The Daily Grind: What would you do if you could reboot any live MMO?
It's kind of crazy to me that Final Fantasy XIV is not only still running but is successful, has a thriving population and a...
Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
The Game Archaeologist: Digging up the history of City of Heroes
For the longest time in the early 2000s, MMORPGs scared me off. They looked too obtuse, too grindy, too ugly, and too unapproachable for...
The Daily Grind: Do you tilt toward sci-fi or fantasy in your MMOs?
I always found it weird that bookstores always shoved science fiction and fantasy subgenres together, kind of like a "here's a general section for...
The Survivalist: Hands-on with survival MMO Rend’s closed alpha
It's been nearly a year since I met with Frostkeep Studios at PAX West and got an early first-hand look at Rend, the three-faction...
WoW Factor: Dissecting the dumb plan in World of Warcraft’s War of Thorns
There's a lot to be upset about with the World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth prepatch. There's stuff that just doesn't feel good any more...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about themed MMORPG guilds?
Kotaku did a recent piece on "girls only" Overwatch groups that got me thinking about themed guilds. (As it turned out, the writer found...
Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness
Last week, down in the comments of an innocuous post about gamers being nice in Fortnite, a couple of MOP commenters requested a column...
Hyperspace Beacon: Making roleplay events deeper in SWTOR (or any other MMORPG)
From time to time, I like to break from talking about the latest news from Star Wars: The Old Republic to talk about what...
Previewing Rend: Frostkeep studio visit, early access, PvP, factions, and more
If something goes wrong with Frostkeep's early access launch of Rend, blame me. While I was at the office, I distracted Co-Founders Jeremy Wood and...
The Daily Grind: Whom should pre-expansion MMO events target?
There are lots of things I'm not crazy about when it comes to the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth pre-patch event, but one...
Battle Bards Episode 125: Archlord
The Battle Bards are always on the prowl for overlooked soundtracks from overlooked MMORPGs, and this week, they might have found a new one...
Rummaging through Rend: Alpha impressions of Frostkeep’s blissfully social survival MMO
Early access for Rend is just around the corner, which means hype for the game is picking up. Frostkeep recently invited us to check out its...
Perfect Ten: The best expansions for specific MMOs
Looking over the past two decades or so, MMORPGs have grown by leaps and bounds with regular releases, events, and (of course) expansion packs....
The Daily Grind: Rank the top three housing MMOs ever made
WildStar. RIFT. EverQuest II.
If I had to choose three MMORPGs that contained the best housing systems and then rank them, that list up there...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
EverQuesting: Ranking our favorite EverQuest II expansions
I was recently asked which EverQuest II expansion was the best. The best! I didn't know how to answer that really: I am not...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG boasts the best space gameplay?
Over the past week or so, I've been tinkering with Star Wars Galaxies Legends, an NGE emulator for SWG that's actually pretty polished and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV gets to hunt some monsters
It hardly needs to be said at this point that the new way of doing things with Final Fantasy XIV's live letters has proven...
The Daily Grind: Do you still have ‘passion’ for MMORPGs?
Over the weekend I saw an interesting Twitter discussion about how much game-playing game-designers actually need to do, and whether those passions are even...
