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The Daily Grind: Do you actually consider yourself a good MMO player?

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There is an assumption, for some reason, that most people who work as game journalists are pretty bad at playing video games. I don't...

Battle Bards Episode 182: Last Oasis

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What does the apocalypse sound like? That’s the burning question, so to speak, that the Battle Bards are investigating this week as they dive...

LOTRO Legendarium: What Daybreak’s sale revealed about LOTRO

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Just when I thought we were getting to a quieter point in the year where I could engage in a leisurely wrap-up of the...
HOW DO WE GET YOUR LOVE BACK

The Daily Grind: Is MMO shoulder armor a little too much?

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We've often poked gentle fun at World of Warcraft for its tendency to feature oversized shoulder armor on characters -- sometimes to the point...
I circle the waterfront, I'm watching the sea.

WoW Factor: The five paths forward for WoW Classic

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Throughout its lifespan, WoW Classic has had an interesting relationship with the future. Not just because it is and always was an explicitly back-looking piece...

Pokemon GO’s 2020 community day won’t include 2018 CD moves but does grant Shiny Celebi

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The month of December is generally Pokemon Go's double-feature catch-up Community Day. Over the course of two days (December 12th and 13th this year),...

The Daily Grind: What MMO needs a waaaaay better tutorial?

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Ultima Online studio Broadsword is currently hard at work on a new game mode and server that is explicitly meant to onboard new players...

Massively Overthinking: MMO cash shop confessions

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Do you ever pick up a drink absentmindedly, thinking it's going to be something, but it's actually something totally different that you hate? You...
Strap in, buckos.

The Soapbox: Red Dead Online is just not as fun as it should be

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A few weeks ago, I detailed my newfound adventures in the single-player title Red Dead Redemption 2. More relevant to our interests here on...
Venting prevents ex-plo-si-on.

Vague Patch Notes: You are and are not who you are in MMOs

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If you've never been hit in the face, you're not really prepared for when someone does it, much less when it's a fist instead...

Desert Oasis: Black Desert Online should be 2020’s MMO of the year

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Well here we are again, heading to the end of another year. And while many are eager for this year to end, us gamers...
Ominous.

End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2020

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Whew. We're finally getting close to the end of 2020, and I think I speak for all of us when I say that it...

Preview: Dauntless’ Reforged update brings new gameplay, new potential, and unanswered questions

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As we’ve been covering over the past few weeks, Dauntless is going to be shaking up the basic way to play and progress with...

The Daily Grind: What features from single-player games would you like to see in MMOs?

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Let's be honest: Sometimes we might play games other than MMOs. Treason, I know, but that's also what's called being "well-rounded" and "a gamer...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 299: Out of the Shadowlands and into the light

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Eliot joins Justin and Bree to discuss World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' launch, Fallout 76's surprise patch, FFXIV's next patch, and TERA's console crossplay, with a Daily Grind Blitz to lead us in, plus mailbag topics on remaking older MMOs and storylines that wreck your roleplay.

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Go Beyond update is surprisingly solid for vets and newcomers alike

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Yes, in case you missed it, Pokemon Go's Go Beyond update is live. My preview piece was updated right up to the release, so...

Fight or Kite: Albion Online’s mobile beta hits the sweet spot

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I’m still in quite a lull when it comes to MMOs as of late. I don’t know whether it’s related to the time of...
Point.

First Impressions of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, part three: Influences and summation

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One of the things that I generally like to avoid doing is comparing World of Warcraft to other MMOs on the market. Even as we've...

The Daily Grind: Which IP should never, ever be turned into an MMO?

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Oh please please please don't ruin Farscape with a badly done MMO. I don't think there's any danger of this, I hasten to point out....
So... we cool, huh? We cool?

Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing the last pre-patch Final Fantasy XIV producer’s letter

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Well, it looks like we've got no actual new information on the next expansion. I'm not sure how to feel about that. I mean,...

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