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Bugs are but a dream.

Star Trek Online invites the players to help hunt down bugs

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Bugs. They plague every online game, no matter how hard the designers try to hunt them down. So Star Trek Online is seeking an...

Sword and Bored: Offline activities

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Mo's player steps away for a bit and decides to gain XP by doing some offline activities.
I am COMPELLED to SHOOT!

Devilian spotlights the Cannoneer

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How would you like to play a character who looks like a 10-year-old with a short skirt and a large cannon? If your response...
Nobody can fly, stop trying to fly.

Heroes of the Storm shines the spotlight on Kharazim

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How much do you know about the newest support character in Heroes of the Storm? If you know less than you'd like, or if...

Trion Worlds buys gaming mouse for injured Trove player

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When an MMO gamer named Ziedus cut his left hand at work and had to have surgery to repair it, he announced that he...

The Daily Grind: Have you played Pathfinder Online?

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I've been looking into Pathfinder here lately, though I haven't taken the early access plunge yet. Goblinworks has a 15-day free trial listed on...

Guild Chat: What to do when your guildies buy illegal MMO gold

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Hello, readers, and welcome along to my cozy little corner where we get together to help a reader in need with a guild-related issue....

One Shots: They’ll swallow your soul

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Sometimes you can't help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you...
You're a liar, Future Me! A wonderful liar.

The Daily Grind: What MMO would you tell your younger self about?

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If I could travel back in time and talk with Past Eliot in the year 2000, I would... well, actually, I would tell him...

The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?

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Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...
So that's why this game is like that!

Champions Online overhauls events and offers sales

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Events are the real thing to do at this point in Champions Online; there's not a whole lot of new updates in the pipe...

Leaderboard: What’s your favorite Funcom MMO?

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Earlier this week, news of Funcom's dwindling financial fortunes kind of depressed me. And judging by our comments, it depressed a number of you,...

The Soapbox: Why I’m hopeful for the future of MMOs

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Earlier this week, Justin asked what gives you hope for the future of the MMOs. As you might expect, the responses were many and...
Fish-people rarely dance well.

Skyforge wants to see your guild tearing up the dance floor

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How would you rate your dance skills in Skyforge? What about the rest of your pantheon? If the lot of you have the moves,...

RuneScape convention sells out, fans post 324-page history of the game

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If you ever thought that RuneScape was a piddly title beneath your notice, then here's a wake-up call for you today. The game's upcoming...

The Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online. This is...

Massively Overthinking: How seriously do you take MMO lore?

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Kickstarter donor Alien Legion has proposed an intriguing question about lore in MMORPGs. "Back in my World of Warcraft days, I mentioned to a friend that I would...
You either didn't like the last answer or you didn't care then or now.

Riot may reconsider a sandbox mode for League of Legends

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When players asked for a sandbox mode for League of Legends, Riot Games said no. This made a large number of players very vocally...
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

Today is the last day to play Infinite Crisis

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In case you had forgotten, Infinite Crisis is shutting down for good on August 14th. That makes today the last real day to play...
I fel for it.

World of Warcraft previews future pets and mounts

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It's safe to say that over the past decade of World of Warcraft you have found something to ride in the game's vast array...