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One Shots: Fine dining at the end of the world
When the moon is crashing down into the ocean to cause tsunamis, earthquakes, firestorms, and a mass extinction-level event, what is there to do...
One Shots: A beacon for a new year
Welcome to 2024 everyone! Please put your carry-ons safely underneath your seats, secure your kobold companions, and don't hesitate to light a big ball...
The 2023 One Shots Awards: The best MMO screenshots of the year
It doesn't feel quite right to end the year without making sure that everything's in order -- and part of that definitely includes returning...
One Shots: Undies flapping in the wind
If the internet has taught me anything -- and it hasn't, I'm stubborn -- it's that you want to check what's behind you for...
One Shots: Come on and give us a hug!
Normally I'm all about hugs. Hugs make you feel accepted and protected and -- on a cold day -- allow you to leech heat...
One Shots: Entering the portal to adventure
I'll never get tired of that tiny thrill of rolling a new character and getting that sense of taking the first steps of a...
One Shots: Fishing for a compliment
When life's moving a little too fast in your MMORPG, maybe it's time to take a break, dig out the ol' rod-and-reel, and pluck...
One Shots: Soft and squishy, yet fierce and determined
If MMORPGs, anime, and children's cartoons have taught me anything -- and really, it's where I get most of my learning these days --...
One Shots: A night of masks and intrigues
The Princess Bride rightly taught me to be suspicious of anyone wearing a mask, which is why I keep my candy in a locked...
One Shots: Secret underwater garden
I don't know much about plants, as evidenced by all of my vegetable projects that withered and died this past summer, but I've heard...
One Shots: A most adorable destroyer of the cosmos
As we enter the delicious aroma of fall and the spine-shivering thrills of Halloween, is there any MMO that deserves to be revisited this...
One Shots: Corpulent beauty
When you're looking to take a break from the nine-to-five killing grind, where do you go? Star Wars: The Old Republic's board of tourism...
One Shots: Stones in silence
When they aren't being pooped on, defaced, or used as backdrops for narcissistic selfies, statues have a particular quiet dignity and a magic all...
One Shots: The best flex of all time
A maxim that has served me well so far in life is, "You are never too busy to stop and gawk at a sight...
One Shots: Just a minute, Mom, I’m playing with my virtual dollhouse!
If playing with physical dollhouses is your entry-level and full-on interior decorating your advanced mode, then video games offer a middle ground to those...
One Shots: Dragons don’t come with windshield wipers
Every time I see someone flying on top of a dragon or other winged mount, all I can imagine is a huge bundle of...
One Shots: Bumping into an old, old friend
When you log back into an MMORPG after a long time away, that feeling of being an intruding stranger is pretty strong. But you...
One Shots: Bongo Gully 3
People, I am going to go stark broke this year. It's really not a good year for an RPG gamer on a budget, what...
One Shots: Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got
At the end of a busy and exhausting day of clobbering kobolds and cleaning up after dragons, the need to crash at a comfy...
One Shots: Yet not as messy as my teen son’s room
Some weeks we begin our One Shots tour with breathtaking vistas that leave you an emotional wreck as you silently cry at your computer...
