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I have a really hard time taking anything seriously that refers to money as "bucks." You'll recall that I opened the Lawful Neutral column...

Nobody wants to think that a favourite MMO is losing popularity, but with EVE Online now being over 15 years old, it's a possibility...

Here's a fun question I asked myself a lot back in the day: Why, exactly, did leveling take so long in Final Fantasy XI? The obvious mechanical...

Of all things, the one thing about Black Desert that everyone can agree on is that there's a grind. Players who choose this game...

There are two statements frequently made with regard to MMOs that seem like linked clauses, but they're not. "MMOs are social games" is a...

A few years ago, I was introduced to the concept of trading guilds. Trading guilds are unique to the The Elder Scrolls Online as...

What a difference a few weeks make. This past spring when I last toured Legends of Aria for Choose My Adventure, things were a little...

I am amused and somewhat bewildered to admit that I have my very own pet troll. He follows me around on Reddit to hassle...

So now's a good time to start predicting the jobs we'll be getting in the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, right? It seems like a...

This past week has been the best week I’ve had in Crowfall all year. First, ArtCraft dropped a weekend-long event that really turned heads,...

While just about everyone knows about Square Enix's ashes-to-glory story with Final Fantasy XIV, what often goes unnoticed is that the company runs a...

"I'd play this game again if the graphics were updated." "If they re-released this game with modern graphics, it would be way more popular." "The Game...

We've heard again and again how the recently launched World of Warcraft: Classic was going to "fix" the MMO community by stripping away modern...

It has now been the better part of a week since my unexpected sojourn into the path, and for most of that week my...

Here's the funny thing about communication from MMO studios: It's vital to the continued feeling of a healthy game, and yet at the same...

When I mention the lore in Warframe, the response I usually get is "There's lore in Warframe?!?" I've even gotten this from some who...

I don't really have to tell you this, but creating an MMORPG is a huge undertaking. These are some of the most complex games...

I'm a firm believer of "You can't dislike it unless you know it," a sort of twist on the "Don't knock it 'til you...

This past weekend’s announcement of Guild Wars 2’s continuation of the Living World story, entitled The Icebrood Saga, was met with all of the...

Just because it's the hottest month of the year doesn't mean we don't want to bury ourselves in warm fuzzies! Positivity is always welcome...