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Massively Uplifting: Destigmatizing mental health in games, celebrating loved ones in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Elite
Spring started splendidly this year. While all may not come up roses in the world at large, plenty of good deeds and uplifting stories...
One Shots: A view to a kill
Considering which side of our characters we look at the most, it bewilders me how little customization that MMO designers give to the back...
Elite Dangerous shores up April update with drag munitions revert and bug fixes
Elite Dangerous' April update was a bit rocky, with Frontier immediately following it up with a laundry list of planned fixes, including the revert...
All systems are go for Elite Dangerous’s first Interstellar Initiative, Bridging the Gap
Saddle up, space cowboys: Phase one of Elite Dangerous's first-ever Interstellar Initiative has begun. Announced earlier this month, Interstellar Initiatives are "a series of...
Following Elite Dangerous’ messy April update, Frontier rolled back drag munitions changes
So the big Elite Dangerous update for April didn't exactly go to plan. Following the rollout earlier this week, Redditors put up a bug...
Elite Dangerous posts its April update patch notes and offers to fund a tabletop CCG
It's a tale of two Elite: Dangerous stories this week: On the one hand, the game has kicked out its new April update, and...
Elite Dangerous announces plans for monthly in-game events and changes to the new user experience
Personally speaking, my own delve in to Elite: Dangerous for Choose My Adventure showed a game that definitely has more going on just beneath...
Elite Dangerous announces April 23 update with newbie tweaks and new pilot modules
Frontier has just announced Elite Dangerous' next big update is launching on April 23rd.
"As mentioned in the beginning of March, this year's initial updates...
One Shots: Beauty in profile
Let me be clear on this: You guys always post absolutely amazing pictures. One of the toughest tasks I have every week is picking...
Elite: Dangerous prepares to move to new forums and announces a planetary expedition
The community of Elite: Dangerous is going to be pretty busy in the next few days. On the one hand, there are plans for...
First Impressions: My first three days of survival in Outlaws of the Old West
Back in 1999, I lived out in Colorado Springs and basked in the wide-open spaces, the scenic mountains, the towering mesas, and the feeling...
Here’s what The Division 2’s ‘living world’ endgame is going to look like
If your body is ready for The Division 2's launch, better get your mind right too: Ubisoft ran a state-of-the-game stream this week, and...
Perfect Ten: Totally rad ’80s cartoons that would make bodacious MMORPGs
In another reality where our passion for MMORPGs is matched only by the power of nostalgia for the greatest era of cartoons, we would...
One Shots: Event horizon ahoy!
Just a word of neighborly advice, but if you ever find yourself this near to a black hole, you might as well take screenshots...
Elite Dangerous has shifted the ‘majority’ of its live team to what sounds like a massive 2020 expansion
Last August, Frontier intimidated that it was shaking up how content in Elite Dangerous would be formatted in 2019, including a "major milestone" for...
Elite Dangerous devs are looking into issues with the game’s Background Simulation
Since the release of Elite Dangerous's 3.3 update, there's been something wonky going on with the game's Background Simulation (or BGS), and players have...
Massively Overthinking: Contending with the MMO genre’s ‘wowfugee’ crisis
Last week on the MOP Podcast, we read a letter from a listener named Megan who pointed us to a blog post on the The...
One Shots: Your moment of zen
When life -- and even gaming -- gets too hectic, where do you retreat to in order to find some peace and quiet? We...
Torchlight Frontiers’ third closed alpha begins in March – with no more NDA
Torchlight Frontiers, the MMO that took our "most anticipated" award at the tail end of last year, is still plugging along in alpha -...
The Daily Grind: What do you want out of a space sim MMO?
It's a good time to be a yearning space pilot, as Elite: Dangerous is already on the field and titles like Star Citizen and...
