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The Daily Grind: Are you drawn to cute in your MMO?

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I am so not ashamed to admit that, hands-down, Squirrel Girl is my favorite Marvel Heroes character. Not only is she voiced by Tara...

The Daily Grind: Does mid-game character customization matter in MMOs?

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This morning's Daily Grind question is brought to us by Kickstarter donor Tracergeek, who wants to talk about customization in MMOs -- specifically, the type...
Shroud of the Avatar

The Daily Grind: Has your favorite MMO been DDoSed?

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So, Shroud of the Avatar got DDoSed yesterday. Shroud of the Avatar!? While there's really no excuse for any DDoS attack, it kind of...
Not what I'm traveling in, probably.

The Daily Grind: Do you MMO on the road?

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I am traveling again for Massively OP, and that means not much in the way of MMOs for me for a little while. When...

The Daily Grind: Do you crave night-and-day cycles in MMOs?

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Earlier this week, Daybreak's John Smedley told H1Z1 fans about a metric that startled me: An awful lot of post-apoc gamers are annoyed with night...
THere's a big picture here that you may not be seeing.

The Daily Grind: Would you try a Darkfall reboot?

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Yesterday's news regarding the possibility of a classic Darkfall server was pretty great. I loved Aventurine's 2010-era fantasy gankbox, and I'd resubscribe or even repurchase the client...

The Daily Grind: Has eating and drinking in MMOs become passé?

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It's sometimes so odd to me what game mechanics aim to mimic real-life behaviors and activities while so much else is ignored. We drink,...

The Daily Grind: Are modern console MMO communities worthwhile?

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This morning's Daily Grind hurtles through space and time to us from Kickstarter donor Kenneth "Fizwocket" Gonsalves, who wonders about the console community potential in...
It's pretty cute in person.

The Daily Grind: Have you bought real-world memorabilia for an MMO?

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I don't think it's going to surprise anyone that I'm a pretty big fan of Final Fantasy XIV. Despite that fact, it may surprise...

The Daily Grind: Does WoW’s dramatic sub dip worry you?

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So World of Warcraft lost three million subs in the wake of Warlords of Draenor, bringing it back down to right about where it...
Shards Online

The Daily Grind: Which indie MMO are you looking forward to the most?

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When it comes to indie MMOs, there's no shortage of them in development. Shards Online is topping my most anticipated list at the moment,...

The Daily Grind: What would the MMO world look like without WoW?

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Here's a fun question from an anonymous Kickstarter donor to kick off the morning: What do you think the MMO world would look like if Blizzard...

The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs include advanced classes?

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One of the very first RPGs that I played was Final Fantasy for the NES. I remember pouring over the manual at my friend's...
GTA Online

The Daily Grind: How many MMOs are on your hard drive?

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I got a new gaming computer last week, and I'm in the process of downloading a few MMOs. I've only got 300 GB to work with,...
Ultimate pens.

The Daily Grind: What MMO has benefited the most from free-to-play?

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Back in the day, it used to be a running joke among the staff about which game would go free-to-play next. We don't make...

The Daily Grind: When should MMO devs just stop tweaking?

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Yesterday's reveal of Lord of the Rings Online's legendary item imbuing system struck me as a promising show of faith from the devs but nevertheless a...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO biomes do you love and hate?

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Environment is super-important to me, both in real life and in video games. My surroundings have a large impact on my mood, with my...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs eliminate ‘soulbound’ mechanics?

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This morning's Daily Grind arrives from Kickstarter donor jackfrost, who phrases his question in the form of a rant: Why do almost all rewards in current...
GTA Online

The Daily Grind: What did you accomplish in your MMOs this weekend?

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I didn't get a whole lot of gaming time this weekend, but I did manage to log a couple of hours in GTA Online. I...
Don't care, bored.

The Daily Grind: What character look are you most proud of?

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The image above was used as a header elsewhere, but other than the fact that I never fixed her belt (it was a placeholder...

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