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The Daily Grind: What do you think about floating combat text in MMOs?
When Trove launched its Rising Tide update back in June, Gamigo's PR included a ton of screenshots, including several of a character with massive...
Wayfinder releases massive quality-of-life patch as devs celebrate newly positive reviews
As promised, Airship Syndicate has buffed the heck out of Wayfinder today with its new patch live on Steam. The update is loaded with...
LOTRO explains how its Birding hobby works while players raise support for battered friend
As Lord of the Rings Online heads into an extra-long period of extended downtime Wednesday, it may be a good time to check out...
The Daily Grind: How would you design a space sim MMO be broadly appealing?
If you look at the whole of MMO history, you'd see an awful lot of space-themed games that never really made it big. There...
Villagers and Heroes’ playerbase is skirmishing over community moderation and conduct rules
Villagers & Heroes is probably not the kind of cutesy indie MMORPG you expect to generate a ton of drama, but that was nevertheless...
Choose My Adventure: Slipping back in to the simple pleasures of Elite Dangerous
Last week's original Choose My Adventure plans took a backseat to my Soapbox on Dawntrail, so thank you for bearing with me on that,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest game still sitting on your Steam wishlist?
Earlier this summer, I realized it's possible to sort your Steam wishlist by date added, and oh, the shame. I apparently had kept a...
Bungie and fans continues its free-to-play release of the original Marathon trilogy with Marathon 2’s Steam arrival
Back in May, Bungie and members of the Aleph One fan community decided that the classic series of Marathon FPS games should be re-released...
Blaugust, MMO blogging community challenge event, enters 11th year with 2024 edition
It's no surprise that we love gaming blogs around here, which means we're also big fans of the blogging community initiative that is Tales...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go Fest 2024 aimed straight at the wallet
If functional is the bar for Pokemon Go players, Niantic almost cleared it for Go Fest 2024, but damn if that isn't a depressing...
War Thunder nerds once again use classified military documents in a forum discussion
Reset the timer, everyone: The forums of War Thunder have once again seen another set of classified military documents used as a cudgel to...
The Daily Grind: What conventional MMO wisdom provokes a contrary response in you?
Back in May, I did a smol piece on Echoes of Elysium that talked about the game's philosophy: "No more punching trees and building...
One Shots: FFXIV gets a glow-up
Substance over style should be the priority in video games -- but that doesn't mean that style doesn't deserve consideration! It's always nice when...
Embers Adrift goes on sale with its weekend Summer Celebration and free trial
Embers Adrift hopes that you are warming up to this hardcore PvE MMO because its first-ever Summer Celebration is in full swing for this...
WRUP: A list of places where I have not kissed David Duchovny with tongue edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the oldest albums we owned.
The Daily Grind: What’s an underrated MMORPG that deserves more love?
I find that when people grow bored with their MMOs and start searching around for alternative entertainment, often they're looking for the less-than-obvious answer....
Funcom says Conan Exiles’ dev cadence isn’t impacted by Dune Awakening
Last month saw Conan Exiles do something that seems to be anathema for most MMOs and multiplyer titles: It decided to stop making battle...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are best at letting you bring the player, not the class?
It was MOP's Eliot who put the ol' canard about bringing the player not the class in my head again recently, thanks to his...
Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online are finally getting official Discords
Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online both have community-led Discord channels where players and developers hang out, but Standing Stone...
Global Chat: FFXIV rides out on the Dawntrail
The blogosphere is buzzing about the recent release of FFXIV: Dawntrail, including The Nosy Gamer, who provided some first thoughts and impressions of this...
