lore
The Daily Grind: Do you have an MMO lore friend?
I do not have an MMO lore friend. This is because I am the MMO lore friend. I am the friend who, when the...
Bungie’s plan for Destiny 2’s eleventh year is less linear and more about world-building
Bungie has been operating Destiny 2 for a decade now, and that means next year is the 11th of storytelling in a world full...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is worth playing because of its lore?
A few weeks ago in a Massively Overthinking, Tyler landed one hell of a double-dunk on SWTOR and EVE Online almost in passing, suggesting...
Sand studio explains the extraction shooter’s premise in a new official post
Do you greatly enjoy sand's relative coarseness, its rough texture, and its ability to get everywhere? This is the correct way of thinking! No...
Tarisland counts 3M pre-registrations, opens lore site prior to global launch
We're just a couple weeks away from a major global MMO launch in the form of Tarisland, and it's all hands on deck in...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the best fictional leader still kicking around in MMORPGs?
For once, it's probably good that we don't have a Transformers MMORPG because otherwise the answer to this question would just be Optimus Prime....
The Daily Grind: Who’s the MMO NPC you love to hate?
I will never stop making fun of Prince Rurik in the original Guild Wars. It will simply never happen. No one else is going...
Wisdom of Nym: What people don’t really get about the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy XIV
Not so long ago, I saw a very foolish comment complaining about Final Fantasy XIV from someone who did not play or think about...
Narrative director Steve Danuser quietly left World of Warcraft last fall
It turns out that World of Warcraft's narrative director left Blizzard last November and no one said anything about it. No, that doesn't mean...
Vitae Aeternum: The ups and downs of New World’s revamped story
In the early days, I made the argument that New World's narrative, while minimal, deserved more credit than it was getting. Since then, however,...
Eternal Tombs boasts that it’s ‘making the most progress’ in development over peers
Hardcore project Eternal Tombs refuses to see itself as a weak underdog in the MMO race. As the game barrels through development, the studio...
Tencent dives into the backstory of Tarisland’s Aslow the Shadow Witch
If you've fallen in love with the unique cadence of Tarisland's not-quite-correct English translations from its various video narrations, you will probably enjoy the...
WoW Factor: For Khaz Algar!
This is not really a column about Khaz Algar in World of Warcraft, or at least not in the sense that you might expect...
Overwatch 2 rolls out its first anime short, Genesis – Part One
Most games wouldn't wait some seven years after launch to put out basic story teasers for the game's entire premise, but then, most games...
New World developers talk sandworms and Season 2 rewards in Forged in Aeternum
So where did the inspiration come from for New World's Season 2? Believe it or not, it came from lore notes and a desire...
Amazon deep-dives New World’s baddies and examines corruption as a sentient force
Another episode of New World's Forged in Aeternum has arrived, this one helmed by Amazon narrative director Rob Chestney, lore master Aaron de Orive,...
Ship of Heroes’ ‘bright and positive’ setting masks mysteries to uncover
While most people seem fixated on the fact that Ship of Heroes is an unapologetic spiritual successor to City of Heroes, what tends to...
New World weaves a story surrounding its recently added characters
When New World (eventually) released its Fellowship and Fire update, it added a new quest line that focused on several new characters and Grace...
Storyboard: When is an MMO story ‘real’?
So we've had some fun with talking about MMO stories that are player-driven and MMO stories that are pre-scripted. Both of them have advantages...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s lore makes your eyes glaze over?
Earlier this week, Blizzard posted up a brief in-universe timeline of the Diablo IP's storyline, and in spite of my having played these games,...
