Columns

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Hyperspace Beacon: Six things to do before SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire launch

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When Knights of the Fallen Empire launches for Star Wars: The Old Republic, certain activities will not be available in game anymore -- specifically, quests...

Sword and Bored: To the rescue

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Mo deals with the effects of a PvP flag while trying to evade players and NPCs during his escape from town.
Why must you disappoint hopes?

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s ranged DPS

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Honestly, ranged damage is a field that's never quite appealed to me as much as other options for doing stuff. Not just in Final...

EVE Evolved: New roles for capital ships

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In the past two editions of EVE Evolved, I looked at the Aegis sovereignty warfare overhaul and how it played out in a recent...

EverQuesting: EverQuest franchise expansion announcements erode more trust

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Is it just me, or is Daybreak actively trying to make me dislike it? To force me abandon all hope when I enter? Because...

One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!

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"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...
Can't we go back to mushroom people? That'd be keen.

The Daily Grind: What MMO do you doubt you’ll ever play?

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I never cared about EverQuest. The first game came out before I was even remotely interested in an online game, and the sequel wasn't...

The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online

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"The future in your hands." This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...
Finally, the trifecta is complete.

Betawatch: September 18th, 2015

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After a lengthy testing period, World of Warships has finally left port. That means that Wargaming.net has finally succeeded in getting all of the...

MMO Burnout: Star Wars Uprising

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When I heard that Disney's first foray into the new Star Wars gaming universe was a mobile-only RPG, it made me sort of angry....

Marvel Heroics: Rating Squirrel Girl and Cyclops

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Like many kids who grew up in the 1980s, I developed a deep fondness for action figures, including G.I. Joe and Transformers. I'll never...

Tamriel Infinium: Six great things to do in Elder Scrolls Online that aren’t endgame

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Two weeks ago, ZeniMax launched the Imperial City DLC for Elder Scrolls Online, and yet I have little desire to check the new content...

Sword and Bored: TEF

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Mo dumps his loot at a junk vendor and learns all about temporary enemy flagging.

MMO Mechanics: Economic stagnation in MMO economies

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MMO economies are notoriously hard to balance, so most MMO players have seen the effects of stagnation and hyperinflation in an MMO economy for...

One Shots: Purple haze

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Blocky and stylized though it may be, World of Warcraft's visuals represent impressive work by artists who pull every trick out of their bags to...
Darn it all!

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that you wish you liked more than you do?

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My new roommate wants so badly to like Defiance. She bought two of the ultimate collector's editions after they were deeply discounted. Yet for all...

Nexus Telegraph: WildStar takes on Halloween with Shade’s Eve

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While I can't decide if Halloween is my favorite real-life holiday (it's close, no matter what), I have no doubt that the spooky ooky...
Bored for the bored god.

Betawatch: September 11th, 2015

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How eternal were you planning on making your crusade? We ask chiefly because Eternal Crusade has announced that its closed alpha test will start...

Why I Play: Final Fantasy XIV

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We used to do a column called Why I Play on Massively-that-was, and while I didn't originally plan on rezzing it here today, I did return...
This is less annoying, sure.

WoW Factor: Between now and Legion

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I'm going to be very surprised if we see World of Warcraft: Legion before June 2016. The odds are good that a beta announcement is...