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The Daily Grind: Which studio should be running your MMO?
It continues to sadden my heart to see RIFT -- and the rest of the Trion Worlds library -- limp on under the supervision...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any hope left for Anthem?
I feel faintly as if I owe Bree an apology. When I volunteered to do our first impressions piece on Anthem, it was actually a...
The Daily Grind: Do you think WoW Classic is destined for greatness or utterly doomed?
Since the formal announcement this week that WoW Classic is launching in August, I've seen multiple mainstream games journos opine that, well, you think...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned about the future of Amazon’s New World?
When Amazon Game Studios announced last week that it was taking New World's always-on alpha offline "to design major new features" that are "large...
The Daily Grind: Do you have unplayed MMO characters you refuse to delete?
For the longest time, I had an orc in World of Warcraft whom I had never played past level 7 but who was never getting...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO activities are most likely to relax you?
I don't get fishing. Not in real life (it's an excuse for drinking beer in a boat), nor in MMOs (it's a time sink...
The Daily Grind: Are we watching the AAA video game market burst?
About four years ago, I wrote one of the pieces I'm still most proud of: It essentially argued that the MMO industry was suffering...
The Daily Grind: How much free time do you have to spend on MMOs?
Time is money, as the adage goes, and that's often used as justification or at least explanation of the idea that certain MMOs will...
The Daily Grind: What would get you to throw money at your MMO?
Forget sparkleponies and loot boxes: Sometimes what game studios try to monetize isn't even remotely close to what we truly would like to buy....
The Daily Grind: Do you actually feel as if you’re part of your fave MMO’s community?
Last month, when news of the City of Heroes mess hit, the Massively OP writers and readers had multiple discussions about community - you...
The Daily Grind: Does your significant other influence your MMO play?
MOP's Carlo suggested today's Daily Grind after a chat he saw inside an MMO. "A fun convo came up in Black Desert," he said....
The Daily Grind: How useless does an MMO drop need to be before it’s vendor trash?
Vendor trash is a weird idea in lots of games. There are usually even specific categories of it; any gray item in World of Warcraft...
The Daily Grind: Do you listen to the music of long-dead MMORPGs?
When an MMORPG reaches the end of its operational life (for whatever reason), there are few things that remain following that final day. We...
The Daily Grind: When’s the ideal daily reset for an MMORPG?
Ready your timezone clocks, folks: MOP Black Desert columnist Carlo proposed this topic for the Daily Grind today.
"I'm in Chicago right now, so I'm...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about ‘gear peacocks’ in MMOs?
Every so often, usually when it comes to World of Warcraft, I hear what I've always thought of as the Peacock Defense for making raid...
The Daily Grind: What silly little change has ever gotten you all excited to log in to an MMO?
It doesn't always take a massive content drop to make this short gamer giddy and excited. Sometimes it's the silliest of little things, like...
The Daily Grind: Are you a murderhobo in MMORPGs?
I am not sure who first coined the term murderhobo, but I know I personally picked it up from Massively and MOP alum Jef...
The Daily Grind: How do you explain MMORPGs to non-gamers?
Last week, I did an interview trying to explain exactly what was going on with the whole City of Heroes drama. Almost immediately, the...
The Daily Grind: How much preparation do you do for big MMO updates?
There has never yet been an MMO expansion for a game I'm playing that has not prompted an elaborate plan to prepare from me....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most creative array of classes?
If I log into one more MMO that I'm trying to see the class selection limited to "Fighter, Mage, Thief, and Priest," I might...
