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Gamers rarely give an MMO a second chance. Far too often, a game bears forever the impression it earned the first time we played it. When...

It's been a packed week in the world of online multiplayer gaming, with competitive tournament announcements, patches, and tons of new videos. Microsoft may...

Mo gets a bright idea when he realizes that MMORPG food inexplicably restores health -- and lots of it.

The last part of Final Fantasy XIV's pre-expansion storyline is going live on March 31st. That's about two weeks away. And while you'll be...

Sometimes simple can be beautiful. I don't know what it is, exactly, that attracts me to this week's title pic, but I think its...

A couple of weeks ago I shared with you several stories from EverQuest veterans about what life in the game was like back then....

Amazing story, awesome cutscenes, phenomenal atmosphere, compelling missions, incredible NPCs... The Secret World definitely has a lot of good things going for it. It...

Flameseeker Chronicles is back, now under new management! I can't tell you how thrilled I am to write the fortnightly column about all things...

We'll begin today's tour of community articles by touching on a rather somber (yet uplifting) note. Pixelkin wrote a great piece on how her...

What would you do if you went up against a giant face intent on bringing forth your personal doom? I don't know about you,...

Lord of the Rings Online is a big, big game that has grown over the years to encompass a wide swath of Middle-earth. One...

Remember when World of Warcraft launched? I sure do. I remember when the game's developers strapped into a helicopter and broke into the building...

I wouldn't say that The Secret World is a scary game. It's a game that has scares in it, to be sure, but you're...

After a madcap week, I got to come home to the Gold Saucer. Traveling to Seattle on short notice was a mixture of the...

MMOs change. We know that, but we also tend to forget it as well. The games that we play today can often be light-years...

I really didn't want Massively Overpowered's inaugural column about World of Warcraft to focus on the negatives. But I can't in good conscience ignore the...

This week saw the first concrete reveal of EVE Online's potentially revolutionary new Opportunities system, which promises to replace the current tutorial with a...

I've given dragons a lot of flack over the years for being overused, underwhelming stock MMO bosses when bears deserve top billing. But what...

Welcome to LOTRO Legendarium, the continuation of my old Road to Mordor column from Massively. Why the name change? First, I never got to...

Back in December, film editor and author Jason Bailey wrote a piece on Flavorwire called How the Death of Mid-Budget Cinema Left a Generation...