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Perfect Ten: More time traveling adventures in MMOs

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Writers and geeks alike can't seem to get enough of time travel -- and neither can I! Back in 2017, I wrote a list of...
FLY

The Daily Grind: Outside of superhero MMOs, which game has the best visual customization?

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Not all MMORPGs are created equal, and some offer far better fashion and visual customization options than others. Even so, games with more limited...

Choose My Adventure: Dungeons and Dragons Online already does so much right

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Well, well, well. Consider me pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when the voters told me to kick off my Dungeons...

Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 keeps meta maps relevant

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Lately I’ve been spending a lot of my time in Guild Wars 2 running through the Drizzlewood Coast meta event (be sure to check...
SWG Legends Brad McQuaidmemorial, snapped by Bree

The Daily Grind: Have you ever visited a memorial in an MMO?

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I was strolling around the PvP areas on Dathomir on SWG Legends the other day and a stumbled into a building that was clearly...

Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet

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After years of hilariously wrong recommendations, something seems to have clicked with Facebook's algorithms lately to make it finally start showing me relevant ads....
Kershadow

Wisdom of Nym: The two-month delay of Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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Well, it turns out this week did not bring much in the way of new information about Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3. Or... it...
Llook out, Llary! It's the llandlllord!

The Daily Grind: Do you have a favorite MMO PvP moment?

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There was a fun thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit a while back that really made me miss solid MMORPG PvP. A player...

Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Mists of Wilderland soundtrack

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Just in time for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, Standing Stone Games finally posted Update 26's full soundtrack to YouTube the other...
Uh-oh.

The Daily Grind: Has the Crucible pull-back affected your thoughts on New World?

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Here's the thing: I have definitely not been on the hype train for Amazon's New World for a variety for reasons. But with the...

Battle Bards Episode 172: Lost Ark

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Although Lost Ark is still making its slow journey to the west, the music arrived ahead — on a songbird, of course! It’s a...

The Daily Grind: What’s your go-to MMO for quick gaming sessions?

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The other day in the MOP virtual office, Chris and I were talking about how we're kind of glad to see Torchlight 3 appear...
Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: The missing soulbinds of Shadowlands’ testing

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Everyone remembers about soulbinding, yes? It's one of the major new features in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? Like, it's literally the whole thing that...

LOTRO Legendarium: A very Middle-earth wedding

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Dearly beloved players, we are gathered today to celebrate the release of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, and with it, a great...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG do you wish were on mobile?

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Remember way back in the day when Guild Wars 2 was supposed to get a mobile version? It never did, and whatever mobile toy...

Massively Overthinking: Can Amazon actually save Crucible?

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Earlier this week, Amazon pulled Crucible back into closed beta for some hefty retooling, a move that surprised basically no one. We'd watched the...
I half-see.

Vague Patch Notes: Trying to salvage MMOs from bad launches

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So I'm glad that Crucible got a "pull back to beta" instead of a complete shutdown. I'm surprised but still happy because that's more...
When the lights go down in the city.

The Daily Grind: What systems do you avoid learning properly in MMOs?

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Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was meant to break some degenerate enhancement effects, but it also meant that you had to think a...

Choose My Adventure: EVE Online wasn’t really all that bad I guess

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As I alluded to last week, I’ve been putting in a lot of thought into my time with EVE Online over the course of...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored elf rainbow

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Remember how I managed to get an entire column out of all the different flavors of troll within World of Warcraft? Except I kind...

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