Opinion

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The Daily Grind: Where do you go to relax in MMOs?

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This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from an anonymous Kickstarter donor with a deceptively simple question: Which MMO zone is the most relaxing? A lot...

Global Chat: Are WoW Tokens worth it?

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The debut of World of Warcraft Tokens into the game's economy has caused quite a stir, particularly after the prices plunged during the first...

Tamriel Infinium: The 18 words an Elder Scrolls Online newbie needs to know

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One of my favorite things about the storytelling in Elder Scrolls Online is that the quest-givers don't fill their dialogue with exposition regarding Tamriel...

The Daily Grind: Is Firefly Online the future of MMOs?

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Last week, Firefly Online announced that it had scooped up almost all of the old Firefly cast members to voice the multiplatform online-but-not-really-an-MMO. Cue internet...

Sword and Bored: Loot table

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Mo becomes discouraged when he finds his recent loot acquisition unsuitable for his class.
Where you at?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s big finale

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Let me warn you upfront: If you have not yet finished the last major story patch of Final Fantasy XIV and you want to make...
ArcheAge

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most helpful loading screen text?

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MMO loading screen text varies widely from game to game. Some titles choose to put snippets of lore on their loading screens, while others...

EVE Evolved: How many subscriptions does EVE have?

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Two weeks ago, a mathemagician over at The Nosy Gamer published some interesting calculations showing that EVE Online's subscriptions may have dropped by around...
It's an old deck, I swear.

The Daily Grind: Do you want minigames in your MMO?

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I won't pretend that I'm one of the biggest fans of the game, but I'm really glad that Triple Triad is a thing in...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why LOTRO needs a progression server

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At some point this year -- Turbine isn't saying when, yet -- Lord of the Rings Online will be making an effort to consolidate...

The Daily Grind: Is dual-wielding dumb or cool?

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If one weapon is neat, then two must be twice as great, right? That seems to be the thought process behind dual-wielding in video...

Infinite Crisis has basically made me a MOBA fan

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It's 1989. My buddy and I are in a comic store and raising our eyebrows at this odd little one-shot called Gotham by Gaslight....
I don't miss the days without blood elves, not at all.

WoW Factor: The WoW token and the upcoming patch

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Since the last edition of WoW Factor, two big things hit World of Warcraft in quick succession. The first is that the much-discussed WoW...

The Daily Grind: When do you know you’re never going back to an MMO?

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Massively OP's Mike Foster said something that resonated with me earlier this week when during a debate about World of Warcraft, he uttered, "I...

Massively Overthinking: The pure PvE ‘niche’ of MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question is posed by Kickstarter donor Winterskorn, who wants to talk about something getting less and less love in MMORPGs lately: PvE. "There...

Chaos Theory: Six more tips for new Secret World players

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You didn't seriously think that six tips could come close to encapsulating the knowledge needed to start in The Secret World, did you? Of...

Perfect Ten: Important features MMOs lacked at launch

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Every MMO represents a journey, starting with an idea, progressing to a fledgling beta, launching as a production title, and growing thereafter. All of the...
GTA Online

The Daily Grind: Are you playing GTA Online?

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I've been playing GTA V an absurd amount since Monday. It's basically two games, though, which is problematic for an already overloaded schedule. I...
ArcheAge

Leaderboard: Which style of MMO PvP do you prefer?

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MMO PvP comes in a lot of different flavors, and while all of them involve sticking the pointy end into the other man to...

The Daily Grind: Do you plan ahead in your MMOs?

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I am a horrible, horrible chess player. It's not that I don't understand the game or have the mind for basic strategies but that...