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Choose My Adventure: Roaming the wild frontier of Red Dead Online with a posse of friends

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What, you didn't really think I would play this game alone, did you? I should explain just what's happening here: I'm playing Red Dead Online...

Vitae Aeternum: How to fix New World Aeternum’s endgame with chase items and solo play

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We're back with the second part of the Vitae Aeternum column's series on improving New World: Aeternum's endgame, with a special eye towards long...
We have fun here (I don't)

Wisdom of Nym: The key takeaways from Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads live letter

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I haven't exactly been shy about mentioning that 2024 has been a terrible year for me, but then I look at the trailer for...
Yeah, that'll do it.

Vitae Aeternum: How to fix New World Aeternum’s endgame with rewards and content relevance

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New World is currently enjoying an influx of new players following the Aeternum update, but historically New World's struggle has not been attracting players...

LOTRO Legendarium: How should LOTRO handle ‘the levels issue?’

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Legacy of Morgoth comes out next week for Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm generally excited for it. I wasn't initially, since desert zones aren't...
Poke

Design Mockument: Exploring alternatives to the typical MMO trinity

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Here's a fun thing for you: I swear that way, way back before the game launched, there were documents from the Guild Wars 2...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s November looks overstuffed and underseasoned

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Ah yes, November. The month of my favorite feasting holiday! Pokemon Go is hoping to deliver a feast of its own this month, but......

Casually Classic: Looking back at my 20+ year journey in World of Warcraft

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When was the first time you ever heard of World of Warcraft? As a fan of the three Warcraft RTS titles, I became aware of...
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Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs

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We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...
SIR

Perfect Ten: The 10 types of tanks in MMORPGs

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I've been thinking a fair bit about player archetypes lately, and that also means that I've been thinking about the variants within roles. While...

MMO Hype Train: Wayfinder is a genuinely good little RPG – but a missed opportunity to be an MMO

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Look at that: I don't always talk a big talk -- sometimes I actually end up playing the game I said I will. Like...

Choose My Adventure: Throne & Liberty’s endgame blends genuine fun with intense social requirements

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One could be forgiven for thinking that headline was written by somebody who just discovered MMORPGs can be grindy, but I promise that's not...

Hands-on with Lynked Banner of the Spark, an adorable roguelite with base building, crafting, and co-op

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I typically gravitate towards intense, heart-pounding, combat games that go in hard and never let up. But every once-in-a-while, a game comes across my...
VOID

Wisdom of Nym: Contrasting the storytelling of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI

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We've just started what may be the second major arc in Final Fantasy XIV... maybe. Like, the developers are understandably reluctant to commit to...

Massively on the Go: Hands-on with Super Mario Party Jamboree’s online modes

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If you were somebody who thought Super Mario Party Jamboree's new modes might be Fall Guys-esque, I'm sorry to report that it isn't the...

Halloween festivities across the MMO world, 2024 edition

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It's weird we keep meeting like this every single year a week before October 31st, right? A strange and unusual coincidence, perhaps even a...
my head hurts

Design Mockument: Alternate trinities in MMORPGs and the challenge of other roles

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The trinity has been a truism of MMO design now for about as long as it wasn't. I came up during the small times...
Cats

Vague Patch Notes: The MMO world you don’t control

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Last week in Vague Patch Notes, I attempted to lay out my thesis for what it means when we say MMOs require other people....
Pnuk

MMO Hype Train: Is Corepunk really ready for prime time?

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Whenever I'm looking at a new MMORPG, there are two important hurdles it must cross to be of interest to me. The first is...
Dudes

Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best

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Try not to whip your head around all suspicious-like to check out the past 10 months, but 2024 has been a bonanza for MMO...

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