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LOTRO Legendarium: A cautious hope for the future
One of the threads that weaves the Lord of the Rings narrative together is that of hope. Holding onto faith in friends, perseverance against...
EverQuesting: Welcome to the Daybreak family, LOTRO and DDO
Sometimes there's news that just makes you go, "Huh?" At times it happens because said information makes no sense whatsoever; other times it surprises...
Perfect Ten: Biggest MMORPG surprises of 2016
Back at the beginning of December, I posted a list of what I considered to be the biggest MMORPG stories of 2016. However, there...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s 2016 report card
Greetings, men and mer. It’s that time of year again when I take a look back on everything that Elder Scrolls Online has given...
EVE Evolved: 2016 EVE Online year in review
It's been another busy year for sci-fi MMO EVE Online, and an absolute roller coaster ride for both players and developer CCP Games. On the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: 2017 predictions for Guild Wars 2
The year is most definitely drawing to a close: I've devoured a mountain of turkey and stuffing sandwiches, binge-watched all of my favourite holiday...
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...
