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Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR prank that revealed so much about the hungry fanbase
With April Fool's Day falling on a Sunday, Passover, and Easter, I didn't actually spend a lot of time on the internet watching the...
Perfect Ten: Why I (grudgingly) put up with Secret World Legends’ reboot
Less than a year ago, I faced a crisis as a fan and player of The Secret World. Funcom abruptly announced that it would...
Wisdom of Nym: The jobs of Final Fantasy XI compared to Final Fantasy XIV
With 30 years of history, Final Fantasy as a series has had lots of riffs on the same basic ideas. It's the only thing...
EVE Evolved: Get ready for EVE Fanfest 2018!
There's just a week and a half to go before EVE Fanfest 2018, the biggest event in the EVE Online social calendar. The event kicks...
The Game Archaeologist: A Tale in the Desert
Once asked what he thought was the most innovative MMO from the last decade, Dr. Richard Bartle, the creator of MUD, gave a succinct answer: "A...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II breaks into spring with Beast’r eggs and Bristlebane
Spring has sprung! And for EverQuest II, that means a return of Beast'r Eggs and Bristlebane. Norrathians get to celebrate the season by immersing...
Tamriel Infinium: Where did the Elder Scroll Online Summerset come from?
Even though I don't believe that Summerset was the best choice for the next expansion for the Elder Scrolls Online, that doesn't mean that...
Perfect Ten: More anthropomorphic MMO studio conversations
A while back, you may recall that I posted some of my conversations with anthropomorphized concepts of MMO studios. If you don't remember this,...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and evergreen options against new ones
Quick, you there! Tell me what's going to be in the next patch for Final Fantasy XIV, patch 4.3! Not all of it, though,...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 5
And here we arrive at last in our multi-week countdown to the final seven. It has been a fun and delightful journey through World...
MMO Mechanics: The Fair Play Alliance and mechanising fairness
News of over 30 gaming companies taking a united stand against unfairness and toxicity in online game communities sprung out of GDC 2018 a...
The Game Archaeologist: Shattered Galaxy
War. War never ends. Especially if it was designed and encouraged to wage forever.
One of the most popular computer gaming genres of the late...
A sneak peek of South Africa in Secret World Legends’ Season 2
The things I do for you! You know that story is everything to me, and in order to bring you more information, I allowed...
WoW Factor: Allied races and a dearth of class choices
Last week, we got confirmation that Kul Tiran Humans and Mag'har Orcs are coming to the Allied Race roster for World of Warcraft: Battle...
Hyperspace Beacon: So SWTOR’s Update 5.8 happened
Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched the delayed Update 5.8: Command Authority to the servers. BioWare now offers its first complete operation since...
Perfect Ten: Why MMO progression servers are a brilliant idea
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been enjoying the journey through RIFT Prime, the game's first progression server. Trion Worlds surprised and...
Wisdom of Nym: A week after Final Fantasy XIV’s Eureka
It's been a little under a week since the Eureka launch in Final Fantasy XIV, and opinions about the content are pretty universally strong....
EVE Evolved: What pushes EVE Online players to breaking point?
How many times have you read the comments on an EVE Online article and found someone talking about an experience they had that turned...
EverQuesting: An EverQuest 19th anniversary retrospective and party planner
There are MMOs that have been around a while, and then there is EverQuest. It's so old school it is old enough to be...
WoW Factor: The Kul Tiran Druid ‘problem’ in World of Warcraft
One of the important things to note about World of Warcraft lore is that it's never been static. It will retcon itself six ways...