The Daily Grind: Is the future of online games dev really ‘conversation mode’ rather than ‘presentation mode’?
Last month, PC Gamer ran a piece about Anthem and EA focusing on EA's belief that the way the industry goes about releasing games...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Wandering Wraeclast: Bring on more Path of Exile super league of leagues
I am not sure how everyone else felt about the special Synthesis super league in Path of Exile these past few weeks, but I...
Hyperspace Beacon: Thoughts on SWTOR’s Dantooine Incursion update
Tuesday, Star Wars: The Old Republic released a new event update called the Dantooine Incursion. I played through the questlines on the PTS, then...
Massively on the Go: Exploring Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge augmented reality game
I wasn't expecting to be very excited about the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge until I read there'd be an augmented reality game mixed in....
The Daily Grind: What serves as your biggest MMO currency sink?
I don't really devote a lot of effort in Final Fantasy XIV into making money, but I also sort of don't need to. The game's biggest...
Desert Oasis: Comparing Black Desert and Blade & Soul’s design philosophies
One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place. It was right after I tried out...
Perfect Ten: SNES games that would have made for amazing MMORPGs
I think many of us hold a fond nostalgic torch for a specific console or computer that meant a lot to us growing up,...
The Daily Grind: If you could eliminate one MMO trope, what would it be?
You hear a knock at your door, and as you rise to get it, a slip of paper is slid through the crack at...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 223: Starbase Adrift
Justin and Bree discuss Worlds Adrift's sunset, ESO Elsweyr's launch, Starbase, FFXIV Shadowbringers, and City of Heroes, with mail on old episodes and WoW Classic blowback.
Choose My Adventure: A debriefing for Star Wars The Old Republic
We're ending our run in SWTOR with a roleplay sendoff as we prepare to head into the next game you voted for in Choose My Adventure: TERA.
The Daily Grind: How likely are you to abandon and reroll your MMORPG characters?
With City of Heroes back in my MMO rotation thanks to the multiple rogue servers floating around right now, I've been back in full...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – odds and ends
The thing about Final Fantasy XIV is that it's big. Really, amazingly big. There's a lot of stuff, and if I wanted to go into...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of Nexon’s new multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena
Nexon's new crossplatform multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena came out of nowhere last month and surprised everyone with a closed beta this past week. It's...
The Daily Grind: Do you let an MMO’s worst community elements determine your server selection?
Last week, on the heels of WoW Classic's latest stress test, I saw several discussions online about popular streamers and the game: Apparently, these...
Battle Bards Episode 145: Dark Age of Camelot
It’s Bard vs. Bard vs. Bard in this show, as the trio of MMO video game music lovers take sides in the Dark Age...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Guild Wars 2’s Season 4 soundtrack
On May 14th, Guild Wars 2 fans were delivered a bittersweet message from the game's main composer, Maclaine Diemer. Diemer, who had been adding...
The Daily Grind: How long should a studio keep an MMO in maintenance mode?
It seems pretty clear to me now that Final Fantasy XI is going to keep running for a long time. I can't say for certain...
The Game Archaeologist: 1998’s Mankind
In the annals of the MMO genre, the massively multiplayer RTS has had perhaps the worst go of any variations on these online games....
Perfect Ten: 10 things I’d love to see added to City of Heroes in the rogue server era
When will the staff here stop talking about City of Heroes? Now that there's actually something to talk about regarding it, probably never. Look, you all...
