fear of missing out
Massively Overthinking: The FOMO in our MMOs
World of Warcraft has become a very dump-on-able game lately, and Blizzard isn't making it any harder, as a tweet the company sent out...
The Daily Grind: Which modern MMOs are the best at not exploiting your FOMO?
FOMO - the fear of missing out - has unfortunately become a foundational motivator in the MMORPG industry. I don't think it was always...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with jealousy and FOMO in your MMORPGs?
Earlier this week, Polygon ran a piece on Animal Crossing: New Horizons players who were not happy. It's not because of the game, or...
The Daily Grind: How much does fear of missing out motivate your MMO playtime?
Here's the reality about Ishgard reconstruction in Final Fantasy XIV. There's stuff I want from it, I can do the crafting, there are many more...
The Soapbox: The counterproductiveness of limited-time content in online games
While thoroughly enjoying playing Astroneer's special event in honor of Apollo 11's moon landing 50th anniversary that's happening now through August 31st, I was...
