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The Daily Grind: What’s the worst advice you were given as an MMORPG newbie?
Join a guild.
It's the first thing everyone tells someone entering an MMORPG, whether she's a newbie or a returnee. I've even given the advice myself....
The Daily Grind: What’s the most inconvenient MMO maintenance cycle you’ve encountered?
Back when my wife and I first got together, in the days when The Burning Crusade had yet to happen, World of Warcraft had...
The Daily Grind: Do you wait for MMOs to arrive on Steam?
You might have noticed that last week, Anarchy Online finally joined the whole Steam crowd. It was weird to look at that story and...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMO still an MMO if it lacks chat?
In the comments of Andrew's last Soapbox on whether or not Pokemon Go properly constitutes an MMO, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster argued provocatively against...
The Daily Grind: How might your favorite MMO capitalize on nostalgia?
It would be an understatement for me to say that I'm stupidly excited to see Morrowind come to The Elder Scrolls Online this summer....
The Daily Grind: Do you track your character goals in MMOs?
The second Final Fantasy XIV expansion is just around the corner, if "just around the corner" means "a few months away" for you. Me?...
The Daily Grind: What’s the strangest MMO you ever tried?
Last month, I wrote a column on several MMOs that walked on the weird side. Even though many online games play it safe with...
The Daily Grind: When do ‘offensive’ guild names go too far?
Oh, it just wouldn't be a week without some EVE Online drama, now would it? The latest episode revolves around an alliance whose name,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO musical tune annoys you the most?
The worst part of going through World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the inn music. I don't know why, but that has literally...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO glitch you’ve ever experienced?
Have you ever fallen through the world in an MMO? Good times, right there. It's a jarring, crazy experience in which you see just...
The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?
As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite part of MMO gaming conventions?
The last of the pre-Stormblood fan festivals for Final Fantasy XIV has come to a close, and as with the prior two fan festivals,...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about slavery as a concept in MMORPGs?
Last week, MJ and I were discussing a stream she was planning on Conan Exiles where she planned to help friends capture "thralls" to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most boring part of MMORPGs?
While MMORPGs are supposed to be these giant buffets of entertainment options available at our fingertips, the truth is that there are always parts...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever boycotted an MMORPG?
Blizzard Watch ran an editorial yesterday quoting former marine biologist and World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street on the subject of...
The Daily Grind: Which games will be the big winners (and losers) from more MMOs on consoles?
I don't think that being one of the only fully featured MMOs on a console is what has made Final Fantasy XIV successful. I...
The Daily Grind: Which substitutes would you recommend for dead MMOs?
One interesting trend that I've noticed is whenever an MMO shuts down or is about to close up shop, there are usually discussions popping...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever play MMORPGs against ‘type’?
Perhaps owing at least in part to the charisma of its chief executive, Camelot Unchained is one of those rare in-production MMORPGs that seems...
The Daily Grind: Where are all the sports-themed MMORPGs?
On those rare occasions when we mention EA's FIFA series, usually relating to court cases over online gambling, I'm always struck again by how...
The Daily Grind: What form of balance is best for MMOs?
I've been thinking about balance a lot. We all say that we'd like a balanced game, but there are a lot of different potential...
