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Wisdom of Nym: The best stuff from Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 that’s already in the game
Whatever we were getting back from Final Fantasy XIV version 1.0 is already in the game. Period end. And let's be honest, there was...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO that isn’t technically a cozy MMO?
We have the Lord of the Rings Online general chat to thank for inspiring this Daily Grind, as I recently saw one player make...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMO builds gravitate toward aesthetics or mechanics?
Every single class and build in every MMO is governed by two separate but interlocking things, the look and the feel. These things do...
LOTRO Legendarium: Corsairs of Umbar and the three ways we consume expansions
Happy new expansion week in Lord of the Rings Online! It's surreal to finally be at the capstone of LOTRO's ambitious 2023 roadmap, not...
The Daily Grind: If you shilled in a commercial for an MMO, what would it be?
It's always a special brand of surreal to see well-known celebrities conscripted into doing commercials and ads for MMORPGs, all the more so because...
Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon 2023 wasn’t a disaster, but it needed to be better
The last live BlizzCon in 2019 was not a great show, but it was fundamentally a hype festival for Blizzard just like they've all...
The Daily Grind: Do you typically leave MMOs when your guild does?
A few weeks back, an MOP follower on Mastodon noted that she was happy about changes made to New World and that she'd consider...
The Soapbox: Will Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred be a sufficient answer for Path of Exile 2?
Everyone loves a good enrage timer, right? It puts pressure on everyone involved in a raid or boss fight to pull their weight and...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s The War Within actually sounds promising on paper
So now we know what's coming next. World of Warcraft: The War Within is our next expansion, and... you know, that's not really a...
The Daily Grind: Have graphics ever actually turned you off from an MMO?
Graphics are weird. They're pretty vital to the vast majority of games, including most MMOs, but it is possible for a game with objectively...
Perfect Ten: The single best expansion from 10 MMOs
Holy crud, do I not know that I'm setting myself up for some major pushback today. Oh, I feel that to my core, friends!...
The Daily Grind: What are some of your MMO core memories?
There are a lot of annoying modern phrases that everyone seems to latch onto and overuse -- "glow up" is my current pet peeve,...
Choose My Adventure: Swamps, spicy fights, story, and technical issues in New World
Just in case anyone was worried, no, I didn't abandon Choose My Adventure; I was just busied by reporting on a space game and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2 Through the Veil’s Inner Nayos and convergences
Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure was a bit of a different expansion in that it wasn't one big chunk of content dropped...
Vitae Aeternum: Five MMO tips for New World Rise of the Angry Earth newbies
With the hype around Rise of the Angry Earth, a lot of players are starting or restarting their journey in New World. In my...
The Daily Grind: How extensively do you mod your UI in MMOs?
There are a couple of subjects I will gush about forever until someone kindly tells me to shush, and one of those is mods...
Wisdom of Nym: Illuminating Final Fantasy XIV’s 6.51 patch
As a general rule, Final Fantasy XIV does not offer much for players to do during the first minor patch after a major one....
The Daily Grind: Do you remember to eat food in your MMO of choice?
I've been obsessed with cooking in MMOs ever since I created a chef empire in original-flavor Star Wars Galaxies. Actually, it probably started well...
The Daily Grind: What plans do you make ahead of MMORPG expansions?
The fact of the matter is that for most MMORPGs these days, the time between an expansion being announced and the expansion actually being...
The Game Archaeologist: Firefall, an MMO tragedy about more than just a bus
Back when I first started writing for Massively and was energetic enough to go on trips to trade shows, I hit up a PAX...
