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The Daily Grind: Which gaming company told the biggest fib in 2019?
Come December, we're going to be starting up our end-of-the-year roundups, including one of my favorites: the one where we pick out all our...
The Daily Grind: What strange things stick out to you when you swap MMOs?
You know what feels really wrong jumping between Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft? Jumping. It doesn't seem like that should be a thing, but it...
The Daily Grind: What are your favorite MMO features?
I love me a good feature in an MMO. If it's well-done, useful, engaging, and implemented the right way, a feature can greatly enhance...
The Daily Grind: What was the best MMO soundtrack or song released in 2019?
I hope you are all prepared for December, fellow gamers, because the Massively OP award season is right around the corner! That's always a...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most treasured EverQuest or Vanguard memory?
EverQuest was not my first MMORPG, but it's certainly one that shaped me profoundly. While I look back and grumble at the antique design...
The Daily Grind: Where do you go to mourn in MMORPGs?
Our team is still in shock over last night's news that legendary MMO dev Brad McQuaid has passed away, and I can only imagine...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the worst crafting – or none at all?
Earlier this fall, after Raph Koster announced his new MMO and investor funding, he did a flurry of interviews. In the bowels of one...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you wish you could play on the Switch?
I love my Switch, but I feel starved for games to play on it, especially online games. Sure, there are a few out there,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal event reward for seasonal content?
I don't like seasonal events that award pets. I understand why that's a reward, of course; lots of people like having pets, some games...
The Daily Grind: Are ‘limited’ MMO classes a good idea?
Ever since its introduction into Final Fantasy XIV, the Blue Mage class has proved divisive among the community as a "limited" class. The thought...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most purposeful housing?
So this is a thing I've talked about before because I love me some MMORPG housing. Even a bad MMO with housing gets brownie...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio would you like to see make another MMO?
Every MMO studio has its own particular style and flavor. You can argue that the game itself matters more than its point of origin,...
The Daily Grind: What was your ‘golden age’ of MMO gaming?
While history has yet to really settle this issue definitively, many MMORPG players seem to believe that we have already seen the great MMO...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO market undercutters grind your gears?
MOP's Carlo proposed this question for a Daily Grind run: Do MMO market undercutters annoy you? "I undercut the market so I can move...
The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft switch to annual expansions?
During last week's Activision-Blizzard investor call, Blizzard executives dodged hard on one analyst's question about WoW Classic retention - no great surprise there, really,...
The Daily Grind: What would you like to see in an MMORTS game?
The MMORTS subgenre has never been what you might call robust, but it keeps cropping back up time and again. The Imperial Realm: Miranda is...
The Daily Grind: What older MMO’s graphics still hold up today?
The other night I was playing with some friends in Dungeons and Dragons Online, and the discussion turned to -- oddly enough -- the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest break you’ve ever taken from MMOs – and why?
A while back, MMO blogger and fellow SWG Legends player Napyet posted a video about a sudden burst of burnout he was feeling when...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you reluctant to do group content in?
Some of our readers may believe that I am gregarious and outgoing. This is not true by any stretch of the imagination. Despite this,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most boring content in an MMO you love?
Recently I had the dubious pleasure of spending a week running through all of the Seventh Astral Era quests in Final Fantasy XIV. This...
