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I had some thoughts after the most recent bit of news we got from Star Trek Online about how, you know... the game costs...

Webster's Dictionary describes "kill 10 rats" as "something nerds do, now shut up and read a few intelligent words." I think the editors are...

Now that the pre-patch has arrived for WoW Classic's Burning Crusade, leveling characters are enjoying being able to snag a mount at level 30...

The launch of The Burning Crusade's pre-patch in WoW Classic has me thinking about the features that expansion brought to World of Warcraft. I know, really it...

There's no actual feud between the development teams behind World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV. The two teams have congratulated one another on successful expansion...

I have stated before that I have a complex relationship with the term "pay-to-win." On the one hand, it tends to refer to something...

MMOs are places of great imagination, where developers take fantastic concepts and make them real (in a sense). MMOs are also places of great...

Gamers often lament that the world of MMORPGs lacks innovation. It's a frustration I share; this a genre that could be much more than...

What are your biases when it comes to MMOs? It's all right, you can be honest about them here. Maybe you're biased against games...

In my Lord of the Rings Online career, I have started way, way too many brand-new characters. It's just something I do every so...

So how do you win an MMO? The general consensus is that you don't. The whole point of an MMO that this is an...

Can you hear pictures? Well, I bet you heard the banner graphic for today's column because that level-up sound from World of Warcraft is...

If you've ever wondered what kind of naive sucker would plunk down a semi-thick wad of perfectly good cash on an overstuffed MMO collector's...

I've mentioned before that this column's title was inspired by the vague patch notes of Final Fantasy XI, and here we are diving into that...

Paul Simon once said that there had to be at least 50 ways to leave your lover. Back in the day, however, there was...

I've heard people say that the idea of "extroverts" and "introverts" isn't really all that accurate to the way that human beings actually behave,...

I remember the first time I got hit hard by the powerhouse slugger known as "burnout." It was during my second stint in World...

Even more so than they are in retail World of Warcraft, WoW Classic's capital cities are the central bustling hub of commerce and staging...

A few months back, I was feeling restless in my MMO routine. Guild Wars 2 is my MMO "home," so I'm always in that...

For those of you who don't know, this column was named after Final Fantasy XI. Specifically, it was named after the practice that particular game...