The Daily Grind: How can MMOs design for both vets and newbies?
This morning's Daily Grind question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Specus, who asks,
I've seen many games where new players have trouble joining a...
Sword and Bored: Ninja Loot
Mo downs his first miniboss, only to see one of his "friends" abscond with the loot.
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV is ready to expand
There's a phrase that gets passed around my house frequently these days, and the phrase is "expansion mode." I have two characters locked into...
The Daily Grind: Did the Blade & Soul announcement improve your outlook on MMOs?
So, Blade & Soul! Huzzah, and stuff. I don't know about you, but NCsoft's heading-west announcement has reinvigorated my inner MMO fan, at least...
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard doesn’t want your money (May 24, 2015)
Too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
Were you one...
Guild Chat: The layout, usage, and manners of voice chat
Welcome along to Guild Chat, my own wee place in the 'webs in which we can discuss all things guilds and club together to...
The Daily Grind: What MMO characters have you unexpectedly loved?
I made my Crab Spider in City of Heroes primarily because I wanted to have someone as a spider. My character concept for her...
LOTRO Legendarium: Eight years, eight pictures, eight stories
I might be a little tardy in doing this, but every spring since I started to write about Lord of the Rings Online, I've...
WRUP: My only raiding story from Star Wars: The Old Republic edition
A friend asked me to come with her guild to run some endgame raid or another. I don't remember what it was. Whatever raid...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel alone in your games?
As one or two people have pointed out, MMOs are multiplayer by their very definition -- and massively so. Yet even if you're in...
Ultraviolence, virtual worlds, and why I hate myself for loving GTA Online
OK, maybe that title is overly dramatic. Still, I feel guilty for liking Grand Theft Auto Online. I've touched on this before, as have...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a World of Warcraft progression server?
Classic servers and progression servers are on my mind lately. EverQuest just got yet another progression server; it had launch issues, but it's up...
Massively Overthinking: Nasty labels for players in MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from an anonymous Kickstarter donor, who wanted to talk about excessive namecalling jargon as it pertains to groups...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s endgame dungeons, from launch to present
It's crazy to realize that Final Fantasy XIV has added more dungeons via patches in a year and a half than World of Warcraft has...
The Daily Grind: Would you watch a movie based on your favorite MMO?
I'm not the biggest World of Warcraft fan. That said, I'm pretty interested to see what Duncan Jones does with the Warcraft movie. This is...
Leaderboard: AI vs. player competition
Monday's blurb about NCsoft and its AI research was sort of interesting, don't you think? The Korean firm isn't the first MMO company to...
ArcheAge subreddit clarifies P2W censorship; Trion bans exploiters
Another day, another Reddit drama, although the one swirling around ArcheAge appears to be coming to a middle. In a message titled Transparency is...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Expanding into Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns
When Guild Wars 2's expansion was announced, most of the questions on our lips were permutations of "What's the new level cap?" and "What...
Hands-on: Blade & Soul’s western port is a cheerful cliche storm (and I want to play more)
I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing Blade & Soul just moving around.
Most of the time in a given game, I'm moving around because...
Blade & Soul hits western shores this winter
Remember when comic books had little call-outs on the front cover proudly proclaiming that something happened because the readers requested it? I always thought...
