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Art is a very difficult medium to work in, and praise should be offered to those who take up the challenge of presenting story through visual mediums.

Shroud of the Avatar has its very own comic now

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Do you want more supplemental material to round out your Shroud of the Avatar experience? Do you occasionally walk into your local comic store...
When will the loot drop

Lineage II: Infinite Odyssey is live today

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The latest update to Lineage II is pushing beyond all of the its various limitations. Tired of the level cap? It's gone. No, not...

How Star Wars Galaxies pioneered a ‘living society’

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Former Star Wars Galaxies Creative Director and current Crowfall consultant Raph Koster returned to his blog last night to pen the fourth in his...

Global Chat: Are WoW Tokens worth it?

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The debut of World of Warcraft Tokens into the game's economy has caused quite a stir, particularly after the prices plunged during the first...
What will we do?

LotRO stars in new Vanderbilt online gaming course

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How does a seven-week course in gaming centered around Lord of the Rings Online grab you? Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative is...
All things go, all things go.

SWTOR ‘Fallen Empire’ teaser prompts expansion rumors

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The team behind Star Wars: The Old Republic posted a single image with a simple hashtag: #FallenEmpire. No further explanation or extrapolation was offered....
Ominous? Does that have the same root?

EverQuest test server accidentally discounts cash shop items to pennies

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Let's try to walk through this particular sequence of events; it isn't pretty. EverQuest puts a new patch update on the test servers with...

Sword and Bored: Loot table

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Mo becomes discouraged when he finds his recent loot acquisition unsuitable for his class.
ArcheAge

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most helpful loading screen text?

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MMO loading screen text varies widely from game to game. Some titles choose to put snippets of lore on their loading screens, while others...

One Shots: Super Teddy

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We don't see a lot of Champions Online pics come through here, probably because of the game's small population. That's a shame because if nothing...
It's an old deck, I swear.

The Daily Grind: Do you want minigames in your MMO?

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I won't pretend that I'm one of the biggest fans of the game, but I'm really glad that Triple Triad is a thing in...
I was made into a fan!

WRUP: Yes, there was a new Star Wars trailer edition

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If you managed to avoid all contact with the internet this week, you might have missed that the next Star Wars film got a...

The Daily Grind: Is dual-wielding dumb or cool?

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If one weapon is neat, then two must be twice as great, right? That seems to be the thought process behind dual-wielding in video...
Lament the loss of tax money while proving you didn't really need that money.

Marvel Heroes puts heroes and costumes on sale for tax season

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Wednesday was tax day for people in the United States, a day usually accompanied by a great deal of eye-rolling and tooth-gnashing and money...
Masters without blasters.

Guild Wars 2 explains the philosophy of Masteries

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Players are not getting a level cap bump with Heart of Thorns; the apex of power in Guild Wars 2 will remain Level 80....
So it goes.

Grand Chase shuts down but offers fans a tribute post

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There are some games you realize had a long run only after you say goodbye to them. Grand Chase might not have been one...
Price shark.

Trion snaps up Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson

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Nothing tells your player community that the transition to a new corporate structure will be totally fine like firing a pillar of community interaction,...
GTA Online

The Daily Grind: Are you playing GTA Online?

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I've been playing GTA V an absurd amount since Monday. It's basically two games, though, which is problematic for an already overloaded schedule. I...
ArcheAge

Leaderboard: Which style of MMO PvP do you prefer?

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MMO PvP comes in a lot of different flavors, and while all of them involve sticking the pointy end into the other man to...

The Daily Grind: Do you plan ahead in your MMOs?

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I am a horrible, horrible chess player. It's not that I don't understand the game or have the mind for basic strategies but that...