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Choose My Adventure: Taking the steering wheel of Star Citizen
Star Citizen's recent free fly event, and in particular the time I spent with MJ and friends riding an extremely swanky ship, has gotten...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV will let you pet the rabbits
The first Final Fantasy XIVÂ fan festival this year seem to have been an exercise in subverting player expectations, albeit with subtlety. Six prior festivals...
LOTRO Legendarium: Taking a fresh look at Lord of the Rings Online’s early zones
One of the unexpected benefits of jumping onto Lord of the Rings Online new progression servers is that it's giving many of us a...
The Nexus Telegraph: What other MMOs should learn from WildStar’s demise
The shutdown of WildStar stings in a way that other shutdowns haven't. It's hardly the first game I've covered closely that has stepped away to...
Hyperspace Beacon: We have the Star Wars The Old Republic story all wrong
I have been buried in Star Wars: The Old Republic lore for about 8 years now, and it pains me to admit this, but...
Vague Patch Notes: Having fun in an MMO doesn’t actually mean it’s any good
It appears that Fallout 76 has become the latest in a long line of games that launched too early with ill-defined goals, trying to be...
Previewing Dual Universe’s bigger, better alpha experience – including crafting
Every time I see and learn more about Dual Universe, I have that feeling that this may be The One. The one I have...
Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Let’s Go-Go Connection
Yes, we're going to talk about Pokemon Let's Go Eevee (or you can pretend its Pikachu if you just want to experience Pokemon Yellow again). No, it's...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2018
With the turn of every new year, I know we are entering unexplored territory in the field of MMO news. No matter what we...
EVE Evolved: Where can EVE Online go from here?
Ask a hundred EVE Online players when the game was at its best and you'll get a hundred different answers. For some older players...
The Survivalist: ARK’s Extinction makes bases extinct
It had to be too good to last! We were all pretty shocked when Studio WildCard actually launched ARK's newest expansion on the right...
Wisdom of Nym: Making proper predictions about Final Fantasy XIV’s next jobs
Now that we're done poking holes in bad logic, it's time to actually get down to brass tacks of predicting the next jobs for...
The Game Archaeologist: Castle Infinity, the MMO that was literally rescued from a dumpster
In the grand history of MMORPGs, kids games seem to have it rougher than most. Developers have had a hard time cracking into that...
Vague Patch Notes: Accessibility vs. relevance in MMORPGs
You know that old chestnut about how the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist? The greatest trick...
The Survivalist: Giving thanks for survival, from the genre to Conan Exiles
Since my column falls on Thursday, I always have the honor of sharing in the spirit of Thanksgiving by discussing what I am grateful...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Blue Mage is balanced right, even if you don’t like that
This extra this week entirely comes from me doing the intellectual equivalent of pouring a mixture of lemon juice and salt directly into an...
All the best MMO sales of Black Friday 2018
Fun fact: I live pretty far from my nearest family, so I don't have to get to go home and partake of the American...
Hyperspace Beacon: Five things you need to do before SWTOR’s 5.10 update
Update 5.10 for Star Wars: The Old Republic is coming very soon, possibly next week, but more likely the week after. That's not a...
Perfect Ten: How MMOs teach us to be thankful
Every year around this time, I try to produce a Perfect Ten about thankfulness. Those of you who know my writing also know that...
MassivelyOP’s 2018 PC hardware gift guide
With the holidays coming up and Northern Hemisphere winter just getting started, you might be thinking about what PC upgrades will keep you cozy...
