Columns

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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?...

Perfect Ten: MMO fan fashion scenes

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For some of us, having the best gear -- stat-wise -- isn't a driving force for playing MMOs. Now, the best-looking gear? That's a...

Massively Opinionated: How does FFXIV pull off its sub model in 2015?

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In this episode, Larry, Mike, and Eliot debate Final Fantasy XIV's business model, Heavensward, and newbie accessibility.

Choose My Adventure: Heart of the Cards in FFXIV Heavensward

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Welcome ladies, gentlemen, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri to the second installment of Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward edition. Last week, I...

Hyperspace Beacon: Everything you need to know about SWTOR’s Togruta

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Since the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic, there have been two human-like species that players have feverishly demanded be made into a...

Sword and Bored: Fishing

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Mo finally finds something in his MMORPG that consumes all his time... all his time.
What happens next?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Machinist needs a tune-up

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There are three roles in Final Fantasy XIV, but you could argue that one of those roles has three sub-roles. Sure, they all fall...