community submissions
One Shots: Caught in the act
If I were an MMO character, I'd be completely paranoid that at any point in my life, I could be photographed by an invisible...
One Shots: Threat Level Midnight
Even in the far future, Starfleet officers still pose for a selfie or two. How could they not when they encounter such striking backdrops?
"This...
One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!
"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...
One Shots: Purple haze
Blocky and stylized though it may be, World of Warcraft's visuals represent impressive work by artists who pull every trick out of their bags to...
One Shots: Blown away by a kiss
First of all, thank you to everyone who heeded the call for more screenshot submissions! I know you all love sharing those in the...
One Shots: Pin-up calendar
Here's an interesting idea: using screenshots to make a calendar! Reader Elana was part of a team that did just that in The Secret World:...
One Shots: Quiet grace
When I take pictures of people in real life, I almost never ask them to pose. That feels so artificial to me; I'd rather...
One Shots: They’ll swallow your soul
Sometimes you can't help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you...
One Shots: First steps into a greater world
Do you miss Vanguard? It's been a while now since that particular fantasy world closed its doors to players, but warm memories of the...
One Shots: Abstract art
Every once in a while I receive a One Shots email that makes one of my eyebrows climb super-high while the other one dives...
One Shots: Aerodynamically impossible
Back in the late '70s, the first Superman flick had the tagline, "You will believe a man can fly." Well, I look at the...
One Shots: Holding a torch for City of Heroes
No, you're not seeing yet another ancient screenshot from the late, great City of Heroes. No, this is something far more recent and special....
One Shots: Blinded with science
Skyforge is becoming a hot property for bored summer gamers looking for something new to explore. Reader Tyler reports in from the recent closed...
One Shots: Impossible architecture
When you construct your buildings out of pixels and polygons, you don't necessarily have to worry about what's physically possible and what isn't, just...
One Shots: Gazing at potential
Major props to reader John, who somehow managed to finagle screenshots from his PlayStation 4 to bring us this stunning Destiny vista. Back when...
One Shots: Primitive GPS
There's no shame in being lost, especially if your MMO doesn't include an on-screen map. Anyone remember the olden days of using graph paper...
The Daily Grind: Which classic MMO would you like to try running?
Hey guys! Did you hear about this Darkfall thing? If we all pool our allowances together, we could buy and run our very own...
One Shots: Bagpipes in the woods
I can't say that I'm the biggest fan of bagpipe music, although I do harbor a certain fascination for any musical instrument that looks...
One Shots: The infinite summons
One of the stranger Final Fantasy tropes is that the more powerful a summoned creature is, the longer it would take for any given...
One Shots: Reflections of me
One fun in-game photography trick is to use reflections, mirrors, and glass to offer a different -- and sometimes more artistic -- vision of...
