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Wisdom of Nym: Takeaways from the Final Fantasy XIV 6.3 preliminary patch notes
Here we are, a day before the first major Final Fantasy XIV patch of the year... which is also very, very early in the...
One Shots: There’s snow way I’m turning around
Psst. Hey. You. Come over here, but keep it quiet. Listen, Bel's in a lot of trouble with the snowman mafia, and it's uncertain...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best value MMOs going into 2023
Every year when I do this post, I muse about what "value" actually means for MMOs because it's actually a tricky proposition and that...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Natsuko Ishikawa discusses how the pandemic influenced Endwalker’s story
It's been just about a year since Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker released. How's everyone doing with that story emotionally? Still crying uncontrollably when you...
Steam’s winter sale offers many deep discounts on FFXIV, Elder Scrolls Online, New World and more
If you're not already broke from buying presents this holiday season, why not treat yourself to the annual gamer gluttony that is the Steam...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV narrative moments that lack real conclusions
When I was in college, I met a girl who was absolutely amazing. I was dating someone at the time (not my future wife,...
Final Fantasy XIV will turn house demolition back on next year
Normally, there's a system of house demolition in Final Fantasy XIV so players who do not visit their houses for an extended period of...
Wisdom of Nym: A completely groundless hope about our next destination for Final Fantasy XIV
Normally when I do speculation columns - about Final Fantasy XIV or really anything else under the sun - I'm doing so for a...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2022
When you're investing a whole lot of time and (potentially) money into MMORPGs, you want to make sure that your game isn't going belly-up...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s narrative misfires
Everyone either accepts at this point that Final Fantasy XIV has an excellent story or has decided to die on the hill of insisting...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2022
Years ago, MOP's Justin listened to hundreds - no, probably more like thousands - of MMO music tracks to narrow this topic down to...
Wisdom of Nym: Thematic discussion of Final Fantasy XIV’s first major story arc
Let's start with something straightforward: Everyone who wants to hop down to the comments to state that you don't care about story in an...
Steam’s autumn sale is live now through November 29 – here are a few MMOs with good deals
Like clockwork, the autumn Steam sale has returned for the gaming world with deals just in time for Thanksgiving or Black Friday or Small-Business...
Wisdom of Nym: What’s the future of Final Fantasy XIV’s story arcs?
In August of 2013, the Final Fantasy XIV relaunch happened and did basically every thing you should not do with any sort of long-format...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to the first Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.3 live letter
Let me start with the most trivial question possible first: Does Naoki Yoshida have a calendar? He has to, right? Early January 2023 is...
Perfect Ten: 10 metrics to check to gauge MMO success or failure
There are a lot of MMOs out there. How do you know which one of them is the most popular and therefore the best...
Wisdom of Nym: The unfinished spaces left in Final Fantasy XIV
It'd really be nice to visit Ala Mhigo, but I sincerely doubt at this point that we're ever going to go there in Final...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s potential future destinations and expansions for Variant Dungeons
As I discussed when the actual patch came out, I was somewhat less than enamored with Final Fantasy XIV's first Variant Dungeon. It's not...
Wisdom of Nym: Taking stock of the additions with Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.25
Interquel patches in Final Fantasy XIV are always an odd cocktail. On the one hand, they consist of content that was intentionally held back...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s original Manderville Man
There are some divisive characters in Final Fantasy XIV, but in some ways Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville stands above all of them - not...
