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The Daily Grind: Do you feel crowdfunded MMOs ‘owe’ you something?
My husband and I were chatting about the whole Chris-Roberts-is-fed-up-with-trolls-and-date-estimates-that-everyone-knows-aren't-going-to-stick thing from last week when he said something that struck me. "It reminds me...
The Hive Leader looks at Absolver and Legends of Equestria
Have 10 minutes or so and want some serious, hard-hitting analysis of a pair of online RPGs? You best go elsewhere, because we are...
One Shots: A bridge too far
One more bridge. That's what she kept telling me, even though I cautioned her that sooner or later our luck would run out. She...
WRUP: A review of Titans Return Magnus Prime with every noun replaced with moth edition
I had no real use for Moths Return Powermaster Moth when the moth was first announced, because while I liked the previous version of...
The Daily Grind: Do you like MMO quests with fail conditions?
In my recent forays into Dungeons and Dragons Online, I was forcibly reminded just how different this game in comparison of your standard MMORPG....
Heroes and Generals adds a trio of medium fighters, brings back leaderboards
It's time to flip that Chutes & Ladders game board and graduate to something a little more advanced. Perhaps Heroes and Generals' new Planes...
Conan Exiles makes a bold appeal to builders: Just play in god-mode
Lest you think that Conan Exiles is just about crushing your enemies and all that, Funcom has a new dev diary out today elucidating...
Massively Overthinking: What keeps you from playing mobile MMOs?
Earlier this week, we wrote about Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss' IPO and its grand plans for the future - among them, four additional...
PAX West 2017: Chronicles of Elyria’s monetization philosophy, tribe evolution, and the PvP sandbox stigma
What is Chronicles of Elyria? We first learned about the game and its goal to redefine the MMORPG genre back in 2015. Since then,...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO lockboxes actually even worse than gambling?
MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie made an interesting point in one of his recent Critical Writ videos that I think deserves some amplification and...
Global Chat: Not that impressed by Destiny 2
Destiny 2's recent PC beta certainly brought out curious players in droves, and MMO bloggers couldn't help but share their opinions on this next...
Sea of Thieves talks up its quintessential pirateness in a new top 10 video
Rare has a new Sea of Thieves video out this week that is a listicle... a listavid? I don't know. It's a video that...
Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar in summation
All the time through playing Shroud of the Avatar, I found myself wanting to like the game a lot more than I did. And...
Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on how needing to babysit toxic turds slows down game dev for everyone
"I'm Jeff from the Overwatch team," the outrageously famous Blizzard game director Jeff Kaplan says in this week's Overwatch developer video. I get a kick...
Hyperspace Beacon: The 10 best places to find SWTOR content outside the game
Just this week, a long-running Star Wars: The Old Republic fan-made website mentioned that it was shutting down, one among many that have come...
PAX West 2017: ArcheAge’s Corgi Conundrum, anniversary update, and the 4.0 expansion
Nothing may quite compare to last week's big server evolution in scope of change for ArcheAge, but there are more changes coming over the next...
Funcom promises better communication for Conan Exiles
Get ready for a flood of information from Conan Exiles. Funcom admitted that it had been dropping the ball on talking with fans about...
The Daily Grind: Are you ever attracted to MMOs that you know you’ll hate?
As an MMO enthusiast, I have this tendency to cheer games on and be interested in all sorts of titles -- even the ones...
Guild Wars 2 rolls out brand-new forums, grants amnesty to past ne’er-do-wells
Guild Wars 2's forums have just gotten a massive facelift with all the standard bits and bobs you'd want from a forum in 2017:...
Valiance Online puts out a call for hurricane heroes for charity event
When real-life tragedy occurs, it's perfectly OK to give priority to assistance over interest in video games. But what if you could do both?
Valiance...