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Fight or Kite: Small changes (and one big one) to improve Spellbreak’s balance
An inordinate amount of my time has been spent playing Spellbreak recently. I’m honestly not a gigantic fan of battle royale as a primary...
The Daily Grind: Are you honestly having The Fun in your MMO of choice?
This is a serious question! A few weeks ago, I was talking to one of our writers about a game he was playing and writing...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of SWTOR’s launch soundtrack
I got so excited when Star Wars: The Old Republic included its soundtrack in the collector's edition back at launch. However, we all discovered...
The Daily Grind: Do you think MMO rogue servers could help with MMO identity issues?
Here's what got me thinking about this. At first, I was going to say that I would eagerly play on a WildStar rogue server because...
LOTRO Legendarium: Speculating on the Brawler class
You have to imagine that there's some frustration over at Standing Stone Games this past week. The studio wants us all to be focused...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO NPC deserves more screen time?
Many people know that I have a deep affection for Bingo Boffin in Lord of the Rings Online. The well-meaning but sometimes daft Hobbit...
WoW Factor: Shadowlands’ delay is a genuinely good thing – for everyone
Well, this was a big old shocker for a Thursday night that's going to screw with a bunch of data! Also, it's a majorly...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer combat rotations or reactive gameplay in your MMOs?
It's not every day that I stop what I am doing to mentally clap for a poster on Reddit, but user Rolling-in-the-Meeps prompted just...
Desert Oasis: The worst week I’ve ever had in Black Desert Online
This week, I was planning a third entry on my adventures in Black Desert Mobile, but a few very exasperating incidents happened to me...
Vague Patch Notes: What we mean when we talk about MMO success – and failure
Yesterday, aside from love being such an easy game to play, MOP's Justin graced us with a Daily Grind asking about why it was RIFT...
The Daily Grind: What makes you most likely to spend money on a free-to-play MMO?
There are two basic approaches that strike me when it comes to free-to-play monetization, as I see it. The first is a sense of...
Perfect Ten: 10 tools MMOs use to tell stories
While some players like to rebel against the notion that MMORPGs are storytelling experiencies, that narrative is exactly why I show up to these...
The Daily Grind: Why didn’t RIFT do better?
Want to make me sad? All you need to do is remind me that RIFT is stagnating in the hands of Gamigo, which hasn't...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the best login screen?
You might think this is a trivial thing, but I heartily disagree, and all I have to do is point to a login screen...
Wisdom of Nym: What awaits Final Fantasy XIV’s Norvrandt in the future?
I don't want to spoil Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch here before the cut, but it is not exactly a spoiler to say that...
Not So Massively: The dos and don’ts of stealing from single-player games
In my last Not So Massively column, I looked at the right and wrong ways for other genres to steal from MMOs. But in...
The Daily Grind: Which musical act do you wish would show up in your core MMO?
Last week, we saw no less than three announcements of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles collaborating with musical acts and pop stars in their worlds....
The Daily Grind: What has your biggest MMO Kickstarter disappointment been to date?
The complete non-starter of Pathfinder Online did not surprise me. It was about what I expected, and it always struck me as one of those...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Granado Espada’s soundtrack
So here's an impossible task that lies before me right now: picking one musical genre that defines Granado Espada's score. I can't. It simply...
The Game Archaeologist: The short ride of Auto Assault
When you think of post-apocalyptic video games, what comes to mind? Most likely it's a crawl through a bombed-out or zombiefied landscape as you...