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The Daily Grind: Do survival sandboxes and/or battle royale games have a future?
We saw the end of REND. I'm sad about that. I liked REND, I thought it had neat ideas, but it had a problem wherein it...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO puts on the best Valentine’s Day?
Valentine's Day tends to be one of the stranger holidays for MMO developers to try to shoehorn into their game worlds. It can be...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG endgame for people who like to PUG?
A few months ago on Reddit, a player popped up with a neat question about MMO endgames. Essentially, Redditor TooEarlyForMe wanted to participate in...
The Daily Grind: Is there a thing you secretly love in an MMO you hate?
Let's give credit where credit is due: Just because we dislike a game doesn't mean we dislike every last thing in it. Most of...
The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy speculating about the future of your favorite MMOs?
It blows my mind just a little bit when it runs out people really dislike speculating about games, but I also sort of get it....
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite sci-fi MMO?
Generally, but not always, I like to have a science fiction (or science fantasy, if we're being pedantic) MMORPG in my gaming rotation for...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is just far too slow to be playable?
When you first start playing Final Fantasy XI, you are given a short cutscene and then... nothing. You are standing in a city and left...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs deserve fresh spiritual successors?
A lot of time whenever the subject of MMORPG sequels arise, the thought is for the same studio to make a proper successor with...
The Daily Grind: Do you avoid MMORPG raiding – and why?
As part of the preview of upcoming Guild Wars 2 content for 2020 yesterday, ArenaNet's Andrew Gray made some comments on raiding I thought...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten a refund for an MMORPG?
As I type this, the discussion thread on the Camelot Unchained piece from Friday is nearing 400 comments, a hefty proportion of which center...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is just far too frenetic to be playable?
If you were not aware, I really liked WildStar. I did not, however, like the fact that the game started out and continued being......
The Daily Grind: How do you find an MMO guild?
One question that gets periodically bounced to the MOP Podcast is how we go about finding guilds. I sense that this is a vital...
The Daily Grind: Do you think all space MMOs should have spacelegs?
A few of my guildies have been deep into Elite Dangerous lately, and one of them recently pointed me to some of the rumors...
The Daily Grind: So how do you feel about Torchlight Frontiers becoming Torchlight III?
I have to be honest: The change in Torchlight Frontiers has me pretty disappointed. It's not like I'm a huge fan of the prior...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO spin-off?
A successful online game has the potential to draw in crowds and revenue. If it's successful enough, the studio might even splurge for a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is just the worst about one-shotting?
Skyforge doesn't get nearly enough attention from the greater MMO-playing public in my estimation, but it popped back into my field of view when...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most indispensable tool you use to play MMOs, other than the platform itself?
Let's talk about tools you use when playing MMOs - other than your computer, console, phone, or whatever device you're playing on, of course!
This...
The Daily Grind: Is there MMO content you won’t do because it’s too difficult?
The difficulty of raids in World of Warcraft does not contribute one whit to my lack of desire to take part in raids in World of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO character you’ve ever picked back up?
Recently, I have found myself back in Neverwinter -- and quite enjoying myself! But what was really strange about this return is that I...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offered the best PvE experience in 2019?
PvE content is pretty much considered a given in MMORPGs: Even games without virtual combat usually pit the player against something environmental, whether it's...
