Perfect Ten: MMO arguments we need to put down
You know what I hate? No, not just botting. No, not people with more cash to spend on game development than sense about whether...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs for ambient sociability?
In my gaming time, I switch back and forth between MMOs and solo games (often adventure or RPGs) quite often. When I'm in the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 206: This is our Anthem
Justin and Bree discuss MMO character creation systems, the Anthem demo mess, Ragnarok 2's abrupt development end, WoW's new raid, Daybreak's EverQuest franchise plans, Last Oasis, and Fallout 76, with mailbag questions on needlessly complicated MMOs and subs for maintenance mode games.
Choose My Adventure: Where Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen meet
I'm going to attempt to connect apples and oranges here. In my final days with Elite Dangerous for CMA, I have actually managed to...
Leaderboard: Where do you stand on the Epic Games Store (and proposed boycott)?
It's a day that ends in Y, so of course there's trouble on Reddit. The PC gaming sub today has a massive thread with...
The Daily Grind: Do you trust companies selling ‘games as a service’?
MUD and MMO players are pretty much the original victims of "games as a service" mentality. News that Nintendo is shutting down the Wii...
Leaderboard: What’s the greatest MMO soundtrack of all time?
In collaboration with Justin's Jukebox Heroes column, we're taking stock of our readers' opinions on the best MMO soundtracks of all time in today's...
The Survivalist: Outpost Zero improvements have really increased its fun factor
Sitting back and loosely following the development of an early access game, then hopping in here and there to check out a score of...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the the European Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival
Originally I hadn't actually planned to do this particular column, and had instead figured that I'd just go down on reactions to the fan...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best example of wasted aesthetics in an MMO?
If you somehow missed our award for meme of year, now's a good time to trot it back out because it could so apply...
Global Chat: When MMOs fail to communicate
Roger over at Contains Moderate Peril addresses a point that I've been saying for years now: Many MMOs skew to information overload when it...
The Daily Grind: When did you realize you were no longer a beginner in an MMO?
I tend to think of myself as a beginner in any given MMO for a really long time. Like, to the point where I'll have...
LOTRO Legendarium: Five lessons I’ve learned from replaying Shadows of Angmar
Over the past three months, I've been exclusively playing on the Anor progression server in Lord of the Rings Online. During that time, I've...
The Daily Grind: Do you find it hard to connect with pre-established MMO characters?
One of the hallmarks of MMORPGs is the freedom for players to create the kind of character that they want, from race to looks...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing and overthinking Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.5 revelations
I wonder if we're actually going to find out our destination for the next expansion in February. Remember, we still don't actually know where...
The Daily Grind: Do you approach all MMOs with PvP as ‘PvP games’?
I saw a thought-provoking exchange on Reddit this week that's too good to sit on. It was in a thread for an MMORPG in...
Massively Overthinking: Why aren’t you playing the MMO most like your favorite sunsetted game?
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from reader Smuggler-in-a-YT.
"Star Wars Galaxies had its problems, but the sense of community, purpose, and story (through...
Vague Patch Notes: ‘Gamer’ is not an identity
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I'm 36 years old. I've been a professional writer for about a decade now, and...
The Daily Grind: How much should fan communities influence MMO designers?
The other day I saw a comment on an MMO subreddit that I quite liked; to paraphrase, it basically stated that the system designers...
Leaderboard: Are you all-in for Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr?
Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr is not exactly what I wanted - I'm a Hammerfell and Morrowind girl - but we already got Morrowind, so...
