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Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s August is leaning into Adventure

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I must admit that Pokemon Go's traditional Adventure Week events have historically been a minor hit with me as they feature the fossil 'mon...
my head hurts

Storyboard: The fine art of letting your character fail in MMORPG roleplaying

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Do you know why tabletop roleplaying games use dice? Every game designer ever will lie about the reason. The reason cited is to create...

The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO meme you remember?

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If you were around in the early days of online gaming, you surely remember how terrible the memes were. I mean, I put on...

Working As Intended: The Fridge Poetry game is the latest distillation of MMORPG PvP

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This morning, MOP's Sam busted into MOP's work chat with a link to the Fridge Poetry game. "It's more like an art project than a...
F'dla

Vague Patch Notes: Everything in an MMORPG is time-limited

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Today, I want to talk to you about an event that you can no longer participate in within Final Fantasy XIV. It's an event...
Boom!

The Daily Grind: What sort of time-limited content works well in MMOs?

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Over the years, I have occasionally dunked on Guild Wars 2 for making its story content early on revolve around taking part in continually...

The Soapbox: Why MMOs are the ultimate creature comforts

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As long as I can remember, I've been an avid fan of re-consuming my favorite forms of media. I used to read the same...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are the most and least like their launched versions?

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I'm sure we're all familiar with the Ship of Theseus metaphor for online games -- that of a product that has all of its...

Fight or Kite: Backpack Battles puts your bag sorting skills to the test

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After the dungeon has been cleared, the boss has been felled, and the zerg has been wiped out, the very next thing we all...

Choose My Adventure: Gleeful space truckin’ through Elite Dangerous

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This is, for all intents and purposes, going to be a very simple, laid back, and perhaps obnoxiously serene edition of Choose My Adventure....

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best night experience?

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One of the things that sets MMOs apart in my book is whether they have a diurnal cycle - and more importantly, whether that...
Pure.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Arcadion brings the noise

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There has been a question that has kind of been bubbling in the background of the entire premise behind Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs are low-key pay-to-win but somehow avoid criticism?

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A thread on the MMORPG subreddit caught my eye a few weeks ago as the post author suggested that Albion Online was not only...
Catte

The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest self-inflicted annoyance in new MMORPG content?

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I have a bad habit of judging myself based on my performance in brand-new content. This is, honestly, exceptionally silly and pointless. I'm not...

TennoCon 2024: Music, motorbikes, and romance make Warframe 1999

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It's the 1990s! We've heard of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, and sugar and spice and everything nice. But what is Warframe...

TennoCon 2024: Soulframe’s creative customization and a preview of preludes

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With how much I am looking forward to the launch of Soulframe, you better believe I was eagerly anticipating seeing and hearing more about...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO’s early game too big and unwieldy?

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As I was making some personal plans for my future adventures on Lord of the Rings Online's new legendary servers, I was really struck...

The Daily Grind: What parts of your MMO do you overthink?

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While I do love how MMORPGs encourage my imagination, sometimes I find that thinking and analyzing a title too much can lead to unanswerable...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: The mulligan problem in World of Warcraft’s narrative

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In World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Illidan Stormrage gets killed. This isn't actually a surprising end for the character. Illidan as a person...

Settlers of Kalguur brings a massive melee overhaul and more to Path of Exile

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Given such a major change incoming with Path of Exile's Settlers of Kalguur league, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether the rest of the...

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