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Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Northern Mirkwood soundtrack
One of the most pleasant surprises I experienced in a while came a week or so ago when Standing Stone Games announced that it...
Wisdom of Nym: Little boosts for Final Fantasy XIV
When I talk about games that provide a whole lot of quality-of-life fixes, I generally point to Final Fantasy XIV as a perfect example....
EVE Evolved: Getting ready for EVE Online’s Abyssal revolution
If you've seen the news recently coming out of EVE Fanfest 2018, you've probably heard of EVE Online's upcoming expansion: Into the Abyss. Pockets...
The Game Archaeologist: Red Planet’s Lost Colony vaporware
You know the story of Roanoke, right? That early American settlement that abruptly went missing with only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree...
EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose
How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...
WoW Factor: Things that actually worry me about Battle for Azeroth
The Battle for Azeroth beta is here, at long last, and it feels like it might have come a little early in the process....
Tamriel Infinium: First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset (mostly without spoilers!)
Over the years, I suspect I've made it well known what I find most important in my Elder Scrolls Online gameplay. I enjoy the...
Perfect Ten: What your MMO quantity says about you
It occurs to me that it is very difficult to find MMOs that I have literally never played before in some capacity. There are...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch reveals our future story
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is something we should all watch closely. Because it's going to tell us plenty about where we're...
The Survivalist: Four hopes for the future of ARK Survival Evolved
As we explored last week, game development isn't always an upward trajectory. Some things soar, and some things crash. Our last Survivalist conversation was about...
The Game Archaeologist: Harry Potter Online
If all goes well, later this year we will finally be treated to an actual Harry Potter MMORPG in the form of Harry Potter:...
Jukebox Heroes: Vanguard Saga of Heroes’ soundtrack
It may be hard to believe, but it has already been about four years since SOE decided to close down the troubled yet cult...
WoW Factor: Speculative classes for the future of WoW
If Allied Races show us anything, it's that World of Warcraft is really in no danger of running out of new races to throw...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that claimed to be the first
We've all been there. We're playing our favorite MMORPG and then self-appointed professors of game history start arguing in world chat about firsts --...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s A Bug in the System (Part 1)
Season 4 of Guild Wars 2Â Living World was off to a roaring start with Daybreak so I was expecting a solid follow-up in A...
The Soapbox: Three augmented reality game problems (most) MMOs don’t have – and one thing they do so much better
I'd like to think that I'm kind of a healthy gamer. While MMOs take a lot of time, the nice thing is that their...
Wisdom of Nym: What we know so far about Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
Yes, the latest live letter happened, the fan translations happened, and as one could expect the Final Fantasy XIV fandom has already taken half-translated...
The Game Archaeologist: Lineage
If we judged MMOs by their numbers alone -- and I'm not suggesting we do so -- then the original Lineage would be the...
WoW Factor: Updating data in the wake of Battle for Azeroth’s release announcement
Hooray, we have a release date for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth instead of just a release window! And contrary to what many...
The Survivalist: ARK Survival Evolved’s early early access vs. launch
When a game is being created, you usually expect that development to move the title in a positive direction and make it better, right?...
