First impressions: Why Pokemon Go is uniquely compelling
I, like many others who were children throughout the ‘90s and early 2000s, went through a period in my young life where the only...
WoW Factor: Titanforged items and content relevance
If you've missed discussion of it elsewhere (including on this here site, even), World of Warcraft is rolling out a new system for item...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of underwater combat in MMORPGs?
Earlier this week, MOP's Andrew Ross mentioned in his writeup of Guild Wars 2's Out of the Shadows episode that he was disappointed that...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMORPG trailers of all time
This week's Massively Overthinking should be a fun one -- and hopefully it'll contrast nicely with the Game Archaeologist column we ran last week, which...
Perfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016
In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...
The Daily Grind: How much notice do you need before an MMORPG patch goes live?
There are some games where patches get so much advance notice that you feel like they're already here months in advance. Final Fantasy XIV's...
The Stream Team: Pressing toward tier two in SWTOR’s Dark vs. Light Event
With tier one for Star Wars: The Old Republic's Dark vs. Light event easily hit, Larry presses toward tier two, but here there are...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s mid-term report card scored by Bartle’s taxonomy
Well, BioWare, it’s half-way through the year. It’s time to look at how you’ve done with Star Wars: The Old Republic and what can...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Season 3 Predictions
If I've read the words "content drought" under your name in the comments section recently, you will be as delighted as I am to...
The Daily Grind: How do MMOs bring out the best and worst in you?
Confession time: MMORPGs haven't always brought out the best in me. Sometimes I've gotten irritated when real life "intrudes" on gaming, even if it's...
TennoCon 2016: Warframe’s convention, new primes and cartoon
Warframe has been one of those games that I've always meant to look into as soon as I had the time. Well, thanks to TennoCon...
Hands-on: A tour of duty through Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday
With Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday, Cryptic is obviously looking to rope in as many Star Trek faithful as possible, particularly from two...
A sneak peek at Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 3, Episode 1: Out of the Shadows
It's been nearly a month since the end of E3, but today, ArenaNet has finally given the go-ahead for press to talk about what we were...
The Daily Grind: When has going back to an MMO gone wrong for you?
I'm a big supporter of walking away from MMORPGs when they don't work for you, especially at launch -- but I always stay open...
Leaderboard: Are you preparing for WoW Legion?
Legion is coming.
Last week, Blizzard began pushing out the pre-patch for pre-launch events for World of Warcraft's Legion expansion. That means Demon Hunters are...
Wisdom of Nym: The missteps of Final Fantasy XIV’s main scenario through Heavensward
There are going to be spoilers in this column. Let's make this entirely clear. If you read this column without having finished up Final...
The Daily Grind: How would you design a Pokemon MMORPG?
It's been a good week for the alternate reality game genre: Aside from Ingress, most of the ARGs on mobile are teeny-tiny, and even writing about...
EVE Evolved: What went wrong with the Shadow of the Serpent event?
Last week's EVE Online patch added the massive Shadow of the Serpent event, a game-wide storyline arc that pits players against the Serpentis and Angel...
The Daily Grind: What inspires you to ignore another player in an MMO?
For a variety of reasons, I do not have the ability to remove people from the universe at a whim. I cannot simply make...
The Game Archaeologist: Eight launch trailers from classic MMOs
When YouTube first became a thing, I dismissed it as a site that was mostly preoccupied with people talking into cameras in an attempt...
