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All right. So. Apparently people wanted to know my response to the new cinematic mined out from within World of Warcraft. Cool. That's easy. My...

Playing MMOs puts you on a certain power trajectory, one that curves forever upward. Over time, you gain more and more power and abilities....

Ever wanted to be in an NPC in a Pokemon game? Well, Niantic is giving you a very slim chance to do so in Pokemon...

I don't know what 2021 is going to bring in general. This has always been the case, of course, but if anything 2020 should...

There hasn't yet been time for any major updates or changes to hit most games in 2021. That's just the reality; we've only been...

There's going to be no shortage of major updates to MMOs in 2021. The Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2 already have expansions announced, everyone...

Every week, I have to think about betas. I have to think a lot about betas, in fact. More than I ever wanted to...

This terrible year is almost behind us, and that means it's time to start thinking about the next one. Which brings to mind resolutions...

All right, let's do this one more time. Yes, it's that time when we look ahead to the next year and ask which games...

Here's something interesting to consider in the abstract: Bereft of any further outside context and looked at purely from a content standpoint, Final Fantasy...

Normally, the holidays are a time with stuff happening. There's traveling to be done usually as you see members of your family, there's stuff...

It'd be wrong to say that this patch is our first patch back on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. We've been splitting our...

Seriously, Chronicles of Elyria isn't dead! It feels much better and wants to go take a walk. Why did everyone think it was dead just...

Even if you don't like crafting, you should care if your MMO of choice has meaningful crafting. And you should especially care if it...

I had a lot of fun with Final Fantasy XIV this year. This is not in and of itself unusual; I usually have a lot of...

Here's a fun question for you: What's the difference between the biggest surprises of a year and the biggest stories of the year? The answer,...

Here's something that I think no one, even me, really acknowledged heading into this particular patch: Final Fantasy XIV set itself up with a really difficult...

It's rare for me to not be done with the leveling in a Final Fantasy XIV expansion or a World of Warcraft expansion in a couple...

So hey, everyone may be totally immortal right now in World of Warcraft. That seems like a thing we should examine now, huh? I freely admit...

The community is important when it comes to talking about an MMO. This is an established fact; I wrote an entire column about how...