Perfect Ten: Tips for fighting an MMORPG boss for the first time
Ahh! That header scared me, and I'm the one who picked it! But that's where adventure leads you, right into the maw of something...
The Daily Grind: What silly little change has ever gotten you all excited to log in to an MMO?
It doesn't always take a massive content drop to make this short gamer giddy and excited. Sometimes it's the silliest of little things, like...
Choose My Adventure: The simple joys of RuneScape and duo gameplay
I've often wondered to myself why there seem to be so many in-development MMORPGs that stubbornly and desperately cling to the idea of the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 needs real housing
There is no shortage of things to do in Guild Wars 2. Wandering around the world and exploring is a joy, and players are...
The Daily Grind: Are you a murderhobo in MMORPGs?
I am not sure who first coined the term murderhobo, but I know I personally picked it up from Massively and MOP alum Jef...
Not So Massively: Yearning for an MMO future free of loot
Throughout all of the Drama over Anthem's loot issues, I've just been rolling my eyes. Not because I think Bioware screwed up -- arguably...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – side stories, part two
If I'm being entirely honest, I could probably stretch this series out even further from having two columns on side stories in Final Fantasy...
The Daily Grind: How do you explain MMORPGs to non-gamers?
Last week, I did an interview trying to explain exactly what was going on with the whole City of Heroes drama. Almost immediately, the...
Battle Bards Episode 143: Rappelz
It may see itself as an “old school fantasy MMO,” but Rappelz’ soundtrack is a great mixture of old and new, traditional and experimental....
MMO Cartographer: Exploring Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar
Since my last report from the field, I have been exploring Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, a game developed by Portalarium, described as a...
The Daily Grind: How much preparation do you do for big MMO updates?
There has never yet been an MMO expansion for a game I'm playing that has not prompted an elaborate plan to prepare from me....
Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most creative array of classes?
If I log into one more MMO that I'm trying to see the class selection limited to "Fighter, Mage, Thief, and Priest," I might...
Jukebox Heroes: Diving back into Aion’s soundtrack
While the game itself never fascinated me, Aion's soundtrack is easily in my personal Top Five in terms of quality and variety. The game...
WoW Factor: What could win back the crowd for the next World of Warcraft expansion?
So the conclusion to the Azshara raid has been mined out, and I'm just going to link it to you here. I don't want...
The Daily Grind: How obsessively do you plan your MMO characters?
All right, moment of truth here: I'm still really excited about the potential for playing City of Heroes again. I want the legal version...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a ‘do or die’ moment for MMOs now?
This week MOP's Eliot and I were chatting about the wild summer the MMO industry is about to have, what with a whole bunch...
Vague Patch Notes: It’s all right for MMO studios to stop trying
Let me tell you about last year's NaNoWriMo project. If you've never taken part in National Novel Writing Month, it's a great reason to...
Tamriel Infinium: Dissecting the Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr Necromancer class
I spent some time this week playing on the Elder Scrolls Online public test server. I've explored quite a bit of Northern Elsweyr. I...
The Daily Grind: What would you be willing to transfer servers for in an MMO?
As I write this, we're knee-deep in the 24-hour maintenance for Final Fantasy XIV splitting up the North American datacenters. What will I do after...
