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It's a bit odd to say this about a Pokemon game, but raiding in Pokemon Go is kind of a big deal. Multiplayer has always been...

Stuff in MMOs has names. That's... like, a defining feature. We all know that. These games have titles, and they have expansions, and they...

With more money than several third-world nations, Cloud Imperium Games and Star Citizen certainly has the luxury of affording the best for its (undoubtedly)...

I would say that I don't mention my affection for Final Fantasy XI often enough, but the fact is that I mention it a...

Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...

It's a tale as old as time: Whenever an MMO starts getting up there in years and starting to show signs of age, you...

Friends, readers, genre fans, lend me your eyes; I come to bury WildStar, not to praise it. But just like Marc Antony, I'm going...

People actually lined up for Dauntless at PAX West 2018. I don't know if it was the placement of the booth, if people liked...

As I watched Nick Tarabay stand on stage hype up the audience in the Main Theater for PAX West 2018, I thought it was...

When it comes to popular games, it seems as though writers don't feel that they have to extol their virtues. They're already popular, after...

EVE Online has been pretty comfortable in its hardcore sci-fi MMO niche for over 15 years now, working its way through dozens of expansions and...

I appreciate the fact that we did not get a comprehensive picture of the next patch's story with this particular live letter. Yes, the...

I am very much a creature who is affected deeply by my environment. I suspect all of us are to varying degrees, but I...

Such is the circle of space life: As one survival sandbox shuts down development indefinitely, another powers up. I mentioned last week that ROKH...

Every time I see someone write something about casual players - including me because heavens know I've done it too - I feel a...

If you have yet to experience the conclusion to the traitor storyline from the latest story update to Star Wars: The Old Republic and...

One of my favorite reviewers of tabletop RPGs at one point opined that percentile systems were one of the best tabletop mechanics possible, simply...

If you've followed the Massively OP Podcast this summer or read any of my ramblings in Daily Grinds and WRUPs, you probably know that...

As much as I love some of the game's systems that encourage social play, Pokemon Go's obtuse battle system from the start was problematic. It's...

Game anniversaries are a little weird. The anniversary we're celebrating now for Final Fantasy XIV is from its relaunch, not its original launch. For...