The Daily Grind: What’s the meanest thing you can say about an MMO you adore?
A couple of months ago, I did a Daily Grind asking folks to find something nice to say about MMOs they hate. It was...
Leaderboard: What do you think about Steam’s new revenue sharing plan?
At the tail end of last week, Valve announced a new revenue sharing plan for publishers on Steam that simmered all weekend. In a...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV will let you pet the rabbits
The first Final Fantasy XIVÂ fan festival this year seem to have been an exercise in subverting player expectations, albeit with subtlety. Six prior festivals...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever worry that an MMO you’re watching will be shuttered before it’s done?
It's possible I've been doing this too long and have just seen a whole lot of casually delivered bad news on Twitter from gaming...
The Daily Grind: How much time is a satisfying play session for an MMO?
Back in the days of Final Fantasy XI, if I didn't have at least three hours to play the game I rarely would bother logging in....
LOTRO Legendarium: Taking a fresh look at Lord of the Rings Online’s early zones
One of the unexpected benefits of jumping onto Lord of the Rings Online new progression servers is that it's giving many of us a...
The Daily Grind: Who are your favorite recurring MMO NPCs?
Every MMO player knows that a vast majority of NPCs that we encounter will be one-quest stands. We'll do something nice for them, they'll...
Betawatch: Red Dead Online is alive and possibly not red
Yes, it's possible that Red Dead Online is not very red, and it is definitely very much alive in beta testing. But calling it that...
Leaderboard: How much does an MMO’s IP influence your interest in it?
Here's a fun thought exercise: What if standard assumptions about IPs and games is wrong? To hear some people tell it, games like Star...
The Nexus Telegraph: What other MMOs should learn from WildStar’s demise
The shutdown of WildStar stings in a way that other shutdowns haven't. It's hardly the first game I've covered closely that has stepped away to...
The Daily Grind: Must MMOs keep moving or die?
Bhagpuss over on the MMO blog Inventory Full put up a piece earlier this month about EverQuest II - specifically about MMO players' obsession...
Hyperspace Beacon: We have the Star Wars The Old Republic story all wrong
I have been buried in Star Wars: The Old Republic lore for about 8 years now, and it pains me to admit this, but...
Vague Patch Notes: Having fun in an MMO doesn’t actually mean it’s any good
It appears that Fallout 76 has become the latest in a long line of games that launched too early with ill-defined goals, trying to be...
The Daily Grind: Do MMOs need to slow down?
If you look back at the early years of MMORPGs, nearly everything was slow, ponderous, and took gobs of time. Travel took time. Combat...
Battle Bards Episode 133: Star Citizen
The sparkling majesty of space beckons to the hearts of the Battle Bards — and up there they discover the Star Citizen soundtrack! In...
So-called gaming addiction and Fortnite myopia aren’t just a problem for The Children
If you're over that whole lockbox politics thing, you can always fall back on the moral panic that's gripping parents and teachers instead: video...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2018
With the turn of every new year, I know we are entering unexplored territory in the field of MMO news. No matter what we...
The Daily Grind: Are you doing anything for WildStar’s sign-off?
Today is the day we say goodbye to WildStar for good, something that I am profoundly sorry to see happen. This was a game that...
Global Chat: Saying farewell to a fellow MMO blogger
The MMO blogging community is a pretty tight-knit one. Most of us know each other (or of each other) and read each other's blogs...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 198: Manatee… in… spaaace!
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard, LOTRO, Fallout 76, Star Citizen, H1Z1, City of Heroes, Elite Dangerous, Legends of Aria, and computer upgrades.
