WoW Factor: All I want from Shadowlands is the pre-patch
Folks, I am tired. It is a deep sort of tired, the one that seeps down to the bone. And it's the kind of...
Vague Patch Notes: How platform considerations impact MMOs
It wasn't until I had been working in this field for a while - and as a result playing a lot of different MMOs...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever dreamed about an MMO?
At least two or three times a year, I have the World of Warcraft expansion dream. It's usually really nice. There are new systems...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal content
All right, this format worked well last time; let's go for it again and talk about Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch. But to start...
Betawatch: Torchlight III does its final pre-launch wipe
Gosh, what a strange road it has been for Torchlight III. Like... at one point that wasn't even its name. But the important thing...
Vague Patch Notes: Balance in MMOs is overrated
Earlier this week, we did a post all about balance in Crucible. It was a detailed post explaining all of the ways that the...
Wisdom of Nym: Just before patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV
Is it too late to hope this patch ends with a bunch of NPCs from the First watching everyone walk back to the Source...
Trove interview: Gamigo on console’s future, Bomber Royale, and the next class for a revamp
With Trove's fifth birthday and its Delves expansion now behind it, we're curious about what's next for the game. Gamigo's Cornelia and Coby -...
Wisdom of Nym: What it means to be good at Final Fantasy XIV content
Let's start with an assertion that some people may or may not believe but is still true no matter what: Dungeons in Final Fantasy...
The Daily Grind: Have you ruined your sleep for an MMO?
My wife and I were so excited for the launch of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade that we pre-ordered well in advance and...
TennoCon 2020: Warframe’s infested open world Heart of Deimos launches August 25th on all platforms
To the moon, Tenno! A Mars moon, to be exact. If that was your guess for Warframe's Heart of Deimos expansion, you got it....
Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs I was very wrong about
Here's a not-actually-very-secret bit of honesty about the industry that I have been working in for about a decade now: I am not actually...
The Daily Grind: When should MMO studios compensate players for downtime?
Been playing Lord of the Rings Online lately? That's a little gallows humor for you, right there; logging into LOTRO has been a well-documented...
Wisdom of Nym: Everything we learned in Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.3 live letter
It's not exactly a secret to people who follow my presence on various feeds that I'm not doing great right now emotionally, but the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO activities are like a security blanket for you?
Sometimes you just want something in an MMO that feels like chopping wood. It's productive, it's engaging enough that you don't dislike it, and...
Betawatch: Fractured and Magic: Legends do the closed alpha dance
You can test if you want to if you've gotten an invite. Yes, Fractured kicked off its most recent closed alpha after a delay,...
Vague Patch Notes: No Man’s Sky is the real reboot success story
Whenever an MMO of any type has a launch that resembles the Nedelin catastrophe, people start talking about what the studio should do to...
The Daily Grind: Would you ever consider multiboxing in an MMO?
If you've ever read Bannable Offenses, a Final Fantasy XI comedy blog, you may remember when the blog's supposed writer took control of the...
Wisdom of Nym: What content in Final Fantasy XIV is optional?
So here's an interesting question with an answer that continually shifts: What content is optional in Final Fantasy XIV?
If you're a big fan of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst way to balance things in an MMO?
When I wrote my recent piece about Cosmic Break Universal, I found through a bit of digging into fan coverage that the game had...
