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Blade & Soul

Help Oceanic Blade & Soul fans by signing this petition

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Some folks from fan site Blade & Soul Dojo have started a petition that asks NCsoft to consider an Oceanic server for its upcoming...

Sword and Bored: Ninja Loot

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Mo downs his first miniboss, only to see one of his "friends" abscond with the loot.

EverQuesting: Learning about Landmark’s dungeons

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I thought I saw a dev dungeon reference. I did! I did see a dev dungeon reference! And it's about time. I have to admit...
Blade & Soul

The Daily Grind: Did the Blade & Soul announcement improve your outlook on MMOs?

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So, Blade & Soul! Huzzah, and stuff. I don't know about you, but NCsoft's heading-west announcement has reinvigorated my inner MMO fan, at least...

Guild Chat: The layout, usage, and manners of voice chat

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, my own wee place in the 'webs in which we can discuss all things guilds and club together to...

One Shots: My imaginary friends

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Here's a fun thought: What if we aren't actually playing MMOs? What if we're just sitting in front of blank screens, creating fantasy worlds...
Where the 'hood at.

The Daily Grind: What MMO characters have you unexpectedly loved?

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I made my Crab Spider in City of Heroes primarily because I wanted to have someone as a spider. My character concept for her...
GTA Online

Rockstar publishes tips for making the most of GTA’s editor

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Are you overwhelmed with the possibilities inherent in Rockstar's GTA V and GTA Online editor? If so, consider reading yesterday's tip article focused on capturing footage....
You know, it can really be your jong.

Diablo III item thieves make ‘$0,’ get prosecuted anyhow

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A couple of Diablo III miscreants felt the long arm of the law in 2014, according to a Fusion article that calls the proceeding a...
Oh, you're no fun any more.

WRUP: My only raiding story from Star Wars: The Old Republic edition

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A friend asked me to come with her guild to run some endgame raid or another. I don't remember what it was. Whatever raid...

The Daily Grind: Do you feel alone in your games?

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As one or two people have pointed out, MMOs are multiplayer by their very definition -- and massively so. Yet even if you're in...
Holy holy.

Betawatch: May 22nd, 2015

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It's been a busy week for the folks at Blizzard. We've gotten a quartet of videos for Overwatch characters showing off early gameplay, and...
SWTOR

BioWare posts update on SWTOR’s Season 5 win-trading

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BioWare community manager Eric Musco posted a brief update on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums yesterday concerning trolling and win-trading in Season...

League of Legends tests automated punishments for bad player behavior

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Getting on top of bad player behavior in League of Legends may be an impossible job -- for mere people, that is. But what...
He had the lobes for it.

Captain Nog joins the Star Trek Online cast

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In the first episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Commander Sisko tells Jake not to hang around with that Ferengi boy Nog. He's...
GTA Online

Ultraviolence, virtual worlds, and why I hate myself for loving GTA Online

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OK, maybe that title is overly dramatic. Still, I feel guilty for liking Grand Theft Auto Online. I've touched on this before, as have...

Massively Overthinking: Nasty labels for players in MMOs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from an anonymous Kickstarter donor, who wanted to talk about excessive namecalling jargon as it pertains to groups...
Like the Something Awful forums, only probably slightly less cynical? Perhaps.

Crowfall locks down forums for backers only

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If you still want to take part in discussions on the official Crowfall forums, you'll have to back the game. The game has locked...
Warcraft

The Daily Grind: Would you watch a movie based on your favorite MMO?

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I'm not the biggest World of Warcraft fan. That said, I'm pretty interested to see what Duncan Jones does with the Warcraft movie. This is...
RuneScape

Jagex addresses continued old school RuneScape DDoS attacks

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Jagex has published a website update focused on some of the "more pressing issues" being faced by the Old School RuneScape community. The ongoing...