Columns

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One Shots: Abstract art

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Every once in a while I receive a One Shots email that makes one of my eyebrows climb super-high while the other one dives...

Nexus Telegraph: Righting the S.S. WildStar

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This past week I got the opportunity to ask a few questions about WildStar's new "stat refactoring" patch that's coming this fall. There were...
I'm sure someone cares.

Betawatch: July 31st, 2015

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I'm not going to pretend to fully understand why people are super excited about Tree of Savior, but I'm still very happy that the...

EverQuest II’s prog server isn’t as fun as the real thing

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I've been playing the crap out of EverQuest II for the past week. Funnily enough, the vast majority of said playtime hasn't been on...
Here we go again, unfortunately.

WoW Factor: Speculating on WoW’s next expansion

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On August 6th, we now know, we'll be hearing the name and some details on the next World of Warcraft expansion. What we don't...

Massively Opinionated: Which MMO should never have existed?

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In this episode, Larry, Jason, and Brendan debate shocking moments in MMO history -- and the games that should never have been made at all.

Choose My Adventure: Dungeons, soloing, and PvP in FFXIV’s Heavensward

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Hello again, everyone, and welcome to week three of Choose My Adventure. If you're tuning in for the first time, allow me to bring...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 account security advice

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Veteran MMO players the whole world over can recount at least a second-hand tale of some poor soul opening his or her favourite MMO one...

Tamriel Infinium: Imperial City revitalizes Elder Scrolls Online’s PvP

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I've always found it odd that one of Bethesda's biggest showings at a convention every year is QuakeCon. Elder Scrolls Online, especially, has always...

Sword and Bored: Trolling the trolls

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KaptainKuddles and DrL0v3 are at it again, but this time Mo and Amilya know how to troll the trolls.
'Problem' is not a synonym for 'thing I personally don't like.'

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward at the one-month mark

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Heavensward has been out a bit more than a month now if you count the launch of early access as the "real" launch of...

EVE Evolved: Fitting Tech 3 Tactical Destroyers as PvP brawlers

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The past few months have seen a flood of frequent updates hitting EVE Online, and among them we got a whole new class of...

One Shots: Aerodynamically impossible

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Back in the late '70s, the first Superman flick had the tagline, "You will believe a man can fly." Well, I look at the...
You made it sing, all right.

The Daily Grind: What MMO systems do you consider necessary evils?

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I'm disinclined to run pretty much any tabletop game that outright uses character levels as a form of progress, and fortunately for me I...

The Game Archaeologist: Kingdom of Drakkar

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Kingdom of Drakkar, also known as Drakkar or even Kingdom of Drakkar II, is a really odd duck among the annals of MMO history....
lol

Betawatch: July 24th, 2015

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John Smedley is no longer with us, by which I mean that he is still entirely alive and has not left us in the...

EverQuesting: First impressions of EQII’s progression server

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When it comes to a launch, rough winds are pretty much expected. But surprisingly, EverQuest II's progression server launch on Tuesday was pretty much...

MMO Burnout: Why I want an Assassin’s Creed MMO

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I play a fair amount of single-player stuff when I'm not playing MMOs, and at the risk of outing myself as one of those...

Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks, "What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...

Marvel Heroics: Help! What hero should I play?

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Superheroes are quite used to hearing cries of distress and pleas for help, but who lends a hand when the caped crusaders need assistance?...