The Daily Grind: What made City of Heroes work so well?
Although City of Heroes is not coming back (I think we all need to come to terms with that), many successors are waiting in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online
Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.
Global Chat: The MMO expansion lifecycle
With the ever-developing, ever-growing nature of MMORPGs, the expansion truly has a life of its own. By now we are well acquainted with the...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever walked away from an MMO over a studio’s treatment of its playerbase?
Star Wars Galaxies' NGE is one of the MMORPG genre's favorite bugbears: We pull it out as a warning, a label of doom, every...
Wisdom of Nym: The last batch of Final Fantasy XIV patch reveals
You know, I seriously could have sworn that I publicly predicted the next Final Fantasy XIV patch would be out on May 22nd. But...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMORPG to offer an optional sub that isn’t pay-to-win?
Last week, in the comments under the Bless optional subscription brouhaha article, I made an offhand comment that apparently got MOP commenter Sally's gears...
EVE Evolved: Getting new players to stick with EVE Online
EVE Online has the odd distinction of being one of the most impenetrable MMOs on the market today and yet also one of the...
The Daily Grind: When have you felt loneliest in an MMO?
One of the things that no one discusses about MMOs is the way that they can be lonely. The presence of so many people...
LOTRO Legendarium: A whirlwind of activity in Lord of the Rings Online
If you haven't noticed already, an extended silence from me in this column space usually means that I've taken a break from Lord of...
Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal
As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMORPG characters primarily wear in-game armor or cash-shop cosmetics?
Take a look at your main character in your main MMORPG right now. What is he or she wearing? And did you get it...
Choose My Adventure: Ultima Online, we didn’t need to do this
Yes, this is going to come in as the shortest Choose My Adventure series, but I feel it's got a good reason to be...
The Daily Grind: Would you like MMORPGs to have seasonal passes?
Between the waves of MOBA and battle royale phenomenons, I've noticed an alternative monetization model that's apparently proven quite successful in these games. Seasonal...
The Survivalist: The good, the bad, and the barbaric of Conan Exiles’ launch
If the survival genre is any indication, Early Access is a nigh indestructable beast! Time and time again we've seen where so many have...
Ouch, Conan Exiles players are pretty pissed off about Funcom’s PvE Conflict server switcharoo
It's not every day that an online game changes the official ruleset of whole servers the day after everyone rolled characters, but that's exactly...
The Daily Grind: What would (or already did) convince you to buy an MMO lockbox?
Look, we know, none of the people reading this right now like lockboxes. And, you know, for good reason. But despite that dislike, lockboxes...
Tamriel Infinium: Deep-diving the mechanics of Elder Scrolls Online Summerset’s Psijic Order skill line
Many MMO gamers - including me - are a bit underwhelmed by the next chapter of the Elder Scrolls Online. Although Summerset is not...
Perfect Ten: You got your MMORPG in my tabletop RPG
Tabletop games and MMORPGs seem like they would go well together, but remarkably they often don't. That's true for several reasons, but one of...
The Daily Grind: Do you like low-stress MMO classes?
In my mind, there are two types of MMO classes. There are ones that require a lot of hands-on skill, positional maneuvering, and careful...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 169: Farscape and RuneScape
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Trove, Secret World Legends, RuneScape and Jagex, Amazon's New World, PWE MMO sunsets, Star Trek Online's new business model, SWTOR, and ESO, plus mailbag topics on the Guild Wars 1 graphics update and crafting MMOs. And yes, we talk Farscape too!
