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Perfect Ten: The wild MMORPGs that came out in 2011
Not every year sees equal releases in the MMORPG genre. We've had years of starvation and years of plenty. Every so often it's fun...
Massively on on the Go: Five reasons we want a Monster Hunter x Pokemon crossover
Playing Monster Hunter Wilds on PC has been difficult for me lately as I've been strapped for time, but the Monster Hunter series has always been...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs where you can actually afford to buy eggs
I don't know about you folks, but eggs are a staple protein in my household, and these past months watching egg prices soar upward...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s April update brings jokes and jewels
Pokemon Go's buyout by Scopely hasn't resulted in a full transition yet, but we're already seeing some of Scopely's influence, and it's not all...
MMO Hype Train: Is there any hope – or hype – left for Camelot Unchained?
If there's any developer alive who knows realm-vs-realm MMO design better than Mark Jacobs, I haven't met him or her. Jacobs and Mythic Entertainment...
Warframe of Mind: Full impressions of the Temple ‘frame experience
As much as I would like to be known as an absolute grinding machine when it comes to Warframe - and I absolutely can...
Path of Exile 2’s Dawn of the Hunt introduces the Huntress, rogue exiles, a mount, and heaps of support gems
With Path of Exile 2 being in early access beta instead of launched, I was unsure whether Grinding Gear Games would be keeping to...
WoW Factor: Evaluating World of Warcraft’s allied races seven years later
At the tail end of an exciting expansion cycle, World of Warcraft: Legion saved one last big surprise for the community. In 2018's Patch...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO you play isn’t always the MMO that was designed
There was, for a brief period of time, a window when World of Warcraft was moving toward a more deterministic gear structure that de-emphasized...
Perfect Ten: The challenges of running challenge servers in MMOs
So there has been a bit of a kerfuffle over in the World of Warcraft world, which is a bit like saying that the...
Choose My Adventure: Bots and dungeon blocks douse enthusiasm for Blade & Soul NEO
"I've heard of DPS queues, but this is ridiculous."
Imagine that being said while I tap on a fat cigar and waggle my bushy eyebrows....
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about phantom jobs in Final Fantasy XIV
At this point, we don't have a full list of the phantom jobs that will be available in Final Fantasy XIV's new field exploration...
LOTRO Legendarium: The virtuous world of Middle-earth
There are plenty of fantasy brands out there to suit any preference. If you arranged them on a spectrum, you might start at cozy...
Not So Massively: Crusader Kings 3 carves its own path in the grand strategy genre
The list of games that fill the multiplayer medieval conquest and political court vassal relationship/resource management simulator niche is unsurprisingly short. In fact, it’s...
Warframe of Mind: First impressions of Techrot Encore
Here is the initial column I wrote about the most recent Warframe patch in its totality: On Tuesday, I did not have Secondary Merciless...
Fight or Kite: PvPvE extraction game Legacy Steel and Sorcery is already showing promise in early access
Love 'em, hate 'em, or pine for the good old days, we are most certainly in the age of extraction RPGs. Just as spring...
Vague Patch Notes: If you have my money, you’d better have my video game
So over the last couple of weeks Lord of the Rings Online has made itself quite a mess to clean up. It's not the...
Perfect Ten: Short but mighty playable MMO races
I like short races in MMOs. Not exclusively, but if there is an option to go small or go home, you can bet that...
Casually Classic: Are the new WoW Classic servers actually a Burning Crusade ‘waiting room?’
When Blizzard abruptly announced last November that it was launching the 20th anniversary servers -- WoW Classic Classic -- the studio gave many assurances...
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul NEO’s Assassin class and story fights finally show their teeth
For the most part, my time in Blade & Soul NEO has been interesting enough in terms of fights but not so intense that...
