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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...
The Daily Grind: How do you know when it’s time to throw in the towel on your favorite MMO?
Over the weekend, MOP reader Joey tipped us off to the news that the last major German World of Warcraft fansite has put a...
The Daily Grind: Do you engage in ‘parallel play’ in MMORPGs?
Thanks to a random Tweet in my timeline a while back, the term "parallel play" has been rattling around in my brain lately. According...
The Daily Grind: How realistic should MMO armor be?
One of the things that has me excited about New World is the specific realism of its armor. If I'm playing a warrior type...
The Daily Grind: What part of your MMO’s endgame do you participate in?
In the comments of our recent piece on the Guild Wars 2 legendary armory, several of our regular readers got into a discussion on...
The Daily Grind: So are you preordering Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons?
I don't know about you folks, but the past week has been rough, and I needed something happy to take my mind off the...
The Daily Grind: Do you reroll old familiar classes on MMO progression servers?
When Aion Classic opened its doors last month, I saw an intriguing thread on the game's subreddit about what class they were going to...
The Daily Grind: Which Kickstarter MMOs do you actually still want when they launch?
Not long after Crowfall launched, I had a fun chat with MOP reader Brandon, who mentioned that one of his friends was an early...
The Daily Grind: So what do we all think of New World so far?
Amazon's New World rolled into closed beta yesterday, and unlike some past test events, this one has no NDA, meaning the whole MMORPG community...
