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As I am fond of saying, there is no MMO that I've ever played that has the capability of being so frustrating and downright...

You simply can't have a good and proper Halloween without a perfect soundtrack to back you up. Sure, you could just pop in one...

As a horror game, Final Fantasy XIV fails, due largely to the fact that it isn't a horror game and never attempts or pretends...

Yesterday at EVE Vegas 2016, developer CCP Rise held us spellbound with tales of his recent misadventures in EVE Online recently when pretending to...

There are two things to know about Halloween and MMOs. The first is that just about every online game in the known universe puts...

Have you been hiding and shrieking? I have! Hide and Shriek, the 1v1 Secret World spinoff that pits the much-loved Innsmouth Academy against the...

I've mentioned many times that my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI. It released in North America 13 years ago as of tomorrow. I...

For some reason, this time of year always seems to be a down time in the activity of large-scale MMORPG development. Although Star Wars:...

First things first. If you missed this before, I already did put together my thoughts about what little we know of Final Fantasy XIV's...

Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat, the column dedicated to helping readers solve their guild-related dilemmas with both my help and...

Back in 2009 I made the transition into parenthood, an advanced class that I still don't think I'm quite qualified for. Since then I've...

Patch 7.1 is just around the corner for World of Warcraft, and it makes me just a little bit anxious. Why? Because the expansion...

Last year when EverQuest II had a prelude event before the launch of its expansion, it was a two-parter. And thanks to logistics at...

If you didn't watch the Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream on Monday, then you missed Creative Director Charles Boyd, Producer Ben Irving, and...

I was curious recently about what specific personality traits or personal qualities lead to my enjoyment of MMOs in general and Guild Wars 2 in particular,...

Being at the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival was interesting for me on several levels because I wasn't just there to have fun, I...

It's been a crazy, drama-filled week in EVE Online, starting with a controversial change to the EULA that will ban all gambling sites using in-game currency or assets...

Wanna feel old? Three years ago, I wrote a Second Wind piece for Massively-that-was on Ultima Online, which had recently been turned over to Broadsword...

Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...

With the constant clamoring from fans for Daybreak (or someone) to create an honest-to-goodness next-gen sequel to the EverQuest franchise, you'd hope that it...