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Comparing American and Japanese Pokemon Go culture

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My previous article on the culture of Japan's Pokemon Go scene was written before I'd experienced much of the American one to keep my explanations...
Myth: Lalafell have to be irritating cutesy-boop piles of crap.

Wisdom of Nym: Myths and misconceptions about Final Fantasy XIV

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One of my favorite parts of the Transformers Wiki - which is already wonderful - is the myths and misconceptions page. It's really well...

Chaos Theory: Is it possible to complete The Secret World’s Doomboard challenge? Maybe

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When The Secret World’s devs teased the Doomboard, I was pretty excited. I was totally on board for getting that sweet ride even though...

Hyperspace Beacon: The Shroud of Star Wars The Old Republic

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I’m going to hit you again with some lore this week from Star Wars: The Old Republic. However, I promise that there will be...
Dead on results.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s next major patch preview arrives

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The anniversary has arrived, and to no one's great surprise, we started hearing about the next big Final Fantasy XIV patch. The fact that...

Guild Chat: Minors and MMOs: Family-friendly guilds

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Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat for a double-bill of advice for better facilitating junior players in guilds. I received two...

The Game Archaeologist: The silent world of Tibia

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If I were to tell you that there's a Western MMO out there that's as old as Ultima Online and yet still has a...
Would you like to see something unsettling?

WoW Factor: Sticking the landing of the Legion expansion

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Next week, folks, it's go time. The expansion arrives, and so forth. My impressions of the expansion will start going out on Monday, but...

EverQuesting: Researching for your free EverQuest II skill upgrades

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Who doesn't like free? Because I certainly do! And today is all about getting stuff for free in EverQuest II. Sadly, I don't mean...

Perfect Ten: My favorite features in RIFT

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RIFT receives too little of the MMORPG community's attention, partially due to its age (six years now), contentious feelings toward Trion Worlds, or a perception...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What to do in Guild Wars 2 between season 3 episodes

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Many MMOs, Guild Wars 2 included, face a well-documented but oft-unaddressed problem: What can players do to fill the time in between content gaps? The topic...

Jukebox Heroes: MMO music for epic fights

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This week I'll be hijacking a question sent into the podcast that I thought was particularly apt for Jukebox Heroes to tackle. It comes...

Hyperspace Beacon: Who is Star Wars The Old Republic’s Emperor Valkorion?

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I took a look back at some of my previous Hyperspace Beacons and noticed that I have really never talked about the Sith Emperor, who...
And now you're

Exploring Japan’s Pokemon Go culture

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As some readers may know, I've spent the last few years in Japan trying to tackle the local gaming scene, online and off. While...
Somewhere, across the sea, somewhere.

Wisdom of Nym: Three years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch

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When the last anniversary rolled around, we were coming off of an expansion launch for Final Fantasy XIV, one of the smoothest launches I...

EVE Evolved: No Man’s Sky vs EVE Online

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Like many EVE Online fans, I've spent the past week fully immersed in the procedurally generated universe of No Man's Sky and wondering what its mechanics and...

The Game Archaeologist: Highlander Online

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One of the things that I love about Massively Overpowered's readership is how fans often bring games to my attention that I never knew...
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WoW Factor: Fighting against the Legion and the end of the world

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I honestly don't know what the Burning Legion's strategy is in World of Warcraft right now when it comes to picking places to invade....

Chaos Theory: Death becomes you in The Secret World

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If all else fails -- die! That's my friend's new mantra when it comes to investigation missions. Why? Because in The Secret World, death...

Hyperspace Beacon: The five sins of roleplay in Star Wars The Old Republic (or any MMORPG)

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I know that I have complained quite a bit about what Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn’t have, but I still play the game....

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