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The Daily Grind: What’s the best-worst MMO chat mistell you’ve ever seen?
PC Gamer had a fun report up on a heartwarming mishap in the Path of Exile 2 community that I thought MMO players could...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite nickname for an MMO NPC?
NPCs you have to deal with long enough in any game are going to facilitate memes. This is inevitable. But some NPCs wind up...
The Daily Grind: Do weather effects improve your MMO experience?
Is there such a thing as an uncanny valley for video game environments? To me, there is. When a place in an MMO never...
The Daily Grind: Are there ‘acceptable levels of jank’ in MMORPGs?
I have to credit MOP's Chris for the phrase "acceptable levels of jank" here: He used in in a (positive!) conversation we were having...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO patch that punched above its usual weight?
Whatever your MMO of choice has as a patch schedule, the game has a cadence to it. You expect certain things from a patch....
The Daily Grind: What would you do if your MMO abruptly disappeared overnight?
Like many Marvel Snap players, I woke up this past Sunday morning and was shocked to discover that the entire game was yanked in the US...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMORPG sunset of 2024?
Man, this one is easy for me to answer, though I wish it weren't so: ArcheAge was the most brutal sunset of 2024, and...
The Daily Grind: What rewards are actually worth backing for in an MMORPG Kickstarter?
News of Stars Reach's impending Kickstarter has been the big MMORPG story of the last week and change, but there's been one tidbit that's...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you play that doesn’t seem to want your money for cosmetics?
Video games sell you cosmetics. This is pretty much normalized at this point, 15 years into the F2P revolution, whether you like it or...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO streamers help or hurt the genre?
Love it or hate it, the prominence of video gaming streamers is an undeniable facet of this industry. The most popular of these (we...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite classic World of Warcraft dungeon?
Last week, WoW Classic Classic pushed along with its planned release timetable, adding in two old world bosses, refurbing the honor system, and opening...
The Daily Grind: How long should it take to catch up with the current content in an MMO?
There is no way that you can reach the level of resources held by someone who has been playing an MMORPG for two years...
The Daily Grind: What old favorite MMO has lost all its flavor for you?
I use an odd chewing gum metaphor when I relate to varying levels of interest in MMOs. When you first start playing a good...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever let someone else level your MMO account? You know, like Musk did in Path of Exile 2
Claims that tech tycoon and Twitter mismanager Elon Musk is some sort of Diablo and Path of Exile savant gave way last week to...
The Daily Grind: So… are you going to Kickstart Stars Reach?
Over the weekend, Raph Koster's studio formally announced that it's going to do a Kickstarter for Stars Reach - you know, the spiritual successor...
The Daily Grind: When has a character option in an MMORPG been more fun than you expected?
We've all gotten hyped about new classes or weapon options or whatever in an MMORPG before. It's just to be expected. But what's even...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever regretted deleting an MMO character or account?
The other day I was cleaning up my World of Warcraft roster by getting rid of several alts that were being too distracting for my...
The Daily Grind: What was the biggest MMO trainwreck nobody noticed last year?
Every year, we elevate certain stories with awards - we pluck out the biggest surprise, the most exciting story, the story we wish we...
The Daily Grind: When has an MMO developer ruined something silly and fun in the community?
I am honestly glad that World of Warcraft's developers no longer seem to remember Captain Placeholder. The thing about Captain Placeholder is that he...
The Daily Grind: Did you get much MMO gaming time over the holidays?
As I write this, I'm on the final day of a sort-of-two-week vacation, after which I'll have to jump back into my regular routine...
