Opinion

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Choose My Adventure: Unveiling the Treasures of Trove

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Hello again, friends, and welcome once again to Choose My Adventure. The results of last week's race are in, and holy cow, what a...
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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s events, anniversaries, and content

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I don't know whether we're actually going to have a proper two-year anniversary event in Final Fantasy XIV. It feels very strange to say...

The Daily Grind: Could The Secret World survive as a single-player game?

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Most MMOs would make terrible single-player games by virtue of their scope and design. Take multiplayer out of it and most of us would...

Marvel Heroics: My Marvel Heroes wish list

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If there's one constant in the gaming universe, it's that every MMO player has a wish list. It's almost impossible to spend any length...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 26: Failcom

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Justin and Larry discuss WildStar's F2P, Funcom's troubles, Otherland's alpha, Darkfall's soft wipe, Neverwinter's strongholds, and the next iteration of Hellgate.

The Stream Team: Giving away the SWTOR Zakuul Knight armor set

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Larry breaks out solo for this Star Wars: The Old Republic stream. MJ is on vacation and out of the country (jealous), but we...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR datamining and guild building

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Usually, I don't combine two topics into one article, but these two things are important and I don't want to go another week without...

The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios disclose the odds of winning lockbox prizes?

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Every once in a while in an MMO, the desire to play with numbers grips me, like the time I hand-crafted a thousand drinks in Star...

This is how you leave Black Desert feedback

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If you've ever thought about leaving useful beta feedback for the developers of an MMO that you care about, Black Desert fan Kinto has...

Sword and Bored: Offline activities

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Mo's player steps away for a bit and decides to gain XP by doing some offline activities.

The Daily Grind: Have you played Pathfinder Online?

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I've been looking into Pathfinder here lately, though I haven't taken the early access plunge yet. Goblinworks has a 15-day free trial listed on...

Guild Chat: What to do when your guildies buy illegal MMO gold

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Hello, readers, and welcome along to my cozy little corner where we get together to help a reader in need with a guild-related issue....

Chaos Theory: I’d fund The Secret World for Funcom if I could

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Funcom is in trouble? Say it isn't so! No, seriously -- giving it words feels like personally putting a nail in the coffin, as...
You're a liar, Future Me! A wonderful liar.

The Daily Grind: What MMO would you tell your younger self about?

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If I could travel back in time and talk with Past Eliot in the year 2000, I would... well, actually, I would tell him...

The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?

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Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...

Leaderboard: What’s your favorite Funcom MMO?

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Earlier this week, news of Funcom's dwindling financial fortunes kind of depressed me. And judging by our comments, it depressed a number of you,...

The Soapbox: Why I’m hopeful for the future of MMOs

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Earlier this week, Justin asked what gives you hope for the future of the MMOs. As you might expect, the responses were many and...

The Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online. This is...

Massively Overthinking: How seriously do you take MMO lore?

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Kickstarter donor Alien Legion has proposed an intriguing question about lore in MMORPGs. "Back in my World of Warcraft days, I mentioned to a friend that I would...

The Daily Grind: How do you play Elder Scrolls Online?

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I reinstalled Elder Scrolls Online this week, and I don't know why. I mean, I like the game well enough, and did from day...