Columns

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Perfect Ten: Weirdly specific quests we keep encountering in MMOs

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You know how you wince whenever you think of typing /played into your MMO and realize just how many hours you've given to a...

Massively Opinionated: What is the biggest PR mistake an MMO’s ever made?

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In this episode, Larry, Mike, Tina, and Cosmic Engine debate MMO PR blunders, bad cash shops, and drastic patches.

Marvel Heroics: How to get the most for free in Marvel Heroes

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One of the questions that I received after my debut Marvel Heroes column was, "Can you explain how to play this game for free?"...

Tamriel Infinium: The restoration of Elder Scrolls Online’s Orsinium

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Bethesda, the parent company of ZeniMax Online studios, had an amazing showing at E3 this year, but unfortunately, no one from the Elder Scrolls...

Guild Chat: Taking down the dominant guild leader

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, our comfy place for discussing all your guild dramas in a fun, frank, and empathetic way. You know the...
Try to actually get a whole lot of things done at once while panicking, that's the option I apparently don't get to avoid.

The Daily Grind: What’s your first priority in a new MMO expansion?

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The start of Heavensward access in Final Fantasy XIV has me running around like it's the end times. I need to level the new...

The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time

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Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...
It lives!

Betawatch: June 19th, 2015

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You could be forgiven for sort of forgetting about The Division. No matter how much it might have interested you at first, the game...

Punching dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved

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Five minutes after I logged into ARK: Survival Evolved, I punched a fish. A few moments later, I punched a tree. Shortly thereafter, I...

Massively Overthinking: The value of MMO voice chat

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This week's Massively Overthinking question was shot over to us from Kickstarter donor Celestial, and it's all about voice chat in MMOs. Do you use a...
I TRUSTED YOU

Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome

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My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...

Jukebox Heroes: An exclusive journey through Aion’s Upheaval soundtrack

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Aion is a game that's well-renowned for both its visual and audio beauty. Among my fellow MMO soundtrack enthusiasts, the title's many soundtracks stand out...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 guild hall and prepurchase pricing impressions

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When Heart of Thorns was announced back in January, the Guild Wars 2 community exploded with buzz as guild halls were mentioned as a main...

E3 2015: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns prepurchase is live; we get the scoop on guild halls

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By now you are no doubt familiar with the guild halls arriving in Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion. What you probably didn't expect is that...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s game-changing expansion

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As I'm writing this, it's been several hours since Jeff Hickman, the general manager for Star Wars: The Old Republic, stepped on the stage...

Sword and Bored: Area of effect

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Mo discovers the value of MMO friends in the pursuit of sweet, sweet revenge.
Burn it down, baby.

Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s early access

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The long wait is almost over. Heavensward early access starts up on June 19th, and it comes with a lot of changes. Starting with,...

EVE Evolved: Is EVE’s fleet warp nerf a good idea?

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In the latest episode of EVE Online's livestreamed o7 Show, game designers CCP Fozzie and CCP Larrikin revealed some controversial changes that are on...

One Shots: Bagpipes in the woods

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I can't say that I'm the biggest fan of bagpipe music, although I do harbor a certain fascination for any musical instrument that looks...

Nexus Telegraph: Five reasons I’m over the moon about WildStar’s free-to-play

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So how about those anniversary gifts in WildStar, huh? A year ago I was tremendously excited that the early start to the game's launch...