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With a reduced budget and a smaller team, Lord of the Rings Online can't afford to throw gobs of money at composers and orchestras...

When I wrapped up writing my previous LOTRO column on the game's first year of live operation, I felt that I had left this...

Part of me was tempted to write this column chiefly about the rather baffling idea that Blizzard was surprised by the number of people...

Look, you've probably heard this before, but it bears repeating now: Don't pre-order that game. Pre-ordering games is a bad idea. And this week,...

I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV. This is absurd for two reasons. First, the statement makes it clear that I have alternate characters...

Back in my classic Guild Wars days, I was so happy to have the scrimmage system. It was a great way to solve arguments....

I could definitely write a Why I Play on Astroneer (and maybe I still will!) because there are so many reasons this game just...

The thing about being a superhero that almost nobody tells you is that there are personal stories involved. Sure, the big picture is what...

This past week Crowfall patched in update 5.100 (that’s right - we’ve gone from 5.9 to 5.100, as one does), which wiped existing characters...

There's a wide-open space for storytelling in Final Fantasy XIV with the conclusion of the 5.0 MSQ, a lot of different ways that the...

On Saturday, president of ZeniMax Online Studios Matt Firor and creative director of The Elder Scrolls Online Rich Lambert took the stage at Quakecon...

I used to watch Spongebob religiously. I loved the days when I could put on Nickelodeon and have Spongebob on for hours. One of...

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...

First of all, let's just get this out of the way right off the bat: It is possible that this column will contain spoilers...

People who have read my work for a while know that I really like tabletop roleplaying, and I have copies of two of my...

The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell...

During the Elsweyr release announcement stream for the Elder Scrolls Online earlier this summer, ZeniMax made an announcement that was somewhat buried within the...

"Traveling the realms is no task for the meek. The underprepared. The easily overwhelmed. The challenges you face and the hardships you have to...

When I met my wife, she was a console gamer, but she had never played an MMO. She was interested in giving some of...

So, you've picked your class in Path of Exile. And now you've started to play. Huzzah! Now you get to begin your story as...