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Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
Final Fantasy XIV offers up a void-filled story while preparing to turn house demolitions back on in North America
Final Fantasy XIV lore fans are being fed well today with another new short story from the game's team getting unveiled. This time, players...
Wisdom of Nym: Good aim and bad for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail predictions
We're approaching the end of the year, and that means once again looking at my prediction history for the year, which remains at around...
Final Fantasy XIV continues to offer new Endwalker stories to players
Every year, Final Fantasy XIV offers players a set of short fiction pieces on the site for the game's anniversary, exploring little spaces that...
Wisdom of Nym: The myth of Final Fantasy XIV’s budget
Let's put this front and center just to start things off because I'm annoyed: Final Fantasy XIV is not a game that is single-handedly...
Wisdom of Nym: Initial impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads dungeon and alliance raid
It's interesting to me how often Final Fantasy XIV patches are inconsistent when it comes to what makes them interesting. This is perhaps not...
Wisdom of Nym: Contrasting the storytelling of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI
We've just started what may be the second major arc in Final Fantasy XIV... maybe. Like, the developers are understandably reluctant to commit to...
Perfect Ten: Ranking the top 10 cities in Final Fantasy XIV
I can't speak for my fellow writer Justin (he apparently doesn't want to install the mind-probe that would make this really easy to find...
Wisdom of Nym: Is Final Fantasy XIV finally fixing its housing problem?
It was a tiny, incidental line in Final Fantasy XIV's live letter. The sort of thing that you could easily miss, especially since it's...
Wisdom of Nym: The key takeaways from Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads update live letter
I can't believe that after we've gone so many different places, at long last, Final Fantasy XIV is going to have Soken do a...
Wisdom of Nym: Why Dawntrail might be my favorite Final Fantasy XIV expansion in years
Let's start this week's Wisdom of Nym by clarifying something: If you ask me if Dawntrail is the best Final Fantasy XIV expansion, I...
Wisdom of Nym: The story beats that really work in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
Before I dive into this week's column, I want to start things off by noting a weird aspect of storytelling that's true in Final...
Wisdom of Nym: The actual storytelling issues with Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
I'm not exactly surprised that basically any controversy vis-a-vis Final Fantasy XIV's most recent expansion is pretty much completely focused on the story (with...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Arcadion brings the noise
There has been a question that has kind of been bubbling in the background of the entire premise behind Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s delightfully light role quests
Something that happens sometimes with Final Fantasy XIV is that it takes the team a couple of tries to get a new idea right....
The Soapbox: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, mortality, remembrance, and last chances
Earlier this week, at least at the time of this op ed's writing, I completed the main story for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, and...
Wisdom of Nym: Spoiler-free impressions of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s leveling dungeons
The funny thing about Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail's story is that in some ways spoiling it feels pretty minor. Like, it's not unconscionable to...
First Impresions: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail is a dense summer getaway for the MMORPG
I finished up Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail's story a while ago, but I've been spending a couple days turning over what I think about...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s relatively smooth early access isn’t a sign of doom
On Sunday evening, I had to log out from Final Fantasy XIV to take care of an errand. This is not unusual. It is,...
Final Fantasy XIV fans assemble 300 fans to play an Endwalker tribute medley
As of this point, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is officially done. The game is down for maintenance for 48 hours for the early access...