The Daily Grind: What simple tasks does your favorite MMO make unnecessarily difficult?
For the longest time, logging out of Final Fantasy XI was something of a nightmare. First, you had to get to a mog room,...
Raph Koster would put action combat in Star Wars Galaxies if made today
Recently, one of game designer Raph Koster's fans wrote in to pose him an interesting hypothetical question. If he were to remake Star Wars...
EVE Online previews changes coming to mining moons
Mining makes the world go round for EVE Online. You need those resources to construct space stations, to build ships, and to barter with...
Battle Bards Episode 101: Ragnarok Online
As the Battle Bards cruise into their second hundred episodes, it’s time to cover a very long-lived fantasy MMO from 2002, Ragnarok Online. The...
Perfect Ten: 10 little things I love about Final Fantasy XIV
A reader recently sent in a letter asking Justin to explain why he (Justin) had never really connected with Final Fantasy XIV despite giving...
Hyperspace Beacon: The sexual harassment problem in SWTOR
As most of our readers probably know, I consider myself a member of the roleplay community in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I have been...
Albion Online is hitting login queues as Veteran players get to log in
Launch is here for Albion Online and it's popular enough that there are queues. Yes, login queues are being login queues. According to the...
The Daily Grind: How death-prone are you in MMOs?
Do you find yourself faceplanting a lot in MMOs? Do you measure your lifespan during a boss fight in mere seconds? Or are you...
Take a look at Path of Exile’s new Charged Dash skill in action
Charged Dash is a new skill coming to Path of Exile, and when you read about how it works it probably seems a little...
Neverwinter reveals gear sets found in Tomb of Annihilation
When you dive into Chult for Neverwinter's next expansion, you're going to be facing new threats. And what goes well with new challenges? New...
Final Fantasy XIV adds Creation tomestones with patch 4.05
It's been just about four weeks since Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood launched, and now the game's usual endgame setup is fully in place. Today's...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid elaborates on designing for an audience
Did you know that Brad McQuaid's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is not meant to be for everyone? Probably, because the game sort of...
Global Chat: Are MMO side quests worth it?
Apparently I am a pot-stirrer. On my side blog, Bio Break, I like to throw out conversation starters every now and then, and one...
Check out previews of two areas coming in World of Warcraft patch 7.3
If you've missed the memo, World of Warcraft is taking players to Argus in patch 7.3. That's the former home of the Draenei, a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG is the worst for duos?
As I've been playing Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind the past week or two, my husband has been watching me from the depths of his...
Even mainstream sites are starting to notice Final Fantasy XIV’s housing problems
Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV has a housing system that's particularly restrictive and makes it unnecessarily difficult to own a house? Probably,...
DC Universe Online is releasing its stat rebalance with its next major patch
No one likes seeing numbers go down in an MMO. You work really hard to make sure your attack power goes as high as...
Black Desert bans and suspends node exploiters
Last week, Black Desert's Reddit erupted with claims that a popular streamer, who been previously banned and unbanned in a spring crackdown, had unwittingly...
Wisdom of Nym: The numbers game in Final Fantasy XIV
It's not really hard to figure out the best stats for melding in order to do the maximum damage in Final Fantasy XIV. You...
Hearthstone’s Ice Cream Citadel is chilling at SDCC
Proving once again there's no end to the Hearthstone gimmicks and pranks it will pull, Blizzard has announced Ice Cream Citadel, a pop-up ice...
