mmo design

We need to talk about Star Citizen, folks. But maybe not in the way you might be thinking. Not about the game's development, which is...

So Epic has really gone all-in on fighting against Apple here, huh? The company is using Fortnite as a wedge in hopes of bringing down...

It wasn't until I had been working in this field for a while - and as a result playing a lot of different MMOs...

Earlier this week, we did a post all about balance in Crucible. It was a detailed post explaining all of the ways that the...

Whenever an MMO of any type has a launch that resembles the Nedelin catastrophe, people start talking about what the studio should do to...

All right. Someone has to ask it, and it doesn't need to be me but it's still going to be me because I feel...

Here's a concept that just would not leave my mind thanks to World of Warcraft, but it's not a bad thing. But in order...

So I'm glad that Crucible got a "pull back to beta" instead of a complete shutdown. I'm surprised but still happy because that's more...

This past week, Nintendo announced Pokemon Unite, and then I had to go to see a doctor because I rolled my eyes so far...

In the wake of Justin's recent column on whether or not MMO sequels are a good idea, MOP reader Bobfish had an interesting question...

After a lot of time spent expecting this particular announcement, yesterday it was finally confirmed that there will be no BlizzCon 2020. This is...

It's kind of weird for me to see the intensely positive reaction people have had to the concept art for the original version of Diablo...

I had finally hit level 41 on Red Mage in Final Fantasy XI. That was when the world changed, and if you played the game,...

Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....

So, hey, the ESRB is taking action about lockboxes! Well, sort of. It's adding a notification about lockboxes that doesn't expressly mention or clarify...

In an author's note at the end of the novel The Dark Tower, Stephen King writes frankly that some people will not like how...

I honestly cannot stop thinking about Chronicles of Elyria. Not in the sense of surprise, mind you; this was pretty much one of the...

So Chronicles of Elyria is dead in the water. Or... wait, that's not actually accurate; let me start again. Chronicles of Elyria has admitted...

All right, folks, it's time to talk. And we're going to start by talking about Guild Wars 2, a game I used to play regularly...

It feels like about four years ago when I laid down the first in a semi-regular series of columns I see as "useful notes"...