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One Shots: That time when the Matrix discovered that it was in another Matrix
As we all know by now, the Matrix is everywhere, and we've consigned ourselves to a lifetime of being a battery for robots. Which...
One Shots: Ideal locales for tourist traps
Sometimes I wonder if our adventurers in these virtual worlds stumble upon locales so pretty and arresting that they pause and go, "You know...
One Shots: Chicken wing delivery
Sometimes the craving hits you. You don't need no potato chips or macaroni salad; you need to be satisfied by a pile of delicious...
One Shots: Nothing good happened in this windmill
All I'm saying is that if you're walking along and you come upon this sight of a decrepit windmill, it would behoove you to...
One Shots: Surfing the world tree
When the day arrives when a magic bee flies into your mouth and turns you immortal and sends you down into the world tree...
One Shots: Looking down at the clouds
When Middle-earth slaps something called "Misty Mountains" on a map, friend, it better live up to that name! Michael18 proves with today's headlining shot...
One Shots: It’s thriller night!
There are no shortages of bizarre and arresting sights in Lost Ark, it seems. Zulika Mi-Nam recorded this strange encounter with a whole host...
One Shots: My best buddy and me
One of the best parts of MMORPGs is when you make good friends while online. Of course, those are supposed to be human friends...
One Shots: Murder palaces are always so inviting
The Secret World was always good at creating spaces that you take one look at and go, "Nope! Not going to walk in there!...
One Shots: So far from the jungle right now
Jared the Tiger grew up in the lush jungles of Tyria -- up to the day that he stepped into that trapped and found...
One Shots: Stepping back from the brink
A little while ago, I read how some visitors to the Grand Canyon have actually fallen in and perished because they would get a...
One Shots: Please, please stand in the fire
While any seasoned MMORPG player may look at our first screenshot, courtesy of Utakata in Blade and Soul, and start developing sympathetic twitches, don't...
One Shots: Sunrise over snow
Just because the sun is up doesn't mean that the snow is going to melt. And we kind of hope not, too, because Elder...
One Shots: Dancers of the Lost Ark
Every new MMORPG is a tomb waiting to be raided, a dungeon ready for delvings, and a vault ready to be cracked. Adventurers far...
One Shots: Dutch angle knockout
Despite how movies and TV make it look, knocking someone clean out with a punch isn't actually that easy (although attempting it is a...
One Shots: Meanwhile, 200 feet below the surface of the earth…
Don't get overly attached to the thin surface of the earth; there are wonders galore waiting for you if you will only take that...
One Shots: Sailing into the port of 2022
Twenty Twenty-Two ho! As we sail into unexplored territories, Rees Racer is kicking off a new year of One Shots with a farewell to...
The 2021 One Shots Awards, celebrating your best MMO screenshots
Welcome the final One Shots column of 2021! As promised, this week we'll take the briefest of breaks from sharing recent submissions for the...
One Shots: Christmas is on fire, yo
'Twas the One Shots before Christmas, and all through Star Citizen people were throwing trees on the bonfire and making their arboreal relatives watch....
One Shots: The weather never cooperates with photography
Do you ever experience that frustrating feeling of knowing that your game is all sorts of beautiful -- yet it never cooperates when you...
