Opinion

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Choose My Adventure: Trove’s brave new (uber) world

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It's everyone's favorite day of the week -- at least if you're that annoying camel in that one Geico commercial -- and you know...
Let's rock.

Blade and Soul beta begins October 30th, still launching Q1 2016

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You can stop holding your breath now: The beautifully rendered action MMORPG Blade and Soul arrives on western shores very soon. NCSoft officially announced today that...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best soundtrack?

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At the start of this month I wrote up a Jukebox Heroes in which I listed my six favorite MMO soundtracks. This proved to...

Global Chat: Money prison

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What kind of prison charges you money to stay there? An MMO prison, obviously! The Ancient Gaming Noob has a few insightful words to say...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 29: Pathfinder fading

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, Ultima Online, Little Healer, Pathfinder, WildStar F2P, ESO's Imperial City, EQ Next's playtest, and the people in the magic box.

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior changes aren’t bad

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It's been two weeks since I visited Star Wars: The Old Republic in this column, and it's clear that two weeks is far too long...

The Daily Grind: What would you do to ‘fix’ Champions Online?

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Whether it's good news or weird news or bad news or bad news that belatedly turns into good news, any post about Champions Online inevitably...

Sword and Bored: Player housing

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Mo is introduced to MMO player housing... and why some people find it frustrating.
Build.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s crafting and gathering endgame in Heavensward

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Crafting and gathering has never been a primary goal of mine in Final Fantasy XIV so much as a secondary one. It's something extra...

The Daily Grind: What cultural influences do you like to see in MMOs?

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One of the things I miss about Age of Conan is the Chinese influence in the Rise of the Godslayer expansion. Robert E. Howard's Khitai...

EVE Evolved: The war for Providence

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In the previous edition of EVE Evolved, I looked at how the state of PvP in EVE Online has changed since the Aegis Sovereignty...
What was that vendor's name? Saw? Was it Saw? Adze? Saw sounds right-ish.

The Daily Grind: Do you prefer MMO factions to be good vs. evil or multifaceted?

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I don't have ready access to it any longer - it was a while ago - but I recall reading something to the general...

The Daily Grind: Do you subscribe to F2P or B2P MMOs?

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The other day when I was writing up a post on Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, I noted that while the content cost a...

Leaderboard: What’s the greatest MMOFPS of all time?

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Yesterday's Heroes & Generals post got me to thinking about MMOFPS titles. Heroes & Generals really isn't one, in my opinion, despite its developers...

Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen is starting to come together

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Last Tuesday I woke in the wee hours of the morning to install Star Citizen's 1.2 patch. I wasn't battling insomnia or anything like that; on the...

A wicked hive of synth and vibrancy: First impressions of Otherland

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I first covered Otherland, the Gamigo-turned-Drago MMORPG based on Tad Williams' sci-fi book series by the same name, at E3 2012. The idea of having...

The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMORPG you still play?

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Later this fall, Ultima Online turns 18 years old. Even more crazy? It's launching its ninth expansion before the year is out (it's on...

Massively Overthinking: Building your dream MMORPG

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor xenaphex wants to hear about our dream MMOs. What really makes you tick? What would you build with a million-bajillion...

PAX Prime 2015: Don’t hate me because I don’t like Gigantic

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If you've not heard of the game Gigantic, then I'm going to have to ask where you've been because Motiga's cross between a MOBA...
We fought a bear.

Perfect Ten: The 10 MMO memories we all have

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I have been playing MMOs with varying degrees of intensity for the past 12 years. That is really weird to me. It also means that...