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Vague Patch Notes: The day I deleted a character in anger in Final Fantasy XI

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Today, I'd like to tell you about how your characters in MMOs aren't real, and you know that, but I want you to think...
Sure, great, very efficient.

Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?

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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs and the PC gaming market

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I find myself thinking a lot about the MMORPG industry lately and the ways in which the gaming industry as a whole has changed...

Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love

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Why did I stop playing Star Trek Online? Was it because there was some change made to the game that made it no longer...
hot hot hot hot hot hot

Vague Patch Notes: Early access is just game development as performance art

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I was reminded recently about Valheim. I do not own the game and thus have not played it; I cannot tell you if it...
SHIP IT

Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry

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As you have probably noticed from the fact that I have been writing about City of Heroes nonstop since the Homecoming server got its...
What was I made for?

Vague Patch Notes: The real question every MMO has to answer

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Why am I here? A lot of times I will slow-roll my column and lead to something unexpected, something that I am sure you are...
The look.

Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are still just games you rent

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When I was a teenager, I accidentally stole a few games from a video rental place. You might wonder how you accidentally steal something,...
AHHHHHHHH

Vague Patch Notes: The ever-changing costs of playing an MMORPG

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It was a pretty big deal back when I had first started working at original Massively when the trend started, and I can still...
Mumor has looked better.

Vague Patch Notes: It’s never cheating in MMOs when you do it

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My friend from Final Fantasy XI was, understandably, upset. He had just been suspended for a week, and he had been warned that continued...
Oh no, a MOTH

Vague Patch Notes: What you can’t forget in MMOs

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Years ago, I had a relationship with someone I met in Final Fantasy XI. It wasn't a good or solid relationship by any stretch...
Walking.

Vague Patch Notes: Waiting for the MMORPG endings that are never coming

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It took some real courage for Naoki Yoshida to get up and announce that Final Fantasy XIV was ending. After an enormously successful run,...
Un secret.

Vague Patch Notes: MMO gameplay by enhancement

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A while back, I was talking in the comments of an article about how bad The Secret World's combat was. It was the game's...
Seriously, though, whatever.

Vague Patch Notes: The myth of the ‘first’ MMORPG

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One of the things I like to joke about every so often is various myths about the history of MMOs, and a lot of...
bro you gotta trust me bro

Vague Patch Notes: How does an MMORPG studio rebuild trust it shattered?

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Earlier this week, Pantheon cancelled its intensely stupid extraction shooter mode. Now, I don't say that it's intensely stupid because I dislike this sort...
The clear winner.

Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon 2023 wasn’t a disaster, but it needed to be better

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The last live BlizzCon in 2019 was not a great show, but it was fundamentally a hype festival for Blizzard just like they've all...
I'm annoyed.

Vague Patch Notes: So what are MMORPGs meant to be?

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I don't know exactly why I've spent so much time this year fixating on the question about what MMORPGs are meant to be and...
NO NEXT THING

Vague Patch Notes: Default MMORPG genre features change over time, and that’s OK

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I want you to picture a nonexistent MMO in your head right now. Not one that hasn't released yet; one that hasn't even been...
Bye, I guess.

Vague Patch Notes: Pivots don’t work with MMOs

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So we can pretty much confirmed now that Pantheon's goose is thoroughly cooked. Yes, I know, the folks at Visionary Realms are claiming that...
Nope!

Vague Patch Notes: Why procedural generation doesn’t solve the content problems of MMOs

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Just yesterday, MOP's Justin ran down the various features that the long-canceled EverQuest Next promised before its demise - including the promise of all...

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