Opinion

We've all met folks in game who leave an unpleasant taste in our mouths for a long time after. With all of the good...

OK, I'll confess that I am so not a dragon guy. I don't get the appeal, I don't find them awe-inspiring, and I roll...

Justin and Bree discuss Crowfall, Blue Protocol, SWTOR, New World, Q3 2022 financials (for Blizzard, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, NCsoft), and new patches (for DDO, Neverwinter, Blade and Soul, EVE Online, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online), with a mailbag topic covering Shadowbane, Second Live, Secret World, and Ultima Online.

Most of the time when you hear something call itself "grim," "dark," or "grimdark," it often translates into being some 17 year-old's idea of...

A few years ago, there was a concerted push in the MMO genre to design, amplify, and boost esports, and I don't just mean...

I want to be upfront first: I am loving Splatoon 3. Building a bit on my post-release opinion of the game, I think there's a lot...

Let me start with the most trivial question possible first: Does Naoki Yoshida have a calendar? He has to, right? Early January 2023 is...

A few weeks back, we teased a certain new MMO for launching on a weekend, but in reality, when an MMO launches (or launches...

Let's make something clear here: What we are talking about with today's topic is largely about pettiness. There are plenty of people who have...

As someone who has made a hobby out of jumping around MMORPGs like Frogger, I've spent more time looking for guilds than I would...

This entire column came about because our team was discussing World of Warcraft at work and I observed something kind of odd: The Dracthyr...

Feeling the effects of the "superhero movie fatigue syndrome" that's going around these days, I wasn't overly eager to check out Marvel Snap when...

With all of the MMO releases happening this month, I was banking on the rollout of New World's fresh start servers, LOTRO: Before the...

New World is having a bit of a comeback moment - or is it? Since the launch of Brimstone Sands and the fresh start servers...

Dusty dusty, ashy ashy, Crowfall's plane went crashy crashy. Yes, we are now talking about Crowfall very strictly in the past tense. You could...

I have always tended to be skeptical of server merges. Sure, they're sometimes a necessary portion of any game's life cycle, and I would...

First off, I know I'm not the usual writer for Flameseeker Chronicles, and I'm not ousting Colin or Tina from their spot; in fact,...

There are a lot of MMOs out there. How do you know which one of them is the most popular and therefore the best...

I go 'round and 'round with this topic from year to year as the studios change and flux, which probably makes sense since I...

It's finally here! The most memorable, most important part of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 1 story. The moment we've all been waiting...