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Welcome back, fellow Desert Nomads. I don't know about y'all, but since last week's column (and the official launch of Black Desert), I've spent...

It's been a bit of a whirlwind week for ArenaNet, especially with a jam-packed Reddit AMA that contained the announcement that Colin Johanson has...

I spent all of the last column talking about Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch, but boy, there's still more to talk about. Who...

EVE Online's massive and largely player-run economy has been a frequent topic of discussion on MMO blogs and gaming news sites over the years. The unregulated...

If you've been hiding in a cave on Mars with your fingers in your ears and your social media feeds on the fritz, you...

In real life, when you die the penalty is... death. You just get that one go at things. But in MMOs, player characters are...

One of the reasons new players find it so difficult to get into older games is because there is so much to do that...

Class-based systems are one of those holdovers from tabletop RPGs that work surprisingly well in MMOs. I basically put up with class systems in...

Welcome to Black Desert's official North American and European launch day! The servers are down right now for maintenance before the big rush, but we've...

Hello friends, and welcome to a new installment of Choose My Adv-- HA HA, PSYCH! This puppet's strings have been cut, suckers! No longer...

I have mentioned before that my community and I roleplay in spite of the game mechanics of Star Wars: The Old Republic. It’s not...

I've expressed my misgivings about Final Fantasy XIV's first major post-expansion patch before. It wasn't terrible, but it didn't really hook me in like...

Welcome along to another issue of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we get together to help readers in...

A colony founded through a magical nexus, Meridian 59 had it all going on -- until, that is, the portal to the colony collapsed...

Well, folks, I promised you that this week I would talk about my further impressions playing through the Legion alpha. But then I spied...

Sing us a song, you're the piano man. Except, you can't -- not in The Secret World. That's because there is no player music...

Hello, friends, and welcome to the fourth and final installment of Choose My Adventure with Blade & Soul. Last week, as you may recall...

Swords, spears, axes, maces, and bows for fighters. Wands and fancy-looking staves for mages. Wolverine-style claws and double daggers for thieves. Some useless trinket...

Dear BioWare, First off, it might be unfair that I’m addressing this open letter to the whole staff of BioWare when I really should center...

If you thought you were done with Drizzt, think again. Adventures aren't over in Neverwinter’s Underdark; players will continue with the story that was...