first impressions
Desert Oasis: Black Desert Mobile has a little something for every playstyle
It's amazing how fast two years flies by. It didn't seem that long ago that I was doing my first impressions piece of Black...
First impressions of Lost Ark’s new Battle for the Throne of Chaos update
While I have to admit that my playtime in Lost Ark has waned a bit in light of a bunch of other games capturing...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored Living World S1E1 Flame and Frost
Where were you nine years ago? I don't know about you, but my life looked very different in 2013 when Guild Wars 2 first...
Choose My Adventure: The point of a community-guided MMO column
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Choose My Adventure programming for something of a meta discussion on what this column is meant to be and...
First Impressions: Babylon’s Fall is an unpolished and underwhelming collection of almost good ideas
I'll be perfectly honest: Babylon's Fall was almost never on my radar. A packed few weeks of MMO and multiplayer releases pretty much saw...
Massively Overthinking: Initial thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons
We're just a few days into the launch of Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, one of the highlights of the year and sandwiched...
Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?
To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring LOTRO Update 32’s Angle of Mitheithel
Even after a decade-and-a-half of constant expansion, Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has more left to show us than is currently on the...
Why I Play: Examining why Lost Ark has me so hooked
Lost Ark has hooked me pretty deeply. I’m just over 30 levels and five or so days into the game right now, which sometimes...
Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression
While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...
Choose My Adventure: Zenith opened me to new dimensions of MMO interactivity and weirdness
After picking up an Oculus Quest 2 in the interest of expanding our coverage (and as a present to myself and others in my...
Hands-on: Lost Ark is a solid MMO that falls just short of true greatness
After years of waiting, the MMOARPG Lost Ark launches in the west today, at least for those who bought founder's packs. The rest of...
First Impressions: Monster Hunter Rise on PC enhances an already excellent stew
I’m not here to tell you that Monster Hunter Rise on PC is somehow a different game. It’s a port; you already can guess...
Into the Super-verse: A look back at superhero MMOs in 2021
Superhero fans were not lacking in news, games, and events this past year, and there's always the promise of much more to come in...
Choose My Adventure: Grim Dawn is finally getting fun
One of the best things that can happen to me in video gaming is to be proven wrong. To be surprised by how wildly...
First Impressions: Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker is a satisfying ending to a decade-long story
So here we are, at the end of the story.
Final Fantasy XIV has been weaving a narrative now for a very long time, and Endwalker...
Choose My Adventure: Grim Dawn starts off as grim as its name suggests
So, apparently, I was being hung to strangle out a demon. But I got better.
This is the opening section of Grim Dawn, and boy...
Wisdom of Nym: Initial impressions from Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker early access
All right. So technically it's a little early to talk about Endwalker's early access period in its totality because by my math early access...
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker early access is underway in spite of some server outages
The time has come, after the delays and the false starts. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is live in early access right now, barring something unusual...
Beta impressions: Babylon’s Fall is a fun co-op looter-slasher in need of some release polish
Here is a funny story that is also entirely true. Square-Enix PR reached out to us to see if we were interested in covering...
