness World Records
I never quite know how much stock to put in Guinness World Records. I guess it's somewhere between "for amusement value" and "stone cold...
Casually Classic: Is it worth playing into World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm Classic?
Do you know that feeling of flipping through cable channels or endless Netflix menus only to suspect there's nothing on that would hit the...
Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles’ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplay…
The Wagadu Chronicles has kind of made me sad. I wasn't really expecting this game to be some arbiter of a new age for...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today
Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...
Not So Massively: Last Epoch is a potential gem in dire need of polishing
Originally Kickstarted in 2018, Last Epoch has been in early access on Steam for about five years, but the developers at Eleventh Hour Games...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever gone a long period without playing MMORPGs?
I was thinking about this topic a few weeks ago when chatting with MOP's Eliot about some of our formative experiences in the genre....
Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references for monsters in Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIV has no shortage of references to prior series enemies, but as with so many things, lots of those references are not...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever ruined an MMO character to the point of deletion?
I was hanging out in City of Heroes a few weeks back when someone in chat mentioned that back in the day, he had...
One Shots: What am I looking at here?
Sometimes a screenshot ends up in my lap that I stare at for a long time and still have no idea what's going on...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you waited for reviews before buying?
As someone who spends a not-insubstantial part of my life reviewing games, especially with bigger titles, I know it sometimes feels like wasted time....
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 ways LOTRO was vastly different at launch
While I would argue that Lord of the Rings Online has grown in a remarkably cohesive way since its launch, what we have here...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour was one step forward and one step back for Niantic
Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour LA Tour has come and gone, and honestly... it's helped me appreciate some parts of the Hoenn Vegas Tour while...
Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO could use a rebrand?
Indulge me, MMO fans, for just a minute for a makeup analogy. If you follow makeup trends, you know that for the last year...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs suffering from shrinkflation?
So last week we bought some Girl Scout cookies from a neighbor kid, and I was surprised to find out they were only $5...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s February update nerfed dailies and degraded the UI
Over the holiday and new year’s break, I spent the vast majority of my free time in mobile MMO Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. Because...
Into the Super-verse: Missing in City of Heroes is part of what makes it hit
It seems like we're never going to be done talking about City of Heroes at this point, and clearly I am here for this....
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online proves the worth of a small story arc
It was the other day in Elder Scrolls Online's Northern Elsweyr that I stumbled upon a disgraced rogue that used to run a pit...
The Daily Grind: How have your MMO play habits changed as you’ve gotten older?
The stereotypical progress of MMO players is to start out in college when you have the time to spend 19 hours of your day...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert has grown so much in its 3333 days of life
Black Desert is celebrating 3333 days of operation today. That's a little over nine years, with plenty more in store. The Scholar class just...
