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I hate everything about you.

Vague Patch Notes: Unpacking the Riot MMO’s group-centric philosophy

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Well! It has been a week, that's for darn sure. And amidst everything else going on this particular week, it would've been easy to...
We still care.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most important element of your older MMO experiences you can’t recapture?

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The first MMO I ever played was Final Fantasy XI, and I cannot get back the experience of installing it for the first time with...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: Bad takes about Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard and why they’re wrong

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Sigh. So today's column is one that I really didn't have an urgent desire to write, but then we started talking about the various...
No time to analyze the situation, too much forging ahead making things worse to do!

The Daily Grind: What might be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?

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In years past, this annual Daily Grind was focused on the next MMO that might go free-to-play, but that's become less and less relevant...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: Some thoughts on the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard

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At this point, keeping up with what's going on with Activision-Blizzard is far more of an involved project than keeping up with World of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Touring Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons guild hall, Echovald Wilds, and strike mission

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With Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons expansion set to launch some time in February and the beginning of that month looming on the...

The Daily Grind: What MMO have you used to wean yourself off another title?

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Sometimes when you're leaving an MMO -- either voluntarily or because the title got shut down -- it can really help to have another,...

Not So Massively: Making the case for Dungeon Siege IV

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Dungeon Siege is not the biggest name in ARPG field, but the franchise has always been dear to my heart. It's now been more...
I want a Milky Way.

The Daily Grind: If you quit WoW in 2021, where did you go?

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A while back on Reddit, I saw a question asking former World of Warcraft players where they've gone. It's not a novel question; we've...

The Elder Scrolls Online teases 2022 release theme with mysterious clues

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Yesterday, streamers, podcasters, YouTubers, and lowly game journalists began receiving a suspicious package teasing the next year-long theme for The Elder Scrolls Online. The...
It burns, burns, burns.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the ongoing balance pass

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So how's your job doing in Final Fantasy XIV right now? Mine are a mixed bag, and I know I'm not alone in this...

The Daily Grind: Do you have any real-life foibles you carry into MMOs?

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My husband likes to tease me because I have this thing about consumables. If I have two lotions or soaps or snacks, I am...

Lawful Neutral: Recapping the MMO industry’s legal dramas, 2021 edition

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With meatspace commitments causing no-end of stress and herculean amounts of work for me, Lawful Neutral had a bit of a slow year that...
Not the problem.

The Daily Grind: What kind of update would bring you back to a lapsed MMO?

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If the biggest thing that kept you away from Elyon was the lack of an ability to arrow things in the face, the game's most...

The Game Archaeologist: Talking 25-year-old Tibia with CipSoft

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It's not every MMORPG that can boast that it started back in the late '90s and is still going strong even today. However, Tibia...

The Daily Grind: How long do you wait to give an MMO a second chance?

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I'm a big believer in second chances with MMORPGs, because so many of my personal favorites weren't favorites right out of the game. In...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating?

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Yeah, this is going to be a hard Daily Grind to write. But there are some MMOs that have lingered so long in testing...
This is never happening.

Vague Patch Notes: Star Citizen is not going to live up to your dreams

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So the other day, we were reminded that Squadron 42 - which was supposed to be released back in 2014, if you can believe that...
Wrecked.

The Daily Grind: What do you think the end looks like for the ongoing Blizzard saga?

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Folks, it gives me absolutely no happiness to say this, but it's increasingly difficult to see an outcome in the ongoing Activision-Blizzard scandal where...

Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs at the start of 2022

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One of the reasons that I have been a huge fan of MMORPGs for nearly two decades now is that they offer a terrific...

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