column
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s new Mariner class is the swashbuckler we needed
A new class added to any MMORPG is bound to raise excitement and anxiety among fans, especially when they try to feel out whether...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite low-thought MMO activity?
I usually like to be playing an MMORPG actively, but sometimes I just want to kick back, watch a movie, and idly do something...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed
Falling into obscurity and then being completely forgotten is the nightmare of any creative artist. This tragic scenario is compounded when it comes to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is best if you want to get in the zone and grind on mobs?
I don't know about you, but sometimes when I sit down to play at the end of a long day, I'm not looking for...
Choose My Adventure: Slayer time with slightly boosted XP in Lost Ark
So I kind of made a mistake in my comeback to Lost Ark. I apparently did have at least one Powerpass to burn up,...
Stick and Rudder: Chronicling CIG’s naked hostility toward Star Citizen’s long-time backers
Earlier this week, Cloud Imperium creative content lead Jared Huckaby stopped the focus of a Star Citizen Live showcase to very grumpily look through...
The Daily Grind: What MMO content do you wish devs would stop trying to get you to do?
When we started using the term "everything box" a decade or more ago, the idea was that it was a sandbox where everything was...
Vitae Aeternum: The pros and cons of New World’s transmog
In my very first Vitae Aeternum two years ago, I criticized some of the ways New World lacks character customization. It took a while,...
Wisdom of Nym: What was my journey made for in Final Fantasy XIV?
Late in the story of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Warrior of Light is talking with Venat. We'd heard about Venat before, and we...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs offer tools to let you hide all other players?
A while back, an MOP commenter opined that MMOs should always offer players the option to fully block - that is to say, mute...
The Daily Grind: What MMO combat has felt unfair to you?
Fairness in combat is in the eye of the beholder, to a certain extent. There are people who will insist a fight is unfair...
LOTRO Legendarium: Coping with Lord of the Rings Online’s Mount Everest of content
I vividly remember back when Lord of the Rings Online launched its first legendary server, Anor, in 2018. Like many of you, I got...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying MMO boss encounter?
Not all big, showy, and mouthy boss encounters in MMORPGs are created equal. Some are easier than others, and some are a whole lot...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s exhausting constant hype cycle
When I saw that there was an event happening on Thursday for World of Warcraft's next patch, I had to do a double-take. I...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever changed an existing MMO character’s race?
So, River Hobbits. They're cute. They have the best hair in LOTRO's Middle-earth. They're affordable, and they can roll with any class, and dammit,...
Vague Patch Notes: The specter of racially locked classes in MMOs and before
One of the things I've taken on multiple times in this column is the concept of gender-locked classes, which are bad, and if you...
The Daily Grind: What’s the furthest out of your way you’ve gone to earn a cosmetic item in an MMO?
If there is a cosmetic item I want badly enough, I don't care what content it's gated behind; I'm just going to get it....
Perfect Ten: 10 of the worst launches in MMO history
Launch time is a difficult time for every MMO, and honestly, I have nothing but sympathy for the teams launching a new game at...
Hands-on: Cozy game Fae Farm might strike familiar gameplay beats, but its setting is the sauce
I appreciate how a lot of my opinion of Fae Farm is going to come off reductive or as I'm damning it with faint...
The Daily Grind: Why is ranged combat in MMOs the absolute tops?
Having existed on both sides of this contentious issue in the gaming genre, I have found myself far more enamored with ranged combat than...
