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The Soapbox: The fallacy of ‘F2P insight’ in the MMO market
I read with disgust a recent GI.biz piece about free-to-play and its supposed coming of age. The business model has of course run amok...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Night Life and PvP changes coming soon
Two things are coming up in Star Wars: The Old Republic that I'd like to talk about. First, BioWare is bringing back the Night...
Perfect Ten: Why you should care about the Infinite Crisis shutdown
It might seem a little odd that the one thing to break through my current state of hyper-excitement for the launch of Heavensward and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns beta
My excitement for Guild Wars 2's first expansion has been no secret, so you can easily guess how much fun I had climbing the...
Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm’s launch; Need for Speed’s online DRM
Nintendo's quriky new online paint-battle game Splatoon officially launched this week to very positive reviews. Monster-battling game Moonrise entered early access and promises Pokémon-like...
Sword and Bored: Trade
Mo learns that objects in this brave new world are all too often... bind-on-pickup.
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the unknown expansion skills
If you've been paying attention the last few weeks, you've doubtlessly heard a fair bit about the new skills that the various classes and...
EVE Evolved: Have the Drifters conquered the Jove Empire?
EVE Online's Carnyx release is right around the corner on June 2nd, and it's going to be a big update! The Caldari will finally...
The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online
It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
The Soapbox: Can MMOs eradicate pay-to-win?
You know what sucks about getting old? Apart from the adult diapers and the dying? Yeah, it's the seeing things you love retconned into...
Perfect Ten: Proof that the RuneScape Twitter account is stark raving mad
For a writer on a multi-MMORPG news site, following pretty much every online game's Twitter feed comes with the territory. It's always interesting to me to see...
Working As Intended: Sex, love, and MMOs
In the ongoing, neverending sandbox-vs.-themepark MMO debate, the folks on the side of sandboxes want one thing: more. Actually they want a lot more. They want...
Chaos Theory: The lowdown on The Secret World’s motorcycles
Ever since The Secret World's debut dev livestream two weeks ago teased motorcycle mounts, players have been abuzz with anticipation. The desire for vehicles...
Jukebox Heroes: Infinite Crisis’ score will get you pumped up for the good fight
I love a really good superhero score. Some of my favorite pieces include John Williams' Superman theme, Danny Elfman's Batman introduction, Brian Tyler's Iron...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s awful patch 3.2.1 Marauder and Sentinel changes
I like to consider myself a measured person. I try not to give into overblown rants and statements that I cannot take back. Too...
Not So Massively: Diablo III thieves sentenced; LoL begins automatic bans
League of Legends launched a new system to hand out immediate automatic bans for chat infractions this week, leading to many claims of unfair...
Sword and Bored: Ninja Loot
Mo downs his first miniboss, only to see one of his "friends" abscond with the loot.
EverQuesting: Learning about Landmark’s dungeons
I thought I saw a dev dungeon reference. I did! I did see a dev dungeon reference! And it's about time.
I have to admit...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV is ready to expand
There's a phrase that gets passed around my house frequently these days, and the phrase is "expansion mode." I have two characters locked into...
Guild Chat: The layout, usage, and manners of voice chat
Welcome along to Guild Chat, my own wee place in the 'webs in which we can discuss all things guilds and club together to...
