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Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival in review
Ah, that moment when something is revealed that everyone already knows about. There was no real ambiguity about what the first new job was...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO music for the holidays
I absolutely adore Christmas music -- in moderation and in season. I keep to strict personal rules not to listen to it before Black...
The Game Archaeologist: Wing Commander Online and Privateer Online
In late 2012, former Wing Commander developer-slash-movie director Chris Roberts emerged from a decade of obscurity to ask for help to fund his vision...
How Pokemon Go should integrate Pokemon Sun/Moon
Say what you will about following tradition, but when I first heard more Pokemon would be added to Pokemon GO, the first thing I thought...
Jukebox Heroes: The 2016 Online VGM Awards
With all of the award madness going on at Massively OP this month, it's the perfect time to unveil the 2016 Online VGM Awards!...
Chaos Theory: The kink in Secret World’s Krampusnacht
The Secret World, I'm shaking my head at you. I mean, I wasn't expecting anything really for the Krampusnacht holiday. But this?
Remember back when...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value at the start of 2017
About a year ago, I listed off the best free-to-play titles on the market. To the surprise of no one, including me, that turned...
The Soapbox: Asheron’s Call is dead, and Turbine killed it
You'd think recent news about Asheron's Call 1 and AC2 would be easy to swallow. After all, we'd already been warned that Turbine was becoming a mobile...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 2016 Report Card
It's that time of year again where we reflect on the year gone by and consider Star Wars: The Old Republic as a whole....
Don’t miss The Game Archaeologist’s histories of Asheron’s Call
The impending loss of Asheron's Call -- and Asheron's Call 2 again -- hit the MMORPG community pretty hard when the sunsets were announced...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about Final Fantasy XIV in 2017
We're not there yet, but 2017 already makes me anxious. That's not going to stop it from arriving, though, however much I might want...
WoW Factor: 2016 in review for World of Warcraft
Talking about World of Warcraft in 2016 is really different because the game had two different years this year. And unfortunately for anyone trying...
EverQuesting: Frolicking in EverQuest II’s Frostfell 2016
Oh the real life outside is frightful
But Frostfell is so delightful
So who needs to work today?
Let us play, let us play, let us play!
There's...
Perfect Ten: All the MMORPGs coming in 2017
Right now we are in a strange place in MMORPG history. Following the backlash of WoW clones and several high-profile titles that underperformed, major...
Hyperspace Beacon: Where can SWTOR go from here?
Have you ever watched a great movie and ever wished that the director would make a sequel but also not make a sequel, all at the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 PvP league changes explained
Guild Wars 2 fans had a strong inkling that some significant, much-needed changes would be a large part of the PvP League's season 5 launch, and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2016 in review
If you care about awards - and let's be real, we all do, even if they don't inform our emotional states - you'll notice...
EVE Evolved: The Siege of M-0EE8, the new largest battle in gaming history
In the political sandbox of EVE Online, colossal player-run military coalitions frequently war over territorial conflicts, in revenge for past transgressions or just for...
How 2016 took Lord of the Rings Online to the gates of Mordor
As Lord of the Rings Online nears its impressive 10th birthday in April of next year, we see a game that's in many ways...
Chaos Theory: Our guide to The Secret World’s Unseen achievement
For the last couple of months, I have been focused on trying to acquire The Unseen achievement in The Secret World. Why? It isn't...