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Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s August is leaning into Adventure

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I must admit that Pokemon Go's traditional Adventure Week events have historically been a minor hit with me as they feature the fossil 'mon...
my head hurts

Storyboard: The fine art of letting your character fail in MMORPG roleplaying

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Do you know why tabletop roleplaying games use dice? Every game designer ever will lie about the reason. The reason cited is to create...

Working As Intended: The Fridge Poetry game is the latest distillation of MMORPG PvP

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This morning, MOP's Sam busted into MOP's work chat with a link to the Fridge Poetry game. "It's more like an art project than a...
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Vague Patch Notes: Everything in an MMORPG is time-limited

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Today, I want to talk to you about an event that you can no longer participate in within Final Fantasy XIV. It's an event...

The Soapbox: Why MMOs are the ultimate creature comforts

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As long as I can remember, I've been an avid fan of re-consuming my favorite forms of media. I used to read the same...

Enter to win a Gigantic Rampage Edition key on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox in honor of Ranked Mode S1

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Gigantic's devs has a big day in store for fans of the game, as season one of the MOBA's Ranked Mode is live on...

Fight or Kite: Backpack Battles puts your bag sorting skills to the test

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After the dungeon has been cleared, the boss has been felled, and the zerg has been wiped out, the very next thing we all...

Choose My Adventure: Gleeful space truckin’ through Elite Dangerous

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This is, for all intents and purposes, going to be a very simple, laid back, and perhaps obnoxiously serene edition of Choose My Adventure....

Enter to win a Neverwinter Volcanic Galeb Duhr companion pack in our Mountain of Flame giveaway

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In celebration of last week's multiplatform launch of Neverwinter's latest module, Mountain of Flame, Cryptic has kindly granted us gift codes to raffle to...
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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Arcadion brings the noise

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There has been a question that has kind of been bubbling in the background of the entire premise behind Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and...

TennoCon 2024: Music, motorbikes, and romance make Warframe 1999

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It's the 1990s! We've heard of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, and sugar and spice and everything nice. But what is Warframe...

TennoCon 2024: Soulframe’s creative customization and a preview of preludes

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With how much I am looking forward to the launch of Soulframe, you better believe I was eagerly anticipating seeing and hearing more about...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO’s early game too big and unwieldy?

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As I was making some personal plans for my future adventures on Lord of the Rings Online's new legendary servers, I was really struck...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: The mulligan problem in World of Warcraft’s narrative

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In World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Illidan Stormrage gets killed. This isn't actually a surprising end for the character. Illidan as a person...

Settlers of Kalguur brings a massive melee overhaul and more to Path of Exile

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Given such a major change incoming with Path of Exile's Settlers of Kalguur league, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether the rest of the...

Path of Exile’s Settlers of Kalguur tackles real-time mechanics with city building

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The Grinding Gear rooster has crowed, signifying the dawn of a new expansion and league. And what might they be? Welcome to Path of...

Vague Patch Notes: How widespread free-to-play impacted MMORPGs

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In 2009, Dungeons & Dragons Online went free-to-play, which was a pretty big deal at the time. It was especially important to me, since...

Perfect Ten: Why World of Warcraft’s Legion was a top-tier expansion

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While a lot of long-time World of Warcraft players will point to Wrath of the Lich King as the high point of the MMO,...

Choose My Adventure: Slipping back in to the simple pleasures of Elite Dangerous

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Last week's original Choose My Adventure plans took a backseat to my Soapbox on Dawntrail, so thank you for bearing with me on that,...

Not So Massively: The problem with The First Descendant’s character unlock mechanics

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The First Descendant has made quite a splash since it launched earlier this month. Nexon's looter shooter, dubbed "Warframe with waifus" by the greater...

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