Wisdom of Nym: Predicting the story beats for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
At the time you read this, you'll have about 11 days left until early access starts up for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion --...
EverQuesting: Why I cheered when EQ’s progression server crashed
When EverQuest's newest progression server Ragefire came online then took an immediate nosedive, I sprang from my chair cheering.
Hey now, don't aim those eye...
MMO Mechanics: Three non-combat mechanics to love
The wheels in my head have been turning over non-combat mechanics in MMOs for a while now, perhaps because of the buzz surrounding Wander,...
The Game Archaeologist: The Matrix Online
It's not every year that a movie comes along that captures the pop culture zeitgeist so powerfully and so quickly as The Matrix did....
Betawatch: June 5th, 2015
It's always nice when a game finally launches after a seeming eternal beta. Assuming it doesn't, you know, die shortly thereafter. Trove is the...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Night Life and PvP changes coming soon
Two things are coming up in Star Wars: The Old Republic that I'd like to talk about. First, BioWare is bringing back the Night...
Perfect Ten: Why you should care about the Infinite Crisis shutdown
It might seem a little odd that the one thing to break through my current state of hyper-excitement for the launch of Heavensward and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns beta
My excitement for Guild Wars 2's first expansion has been no secret, so you can easily guess how much fun I had climbing the...
Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying
How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the unknown expansion skills
If you've been paying attention the last few weeks, you've doubtlessly heard a fair bit about the new skills that the various classes and...
One Shots: Reflections of me
One fun in-game photography trick is to use reflections, mirrors, and glass to offer a different -- and sometimes more artistic -- vision of...
Make My MMO: May 30, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Square Enix pimped out 2-D action MMO hopeful Dragon of Legends as part of its Indie Collective showcase. In...
The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online
It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
The Soapbox: Can MMOs eradicate pay-to-win?
You know what sucks about getting old? Apart from the adult diapers and the dying? Yeah, it's the seeing things you love retconned into...
Perfect Ten: Proof that the RuneScape Twitter account is stark raving mad
For a writer on a multi-MMORPG news site, following pretty much every online game's Twitter feed comes with the territory. It's always interesting to me to see...
Working As Intended: Sex, love, and MMOs
In the ongoing, neverending sandbox-vs.-themepark MMO debate, the folks on the side of sandboxes want one thing: more. Actually they want a lot more. They want...
Massively Opinionated: Which MMO is the stickiest?
In this episode, Larry, Tina, Cosmic Engine, and Jason debate what makes MMORPGs sticky and which game has done it the best.
Chaos Theory: The lowdown on The Secret World’s motorcycles
Ever since The Secret World's debut dev livestream two weeks ago teased motorcycle mounts, players have been abuzz with anticipation. The desire for vehicles...
Jukebox Heroes: Infinite Crisis’ score will get you pumped up for the good fight
I love a really good superhero score. Some of my favorite pieces include John Williams' Superman theme, Danny Elfman's Batman introduction, Brian Tyler's Iron...
