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The Daily Grind: Are we witnessing the rise of the ‘life sim’ MMO?
What do you call games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing? MMO dev Damion Schubert recently put out a call for a good term...
The Daily Grind: Is Blizzard right to ‘desexualize’ art in World of Warcraft?
Last week, there was a big social media hubbub over World of Warcraft, as Blizzard quietly changed out a pair of obscure paintings in...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs with simply too much to do?
MMO blogger Bhagpuss recently penned a solid article about his time in Guild Wars 2, arguing in part that the game's problem isn't that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played most excessively?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back I thought would be fun to pitch to our community too. The question asked...
The Daily Grind: What does reception to Crowfall and Elyon say about the MMO genre right now?
Real talk here for a sec: I'm a smidge nervous about Crowfall and Elyon and what they portend for the next stage of the...
The Daily Grind: What are the dumbest arguments in the MMO genre?
I saw a quote on Twitter a while back that really resonated with me:
"Hell is aging and growing older but having to hear the...
The Daily Grind: What are your ‘problematic faves’ in MMOs?
A couple of years ago, our staff did a piece on problematic faves - you know, games or IPs or studios or whatevers that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs begin as they mean to go on?
In Eliot's open letter to new players and vets of Final Fantasy XIV last month, he noted that Final Fantasy XIV's endgame is not...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst type of minigame in MMOs?
Today's Daily Grind was inspired by Roger over at Contains Moderate Peril, who penned a fun piece on minigames a few weeks back. Oh,...
The Daily Grind: How long a commitment are you willing to make to an MMORPG?
During a MOP Podcast back in August, our own Justin noted that he'd lost interest in the Lord of the Rings Online Treebeard server...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the best at respecting your time?
A few weeks ago, in response to our Daily Grind about how many MMOs we've all logged into this summer, one reader replied with...
The Daily Grind: Are you partial to specific launch windows for MMOs?
Earlier in August, Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney dropped some cold truth during the company's quarterly investor call, arguing that the "charade of launch timing...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way to maintain immersion in an MMO?
Klei Entertainment's Kris Ruff once tweeted about game design term I've never heard before but whose description I most definitely recognized when another dev...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a ‘white whale’ in MMOs?
And no, I don't mean whale in the sense of MMO players who spend way too much money on games. I mean in the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the most fun when you’re losing?
The other day my guildies were chatting about their favorite shooters, and one of them pointed out that he'd rather play a quick pick-up...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about taxes in MMORPGs?
Today I want to talk about everyone's least favorite thing: taxes. I snagged the idea from a Reddit thread a while back that was...
The Daily Grind: Is the MMO industry a zero-sum game?
A while back I spied a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that was lamenting the fact that Final Fantasy XIV has been blowing up....
The Daily Grind: Does a class’ style or playstyle matter more to you in MMOs?
Consider this my ode to the Guild Wars franchise's Mesmers. I love everything about them but how they play in practice. I love how...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMORPGs you try to ignore?
I've joked before that several of our writers allow me the luxury of ignoring some MMORPGs. I don't have anything against Final Fantasy XIV,...
The Daily Grind: Has there been a demographic shift in who plays MMOs, and why?
I feel as if we've heard thousands of arguments about shifting demographics in the MMO industry. The prevailing wisdom is that many gamers "age...
