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EVE Evolved: The Agency could become a great daily reward system in EVE Online
A new event named The Agency kicked off this week in EVE Online, and it looks a bit like the daily quest systems you...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest II East
Publishing a video game globally is a monumental task, more so if it is a live online game such as what you'd find with...
MMO Burnout: Nintendo’s ARMS and the Switch in public and private
It won't surprise anyone who reads our WRUPs that a lot of my free time gaming has been mobile-based as of late, especially if...
Chaos Theory: Are levels good for Secret World Legends?
We'd heard about (and stressed over!) various Secret World Legends changes for a while, but you just can't know how those changes will affect...
Perfect Ten: 10 little things I love about Final Fantasy XIV
A reader recently sent in a letter asking Justin to explain why he (Justin) had never really connected with Final Fantasy XIV despite giving...
Hyperspace Beacon: The sexual harassment problem in SWTOR
As most of our readers probably know, I consider myself a member of the roleplay community in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I have been...
Wisdom of Nym: The numbers game in Final Fantasy XIV
It's not really hard to figure out the best stats for melding in order to do the maximum damage in Final Fantasy XIV. You...
Guild Chat: What to do when your MMO guild is close to imploding
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively commenters can join forces to help solve the guild dilemmas of fellow readers....
LOTRO Legendarium: Mordor’s pre-order is flat-out ridiculous
Outrageous. Ridiculous. Exciting. Exploitative. Controversial.
This past week's announcement of Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor's launch date and pre-order packages set ablaze discussions and...
The Survivalist: Osiris New Dawn is doing early access right even amid disappointments
A couple of weeks ago, when Osiris: New Dawn introduced new classes, I'd delved back into the sci-fi survival sandbox after a bit of...
Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s mid-term report card
You would probably expect me to cover the new Star Wars: The Old Republic Manaan stronghold because it just released yesterday, and indeed, I will be...
Perfect Ten: EverQuest’s EverExpanding franchise
When Daybreak announced last year that it was cancelling the highly anticipated EverQuest Next project, the series' forward momentum lurched to a halt. This wasn't...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s living world season 3 in review
The Guild Wars 2 story arc found in the Living World's third season has contained more twists and surprises than even I had anticipated, and I...
Wisdom of Nym: Diving into Omega in Final Fantasy XIV
It's kind of ironic that Omega may be the first time in Final Fantasy XIV where the eponymous foe is our actual antagonist. The...
EVE Evolved: Does EVE Online need more conflict-drivers?
Of all the terminology associated with EVE Online, the one thing that's always made me a bit uncomfortable is to hear players describe PvP as "generating...
The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?
Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...
How I got married through World of Warcraft
I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...
Pokemon Go’s first anniversary report card
July 6th, 2017, marks Pokemon Go's first year anniversary. Love it or hate it, it's a game that quickly made a global impact. It's been released...
EverQuesting: Falling for EverQuest II’s new progression server, Fallen Gate
A new time-locked expansion server got rolling last week in EverQuest II -- are you on board? I wasn't initially planning to participate; my...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s mid-term report card
At the beginning of every year, I give the games that I am embedded in a letter grade centered around the four different player...
