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The Daily Grind: What life lesson did you learn from MMOs the hard way?
I know MMOs don't exist to teach us life lessons, but they definitely have the opportunity to do so, whether we want them to...
The Game Archaeologist: A look back at proto-MMOs through the 1980s
Today I want to try something a little different as we look at MMORPG history. Rather than focus in on a single title or...
The Daily Grind: What sort of cosmetic thing would you like to collect in your main MMO?
Cosmetic items are nice things to collect because while they do not strictly affect your numerical performance in the game, they do offer significant...
The Daily Grind: Are there any old favorite MMOs you’ve simply stopped revisiting?
Most of us know quite well the phenomenon of how beloved MMOs get so deeply entrenched in our psyche that we end up leaving...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s August is leaning into Adventure
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...
Storyboard: The fine art of letting your character fail in MMORPG roleplaying
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?
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
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...
Vague Patch Notes: Everything in an MMORPG is time-limited
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...
The Daily Grind: What sort of time-limited content works well in MMOs?
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
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?
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
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
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?
One of the things that sets MMOs apart in my book is whether they have a diurnal cycle - and more importantly, whether that...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Arcadion brings the noise
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?
A thread on the MMORPG subreddit caught my eye a few weeks ago as the post author suggested that Albion Online was not only...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest self-inflicted annoyance in new MMORPG content?
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
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
With how much I am looking forward to the launch of Soulframe, you better believe I was eagerly anticipating seeing and hearing more about...
