Opinion

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The Daily Grind: What was the last MMO that you regretted quitting?

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Last spring, I made a hard call: I finally decided that I wasn't playing Ultima Online enough to justify a sub. That's not just...
Oh, this... keeps my feelings where they were before, really.

Global Chat: MMO roleplaying explained for the rest of us

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Game designer Brian Green has been on a writing streak as of late with a whole series of blog posts about roleplaying in MMORPGs....
Never mind, I'm not real!

The Daily Grind: How do you handle cancellations for MMOs you were looking forward to?

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I've been very open about my interest in Peria Chronicles basically from the start of its development, so the fact that it certainly appears to...

First impressions: WoW Classic is fun but anachronistic

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I'm not really one to follow trends or scamper along the zergeist (a combination of zerg and zeitgiest that I've decided perfectly encapsulates the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the vibe that you want your MMO character to exude?

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Have you hugged your bread lately? No, that's not today's Daily Grind question, it's just the natural follow-up to witnessing the above picture from...
augh

Betawatch: Peria Chronicles is gone, WoW Classic has launched

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I feel so alone, Peria Chronicle's gone, its release has cut and run; Why should I be so blue? Well, what else can I do? Its...

Black Desert spokesperson Megan Fox talks about what the sandbox MMO can do for self-esteem

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Last week we learned that actress Megan Fox is apparently a big fan of Black Desert, so it would stand to reason that she...

Why I Play: AdventureQuest 3D’s Korn concerts and crazy puns

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My first real exposure to AdventureQuest 3D was years ago now when I was asked if I would host a special giveaway on an...
A journey already taken.

WoW (Classic) Factor: The journal of Nieve Vinther – first entry

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My name is Nieve Vinther. I am 28 years old and was born in the wake of the Second War of the Dark Portal....

Leaderboard: Do you buy the ‘Grand Daybreak Unification’ theory?

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Yesterday, MMO blogger Wilhelm Arcturus of The Ancient Gaming Noob dropped a fun conspiracy theory in the comments of our piece on EVE Online...
Misty.

The Daily Grind: Would you play Guild Wars 2 Classic?

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At the end of this week's podcast, Justin and I were chatting about Guild Wars 2's big announcement that's coming up later today, and...
Paladinhood.

Massively Overthinking: The future of WoW and WoW Classic

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With WoW Classic finally launched, perfectly capping off the summer with jokes about queueing like it's 2004, we can't help but look to the...
Chicks who've broken our hearts.

Design Mockument: Plausible ideas for The Matrix Online 2

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When Bree found out that I'm a fan of the Matrix franchise of films, she said it'd be fun to see me take on...

Perfect Ten: Ten weird things I’m relearning with WoW Classic

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It's been a strange week. No - it's been a strange year in MMO gaming, all things considered. As I'm going through old Lord...
Squirrel?!

The Daily Grind: What MMO do you not play but would still miss if it were gone?

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I don't play RIFT. I never had, and on the occasions when I have it's kind of just not been my thing. But I still...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: The fantasy MMO zone atlas

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There are, let's face it, a limited number of different ways to design real-adjacent zones in any fantasy game. At the end of the...

Tamriel Infinium: Things we wish were in Elder Scrolls Online’s cash shop (but aren’t)

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Convenience items in the cash shop are nothing new in The Elder Scrolls Online. ZeniMax has been selling experience boosts and mount training accelerators...

Desert Oasis: First impressions of Black Desert on the PlayStation 4 (and the PS Vita too!)

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I needed a break from Black Desert after that disappointing enchant session I recounted in the last edition of the Desert Oasis column. A few...
Less of this and more lantern-y.

The Daily Grind: Are you up for a buy-to-play ArcheAge?

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Last week's news that ArcheAge is prepping a new buy-to-play, anti-pay-to-win server certainly caught a lot of our community's attention -- and divided its...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 235: The one about WoW Classic

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, Legends of Aria, LOTRO, Black Desert, Astellia Online, Elite Dangerous, and EverQuest II, with mailbag topics on progression servers and stream etiquette.

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