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One Shots: Day of the Cats

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As the reluctant owner of a slightly deranged cat, I have nightmares of when felines grow into towering, snide monstrosities and roam the planet...
KITTY! AGAIN!

The Daily Grind: How good are you at spacing out your MMO content consumption?

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I know people in Final Fantasy XIV who have already finished getting all of their Skysteel Tools fully upgraded. This is, in and of...

Hearthstone’s subreddit melted down over the Demon Hunter class

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What are your thoughts on the Hearthstone Demon Hunter? Do you have strong opinions about its power level? Then you likely are in good...
Save it, doppelgangers!

WRUP: How to safeguard from doppelgangers edition

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All right, people, it's time to keep your eyes open for doppelgangers. In this article, we're going to let you know about the secret...
Uh?

The Daily Grind: Do you play the MMO fashion wars?

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I care about how I look. Obviously not in a real life, because I've chosen to be a short, lumpy gnome of questionable heritage,...
It's a real laugh.

Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria insists it’s totally still in development

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So... about Chronicles of Elyria. Yes, it has laid off its entire staff and the studio founder announced that it was shuttering. But it...

Bored during lockdown? Elder Scrolls Online and New World suggest MMO coloring books

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I need some wholesome MMO stuff to start the month: Why not join in the coloring book fun with MMOs? This is a real...
Like a boss.

Final Fantasy XI’s anniversary content is being pushed to the future from its May update

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May is the month of Final Fantasy XI's anniversary, but the content that was meant to accompany it is going to have to wait...
Here we go.

Champions Online runs a bonus reward event and offers up some free capes

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Got an alt or multiple alts in need of leveling in Champions Online? Now would be your time to shine, as the game is...

Star Citizen just canceled this year’s CitizenCon 2950 thanks to the pandemic

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Add Star Citizen's CitizenCon 2950 to the growing pile of major MMO and gaming events that have been dislodged from the calendar this year...

EVE Online looks back at the death of the first Titan and elaborates on the benefit of in-game loss

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Things get blown up in EVE Online. Whether it's part of a massive war or just some player getting tackled and spaced for flying...
Do this differently.

WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Warlock, Paladin, and Demon Hunter changes

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It's the penultimate column in this particular series! And that's good because if people who used to make World of Warcraft are going to...
honsing around

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you let your own kids play?

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A while back, in the long long ago when we could still talk to humans in person, I was chatting with the mom of...

Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine

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A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...
I was never really here.

Former World of Warcraft developer Ghostcrawler weighs in on Mike Morhaime’s ‘social glue’ discussion

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So you remember Mike Morhaime's kind of nonsensical comments that treated "social" as the equivalent to "forced grouping" from a couple days ago, yes?...
Damn you!

Vague Patch Notes: The ESRB is not your friend, gamers

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So, hey, the ESRB is taking action about lockboxes! Well, sort of. It's adding a notification about lockboxes that doesn't expressly mention or clarify...
Who taught you math?!

World of Warcraft offers better eye glows and new ray-traced shadows in Shadowlands

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If there are two things that are going to define World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, it will be shadows and glowing eyes. Lots of people...
Also, far too many dwarves.

Final Fantasy XIV’s NieR crossover happened thanks to bribing the creators with steak and wine

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The reason we have a NieR crossover raid series in Final Fantasy XIV is because Naoki Yoshida got Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito drunk....
oh no skellingtons

The Daily Grind: Which of your MMO characters has kept the same look for the longest time?

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One of my Death Knights in World of Warcraft has had the same outfit for years. It basically hasn't budged since Cataclysm, and I...
Uh?

TERA added lockbox transparency and skill balance changes with this week’s patch

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The newest patch for TERA is not really about content. Obviously, you can take a look at the full patch notes and find some...

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