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The Daily Grind: How do you view other players in the MMO landscape?
If you've ever played a fully or mostly dead MMORPG (and I have), then you'll know that super-eerie feeling that comes with traversing a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best character (not gear) customization as of 2022?
I hesitate to voice this, but it's seemed to me that the MMO industry is sliding backward a bit when it comes to character...
The Daily Grind: Are you flighting dragons in the World of Warcraft?
Maybe the real boat to the Dragon Isles was the friends we made along the way? Wait, no, it was a boat. A highly...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever returned to an MMO to find the magic is gone?
We've certainly talked a lot in this space about the special joy that is coming back to an old favorite MMORPG and falling in...
The Daily Grind: What was the most important innovation in MMOs in 2022?
In years past, we've asked about the most innovative MMO, which is honestly too vague a question to be useful. For today's Daily Grind,...
The Daily Grind: What are some cool demonyms for players of different MMOs?
You're probably wondering what a demonym is, so I'm gonna tell you up front: No, it's not your demon name; it's the descriptive noun...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever feel as if you dodged a bullet in MMOs?
If you have played an MMO with bullets in it, odds are good you have dodged at least one just because of how these...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever play MMORPGs in first-person perspective?
Back in the day, it used to be that first-person perspectives were the norm for many CRPGs and early MMOs. I guess it went...
The Daily Grind: What type of MMO merch are you most likely to buy?
Back in October, MJ linked a time-limited funding drive from Pirate101 that included one of my major weaknesses: adorable plushies. In this case, they...
The Daily Grind: How do you tend to deal with MMOs on major holidays?
One of the nice things in my youth about having a lot of major family holidays be at my own home was that when...
The Daily Grind: What’s the single worst MMO dungeon ever created?
Inspiration for these Daily Grind topics come from all directions (as they must, considering the constant need for them!). So it was that I...
The Daily Grind: Do you care about world firsts in MMOs?
I don't care much about world firsts in MMOs, but I've certainly been guilded with people who cared a lot, even before games started...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever learned anything useful from MMOs?
Earlier this fall, my family went on a hike in our favorite spot to check out the autumn foliage, and my husband started talking...
The Daily Grind: What’s a piece of cosmetic gear you always seek out in MMOs?
It may not surprise anyone reading this that I wear glasses. I don't actually wear them most of the time because I need them,...
The Daily Grind: What’s a fair length of time to judge whether an MMO is for you?
One thing I've been struggling with over the past couple of years is the sense that I as a player and we as a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the least appealing weapon in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Bruno was joking with me about how crap it was that Hobbit Champions in Lord of the Rings...
The Daily Grind: How long are you willing to spend in an MMO not playing the game?
As I have alluded to elsewhere, most of my time spent in Final Fantasy XI was not actually time spent playing the game. I...
The Daily Grind: Who’s got the best MMO dragons?
OK, I'll confess that I am so not a dragon guy. I don't get the appeal, I don't find them awe-inspiring, and I roll...
The Daily Grind: Should the MMO genre take another stab at esports?
A few years ago, there was a concerted push in the MMO genre to design, amplify, and boost esports, and I don't just mean...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best day of the week to launch an MMO update?
A few weeks back, we teased a certain new MMO for launching on a weekend, but in reality, when an MMO launches (or launches...
