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I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...

The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...

Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...

It's time for a new expansion in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means for me that a lot of people are going to not...

Ever since becoming an MMORPG player and especially since covering these games professionally, I've realized one of my greatest pet peeves is the attitude the...

Your favorite game is going to die. I wrote about that. Some games are never even going to get to launching in the first...

I was reading a recent Daily Grind article on the topic of unique healing classes and it prompted me to think about the variety...

There is always a Warrior. Every game has a Warrior. No matter what other class options it has, a Warrior is in that list....

Your favorite MMO is going to die. Don't take it personally, though; every other MMO is going to shut down, too. That includes my...

Whenever I hear about or get into a new MMO, one of the very first things I'll be asking is if the game has...

Ever since the tone-deaf SOE proclamation that nobody wanted to play Uncle Owen in an MMORPG, contrary me has consciously fought that very stupid...

One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...

Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either...

The spring season always sees a deluge of MMORPG birthday celebrations: Lord of the Rings Online, City of Heroes, Allods Online, Free Realms last...

Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively Overpowered community can discuss and solve a whole plethora of guild-related issues other...

Over the years, I've been fascinated with the concept of time in MMORPGs. It's one of those things that developers probably don't want you...

Every so often, a man needs to have a conversation with some anthropomorphized concepts. I do that every few years. In the past, I've...

Many moons ago (so, a few months), I wrote a column about terminology that we need for the MMO genre. This made our Editor-in-Chief...

Welcome to The Survivalist! Ya'll might have noticed that I have gravitated a bit from my happy home of deep, immersive virtual worlds (possible...

Blogger Tobold recently wrote a provocative piece on social play in MMOs, as pointed out to us by our dear tipster Sally. In a...