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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Mobile might not be for you, and that’s fine
Ugh. Do I have to? Yes, apparently I have to. Let's talk about Final Fantasy XIV Mobile as a new thing related to Final...
Four Winds: The early leveling experience in Amazon’s Throne & Liberty
In the last edition of Four Winds, I covered the opening hours of my journey through Throne and Liberty. Overall, the tutorial island did...
Path of Exile 2 early access hands-on: A Witch, a Sorceress, and a Ranger walk off the gallows
When a game you've been eagerly waiting for invites you to come play it one weekend, you nonchalantly check your calendar and... haha, just...
Path of Exile 2’s December 6 early access boasts six classes, three acts, and endgame
I am counting down the days: Path of Exile 2's early access is almost upon us! In two weeks, folks will have the opportunity...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Max Raid and Gigantamax Battles aren’t helping the community
"What's the incentive? They look cool? It's not worth it." This is the player sentiment I've been seeing after people have spent some time...
Vague Patch Notes: The ridiculous marketing doublespeak around MMORPGs
There is a lot to make fun of when it comes to New World, and it comes in many forms, from excusing bad decisions...
Perfect Ten: Utterly silly MMO transmedia synergy over the years
Remember back when Trion Worlds tried to coin -- or cement -- the term "transmedia synergy" for the relationship between Defiance the game and Defiance the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Riding out into Lord of the Rings Online’s Legacy of Morgoth
Anyone who knows my gaming habits understands that I am not a fan of desert zones, expansions, or even Tatooine. Sorry Luke, but it's...
Choose My Adventure: My life as a Moonshiner in Red Dead Online
This is not something I say very often or very lightly, but I'm glad that I was pressured into spending money on a game.
I'll...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Godspawn, Guild Wars 2’s latest release
Today marks the release of Godspawn, the first content patch of the Janthir Wilds expansion cycle for Guild Wars 2. While this patch comes...
The Soapbox: The War Within is the best World of Warcraft’s endgame has ever been
When I delivered my first impressions of The War Within, I was full of praise for World of Warcraft's latest expansion, but I did...
Wisdom of Nym: Initial impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads dungeon and alliance raid
It's interesting to me how often Final Fantasy XIV patches are inconsistent when it comes to what makes them interesting. This is perhaps not...
MMO Hype Train: Into the Echo and the wish for a time travel MMO
Are there any MMO projects that you suspect only you remember and care about -- but everyone else has forgotten? I feel that way...
WoW Factor: Home is where the heart is, even in World of Warcraft
It has been a curious sensation these last few months, looking at World of Warcraft: The War Within and not wanting to play. That...
Massively Overthinking: What are the great ‘popcorn games’ in the MMORPG genre?
MOP reader Elenie recently put the concept of "popcorn MMOs" back on my radar thanks to a comment about Neverwinter being an MMO many...
Fight or Kite: Age of Empires Mobile is a gacha-encrusted, overmonetized monstrosity
I’ve always been a bit of a fan of the Age of Empires IP despite not being MOP’s resident RTS gamer. That’s an honor...
Vague Patch Notes: Going solo isn’t a problem in MMORPGs
So I'm wrapping up a month of talking about how MMORPGs are by necessity social games. These are games in which you need other...
Perfect Ten: Why I still love Final Fantasy XI today
You know what's really funny to me when I think about it for more than five minutes? Final Fantasy XI is, at this point,...
Choose My Adventure: Roaming the wild frontier is the quintessence of Red Dead Online
When my best friend Britarnya started to get deep into her Red Dead Online cups, she was mostly just riding around the game's prairie...
Wisdom of Nym: Things I want from Final Fantasy XIV that I fully expect to never get
The fact that I want something in Final Fantasy XIV does not make it a good idea. There are dropped threads that the game...
