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Into the Super-verse: Will we ever get a Marvel MMORPG?
While DC Universe Online is coasting high on its success in Year Ten, it feels a shame that there's no Marvel MMORPG to match...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst maze in an MMO?
It's been clinically proven that no RPG player has ever, at any time, under any circumstance enjoyed a run through an in-game maze....
WoW Factor: Does Blizzard have a messaging problem or a message problem?
A recent post over at Kaylriene's blog got me originally thinking about this one. The original posting here is actually about a different issue...
The Daily Grind: Do you reroll the same MMO classes over and over?
There's a whole group of MMO players who have always fascinated me: the type who keep rerolling the same characters over and over. For...
Vague Patch Notes: What makes MMO leveling feel good?
A shine of light, a sound effect, a screen graphic. Sometimes you get more fanfare than elsewhere. In Final Fantasy XIV, the game's victory fanfare...
The Daily Grind: Are there any PC MMOs you wish had a mobile app?
I kind of like the Admiralty system in Star Trek Online and I think I'd like it more with some mobile love. This might seem...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO loot I’m always thrilled to get
Loot's not something that I see discussed much these days among MMO players. It's probably because loot's been around since the beginning of online...
The Daily Grind: Do you watch MMO strategy videos?
I never cease to be amazed how there always seems to be a video guide out there for anything to do with an MMO,...
Choose My Adventure: My ArcheAge mage is an absolute monster
This was a close poll, but I am pretty happy with the choice to bring Witchcraft into my Auramancy and Malediction mage in ArcheAge...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Power
2021 promises to be an exciting year for Guild Wars 2 fans, with an expansion looming on the horizon. Before we head to Cantha,...
The Daily Grind: Do you judge MMOs by what’s in their screenshots?
A week or two ago, the MOP staffers were chatting about a new MMO we were covering - Fioresia Online - and its screenshots...
Not So Massively: Haven is a noble but failed experiment in couples’ gaming
This is purely anecdotal, but it has been my experience that most people who play games with other people tend to spend most of...
Wisdom of Nym: Ishgard restoration round three in Final Fantasy XIV
Before anyone feels the need to point it out, yes, I am aware that this is technically round four of restoration in Final Fantasy...
The Daily Grind: Has anyone ever accidentally ruined an MMO for you?
A few weeks ago, I was happily joyscrolling about home improvement ideas for my new house when I bumped into a comment that keeps...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Dream of Magic Online’s soundtrack
One of the smaller resolutions that I'm striving to accomplish in 2021 is to attempt to pump out a new Jukebox Heroes column every...
The Daily Grind: How do you handle general chat in your MMO of choice?
In some games like World of Warcraft, you have the dedicated general chat channel. In other games, you just have people shouting so that everyone...
LOTRO Legendarium: It’s long past time to delete legendary items from Lord of the Rings Online
Mines of Moria was easily the most ambitious expansion that Lord of the Rings Online created. Not only did it implement the largest underground...
The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO class crusader?
The other night I was running a PUG in World of Warcraft (I'm a masochist, what can I say?), and I ended up in...
Vague Patch Notes: In defense of easy fun, in MMOs and elsewhere
I don't play video games to be challenged. I play them to have fun.
This isn't to say that these are inherently separate propositions. People...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio had the best communication in 2020?
As I'm sitting down to write this annual Daily Grind, I find myself wishing I could flip it around and talk about the MMO...
