The Daily Grind: Do you play any South Korean MMOs?
I'm going to start this edition of the Daily Grind by answering my own question with a sighing, "I've tried." Seriously, I've tried several...
Betawatch: At last, Dragonflight enters its alpha test
At long last, World of Warcraft players don't need to continue the testless nightmare that has been waiting for Dragonflight's alpha test because it...
Betawatch: Gloria Victis is heading toward launch
Did you feel like Gloria Victis would spend forever in an early access beta state? It sure has felt like that for a while,...
Vague Patch Notes: Examples of predatory monetization in the MMO industry
So, if you've been paying attention to this column over the past few forevers, you will have no doubt noticed by this point that...
Massively on the Go: Maybe it’s time Pokemon GO buddies get the Pikachu treatment
As we've been discussing over the last few weeks, Niantic's pursuit of forcing Pokemon Go players out into the world to generate salable data...
The Daily Grind: What system in your main MMO have you just never been interested in exploring?
Look, I'm sorry, I know there's a lot of interesting stuff going on with gardening in Final Fantasy XIV. I know that this system...
WoW Factor: Excitement and trepidation about World of Warcraft bringing back talent trees
So you probably don't need me to tell you at this point that I'm looking forward to having talent trees back in World of...
Wisdom of Nym: Deep-diving Final Fantasy XIV’s new adventurer plates
One of the things that I think is important to note about Final Fantasy XIV's new adventurer plates is that they are in an...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you want a mobile spinoff from?
I feel like Warcraft Arclight Rumble was at once exactly what I expected from the promise of a mobile Warcraft title and yet simultaneously disappointing. Like,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO-related release within the last five years held up to your excitement the best?
We talk a lot about disappointment here. I talk a lot about disappointment. There are a lot of times when you look forward to...
Betawatch 2: 2 Beta 2 Overwatch
It's time to beta test Overwatch 2! Well, it's time for some people to beta test it. It might not include you; it's a closed beta,...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s excuse for not adding housing to World of Warcraft convinces no one
One of the things I noted in my initial reactions to the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight announcement was that I had not expected to get...
Hands-on with the promising multiplayer Nintendo Switch Sports, launching this week
April 29th will mark the release of Nintendo Switch Sports, a spiritual sequel to the popular Wii Sports series. The big kicker here is that it's...
WoW Factor: Good job torching Wrath of the Lich King Classic, my dudes!
All right, this is... actually just hilarious to me. Like, seriously, I caught this particular detail after I'd already finished writing my initial reaction...
Betawatch: Prosperous Universe gets a launch date from early access
There's no need to mince words here: We are always happy when a game moves out of early access into actual launch. Often "early...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight isn’t going to fix everything that’s broken at Blizzard
I really wanted to write a different column this week. I really did. But wouldn't you know it, Activision-Blizzard had to remind everyone that...
Vague Patch Notes: When MMOs pit their playerbase against itself
Today's Vague Patch Notes is about something weird that I feel like someone should definitely done something about a long time before now. It's...
GDC 2022: How ‘game stressors’ mix and match for repeatable content development in MMOs
Continuing our GDC 2022Â coverage of Bungie Principal Technical Game Designer Alan Blaine's talk on building challenges and reusable content in Destiny 2, we're going...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important medium you have for talking with your MMO friends?
There was a time, way back when, that I kept AOL Instant Messenger open on a regular just because it was the easiest way...
Betawatch: Dual Universe talks up Athena as its last pre-launch patch
Athena, you've gotta see her. Or at least what the update bearing her name means for Dual Universe, which is promising that this is the...