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Lawful Neutral: Endorsements, disclosures, and the games industry

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Infomercials are the worst. There's nothing quite as infuriating as turning on the TV only to find a 30-minute commercial about how people can't...

The Daily Grind: How do you deal with multi-timezone MMO guilds?

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There was a neat thread on the MMORPG subreddit a few weeks back about how to organize MMO guilds across multiple timezones. If you...
hooooooboy

Vague Patch Notes: Copies, blatant copies, and plagiarism in MMOs

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So... this was honestly not the story that I had expected to have wound up coming out of Eternal Magic. I'd been expecting that "beauty...

Into the Super-verse: Why Ship of Heroes’ character customization tool is so important

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What kind of hero are you going to be today? In most MMOs, that question and its possible answers are watered down and homogenized, but...
Stop boring everybody.

The Daily Grind: What would get you to try out a battle royale title?

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Battle royale games are both the newest flash-in-the-pan and one of the oldest genres out there; it's not exactly a new idea to put...

Perfect Ten: Solo prequel games to MMORPGs

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When studios go about making MMORPGs, risk comes along with the effect as a matter of course. The only question is how to reduce...
we's friemds

The Daily Grind: What role do you like playing in a regular MMO group?

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If you can work around the complexities of multiple people's schedules, there's a delight to be found in scheduling a regular group night every...

Choose My Adventure: Torchlight Frontiers and the mindless catharsis of ARPG gaming

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Sometimes, you’ve just got to run around and blow up hordes of enemies with big flashy skills and hoover in the goodies. You have...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Does Guild Wars 2 release more paid outfits than armor skins?

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I’ve noticed a common complaint bouncing around the Guild Wars 2 community, one that I believe to be a myth. Today, I’d like to...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs do you keep installed long-term, even when you’re not playing them?

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I tend to be the kind of person who keeps MMOs and other video games installed a long time, especially if I've gone to...
Aetherpool!

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s new relic weapons

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So how, exactly, are we making this thing this time? That's what I want to know. It's not exactly a secret that Final Fantasy XIV's initial...
DULL SURPRISE

Not So Massively: Lessons MMORPGs could learn from Fortnite

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Since taking up the mantle of the Not So Massively column here on MOP, I've felt the need to keep better abreast of major...
Heritage.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you wish the devs would just. stop. touching?

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A few weeks back, MOP's Not So Massively columnist Tyler Edwards penned a piece on the problems plaguing Heroes of the Storm, and as...

The MOP Up: Warframe’s community designs stunning fashion

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One really neat aspect of the ultra-popular Warframe is that Digital Extremes invites artistic community members to design cosmetics for the game. The best...
Racing.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best non-combat PvP?

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PvP is about more than just getting into the dirt with your opponent and seeing who drops first. Sure, it frequently is exactly that, and...

LOTRO Legendarium: Minas Morgul is off to a better start than Mordor

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While we have known for a long while that this was coming, the official announcement of Lord of the Rings Online's 2019 expansion was...

The Daily Grind: If you could bring back an MMO for a single day, what would you do in it?

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Here's the good news: You've been handed a device that has the power to resurrect a sunsetted MMORPG and activate servers for you and...
We don't mean anything bad!

Vague Patch Notes: Crime and punishment and intent in MMOs

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Last week, we saw Blizzard explain its philosophy behind why some World of Warcraft bugs in which players got to get more stuff than...

The Daily Grind: Do you set MMO monthly goals?

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There is a trend among us MMO bloggers that started a few years back in which we outline our gaming goals for each month...

Desert Oasis: A guide to the best Mediah grindspots in Black Desert

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Of all the Desert Oasis articles I've written so far, by far the most fun I had was doing a guide for two of...

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