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The Daily Grind: How do you handle being wrong about speculation with an MMO?
A new expansion is a time for fan communities to come together and speculate about what's coming next. What will be the next batch...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best PvP mode?
We have certainly talked about PvP a lot in this space over the years, but often it's a flat-out comparison of one title to another....
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMORPG trend of 2016?
Yesterday, we rolled out our award for the best new trend in the MMORPG industry this year. (Our writers picked content scaling, in case...
The Daily Grind: Have MMOs ever helped you through a dark time?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by two people: MySecretID, who sent along a link to an Extra Credits video about a gamer whose devastating...
The Daily Grind: What did you get this year?
You know, people, today is a holiday. I am writing this days in advance, because on the morning you're reading this, I will be...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever been part of a play in an MMO?
Two of my favorite MMOs, Lord of the Rings Online and The Secret World, share an unusual but interesting trait: They both have interactive...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new MMORPG zone added in 2016?
It's practically expected of a major MMORPG patch or expansion to add new zones -- the more, the better, setting aside their self-inflicted endgame...
The Daily Grind: Do you do in-game gift exchanges in MMOs?
Well, the winter holidays are just about here, and that means giving the fit of games. Also, gifts that aren't games. Some gifts that...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most liked and most hated MMO fantasy creature?
MMORPGs are populated by a zoo's worth of creatures as part of our eternal safari to seek out new life forms and then extinguish...
The Daily Grind: Does Daybreak’s involvement with LOTRO and DDO worry you?
Yesterday, we were all pretty astonished to learn that Turbine has spun out Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online --...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG had the best community in 2016?
A loss of a sense of community is something many MMORPG players lament as our genre approaches two decades, whether they think communities slip away...
The Daily Grind: What character creators in MMORPGs frustrate you to no end?
The problem I have with the character creator in The Elder Scrolls Online is not that it lacks power; it's got that. My problem...
The Daily Grind: What MMO present would you love to receive this year?
Santa Hellbug here, excited to devour the unfaithful and deliver presents to 2016's good boys and girls and catlike humanoids! I spend all year...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best login experience?
Here's a funny fact: All I have to do is start singing this tune, and my wife starts feeling the urge to play some...
The Daily Grind: Do you find MMO non-human racial choices lacking?
Every time I start a new MMO, I make a vow to myself not to pick a standard human as my racial choice. Nine...
The Daily Grind: Are you worried for EVE Online’s safety if CCP is bought out?
Following the Bloomberg-floated rumor last Friday that CCP Games might be up for sale, we've had nothing but silence from CCP on the topic, so bloggers...
The Daily Grind: Should gamers be able to make money off MMORPGs?
Last week, newly unveiled MMORPG Ashes of Creation explained that one of its seemingly unique features: the chance to make money from the game...
The Daily Grind: What ridiculously specific award would you give your favorite MMOs?
Folks, I don't mean to alarm you, but our 2016 award spectacular starts tomorrow. Really! I know all of the results already and everything....
The Daily Grind: What MMO gaming advice would you give to your younger self?
Hindsight truly makes us experts of everything past. Why couldn't we know the future back then? What fools we were not to develop our...
The Daily Grind: Which game made the biggest contribution to killing MMORPGs in 2016?
MOP commenter deekay_zero proposed this week's Daily Grind in a roundabout way, and fair warning: It's a bit of a downer. He semi-jokingly suggested that...
