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I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: A brief history of flight (in World of Warcraft)

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Flight has been a part of World of Warcraft as long as the game has existed. No, not just flying mounts, even though you could...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most purposeful housing?

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So this is a thing I've talked about before because I love me some MMORPG housing. Even a bad MMO with housing gets brownie...

Massively Overthinking: Do MMO betas rob you of launch joy?

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I use to think of betas as being unpaid labor for video game companies, but maybe I've been going about it all wrong. On...

Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)

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Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands. My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...
Try this again.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio would you like to see make another MMO?

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Every MMO studio has its own particular style and flavor. You can argue that the game itself matters more than its point of origin,...

Perfect Ten: Counting Fallout 76’s many post-nuclear flubs

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I'll admit that I was the first one out of my seat, applauding wildly, when Fallout 76 was first announced at Bethesda's E3 showcase...

First impressions: Overwatch on the Switch is mostly just Overwatch Mobile

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Before Blizzard's bit of October unpleasantness, I was genuinely excited for the Switch release of Overwatch, though somewhat confused since it's clearly so late...
All things go, all things go.

The Daily Grind: What was your ‘golden age’ of MMO gaming?

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While history has yet to really settle this issue definitively, many MMORPG players seem to believe that we have already seen the great MMO...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 246: When rock bands play MMORPGs

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Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard and Square's financials, WoW, LOTRO, Pearl Abyss, EverQuest II, AQ3D, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, and mailbag topics on optional subs and Blizzard's lessons.

Choose My Adventure: Second time’s the charm in Citadel Forged with Fire

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As interesting as figuring things out on my own in Citadel: Forged with Fire may have been the first time around, I have to...

Flameseeker Chronicles: The best of Guild Wars 2’s Living World soundtrack

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One of my earliest impressions of the Guild Wars franchise, before I even owned it, but had only played it at a friend’s house,...
Glorbo?

The Daily Grind: Do MMO market undercutters grind your gears?

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MOP's Carlo proposed this question for a Daily Grind run: Do MMO market undercutters annoy you? "I undercut the market so I can move...
The other side.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.1 in review, part 2

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There are some things that I am just not qualified to comment on extensively when it comes to Final Fantasy XIV. Generally speaking, this mostly...

EverQuesting: Contemplating content and communication on EverQuest II’s 15th anniversary

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You've no doubt heard of the quinceañera: It's the Mesoamerican coming-of-age celebration, a giant gala commemorating a girl's move to adulthood at age 15....
Hold your breath and count to ten, fall apart, start again.

Not So Massively: Overwatch 2 is what Overwatch should have been from the start

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Much to my own surprise, the announcement that most excited me at BlizzCon this year was not from any of the franchises I usually...

Crimson Oasis: Speculation on Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss’ new MMORPG

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Lasst week, we reported on what looks like Pearl Abyss' power move to overtake the MMO market. With three MMOs and a Shadow Arena...

The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft switch to annual expansions?

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During last week's Activision-Blizzard investor call, Blizzard executives dodged hard on one analyst's question about WoW Classic retention - no great surprise there, really,...

Jukebox Heroes: The best of Ys Online’s soundtrack

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Stretching back to the late 1980s, the Ys role-playing series has had a long and fruitful run, with nearly five million copies of its...
There are some who call me... big.

The Daily Grind: What would you like to see in an MMORTS game?

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The MMORTS subgenre has never been what you might call robust, but it keeps cropping back up time and again. The Imperial Realm: Miranda is...

The Daily Grind: What older MMO’s graphics still hold up today?

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The other night I was playing with some friends in Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the discussion turned to -- oddly enough -- the...

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