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MMO Hype Train: What could make EverQuest 3 a future triumph
When I think about the gut punches that came as part of crushing MMO news over the years, the announcement that Daybreak was scrapping...
Not So Massively: Overwatch 2’s stadium mode is a huge accessibility win
Outside of the occasional versus-AI game every six months or so, I've largely ignored Overwatch 2 since Blizzard abandoned the idea of adding further...
Vague Patch Notes: Maybe chill out about the metagame in MMORPGs
Today, we're going to do a thing. But it's going to be a kind of unusual thing. I want you to find a piece...
Fight or Kite: Havenhold is an action combat MMO with old school vibes
I’ve discovered that when it comes to my online gaming, I’m kind of like a kid driving to the candy store with my parents....
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s May is about maxing (battles)
Pokemon Go's buyout by Scopely still hasn't resulted in a full transition yet, but for this month's potential impact, we may be seeing some...
Perfect Ten: What I appreciated about Final Fantasy XIV (even though it’s not the MMO for me)
It's hard to be in the MMO space and not feel at least a little bit of the gravitational pull of Final Fantasy XIV....
Choose My Adventure: Mucking through the Magwytch Marshes to close out Nightingale
Well, it just makes sense that I had to bite the bullet and push forward, particularly since Tier 3 stuff was awaiting: The polls...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Cosmic Exploration
I find myself of two minds as I play through the first part of Final Fantasy XIV's Cosmic Exploration. The first mind - the...
Storyboard: Dealing with the things your MMOs characters can’t do (but still can)
In the middle of Final Fantasy XIV's post-Stormblood patches, there's a scene where the characters need to purchase a specific katana. An exact price...
LOTRO Legendarium: The reward of exploring off the beaten path in Middle-earth
People are creatures of habit and routine. It's not necessarily a bad thing because it's what anchors us, keeps the chaos at bay, and...
Second Wind: Back in LOTRO for the first time in a decade
Lord of the Rings Online is a game that is near and dear to me. It was my first MMO. It is still my...
First impressions: Dune Awakening is an MMORPG pretending to be a survival game
With Dune Awakening just a few weeks away from launch, I've finally taken a deep-dive into the game to see whether it's worth the...
The Soapbox: I love that MMOs allow me to live in the past
I used to think that the notion of a "mid-life crisis" was somewhat ridiculous... until I found myself deep in one. It kind of...
Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one
There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...
Not So Massively: The redonkulous state of The First Descendant’s balance
Recently, The First Descendant pushed out a big hotfix full of massive balance changes. If you don't know the game, these changes might have...
Choose My Adventure: A bit of realmwalking and a whole lot of house building in Nightingale
I have the rather unique challenge this week: I'm trying to make hours' of game time in Nightingale spent building a house interesting to...
Wisdom of Nym: Things I want out of Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming Occult Crescent
It is a fact almost universally acknowledged that human beings are never happy with where they are currently located; instead, we almost constantly wish...
The Soapbox: I am just about done with MMO epic storylines
I'm not here to flash my MMO credentials at you because (a) you don't care and (b) you probably top me. That's fine. All...
Fight or Kite: I discovered a whole new side to Myth of Empires on custom servers
I told you all in my previous column that I was going to get to the Persian DLC in Myth of Empires or die...
Vague Patch Notes: Level scaling in MMOs with the lateral spread and the temporary shrink
Last week I talked about how MMORPGs use level scaling to accomplish actually useful and important goals. In short, there is an issue with...
