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The Daily Grind: Which landscape tropes in MMOs have you rolling your eyes?
We've talked about general MMO tropes in this space before, but it's not often that we see people call out online games and their...
Choose My Adventure: Leaving the tutorial island and gaining knowledge in Fractured
So that didn't take me too long, but then I suppose I had done most of the work beforehand anyway: My time in Fractured...
Vitae Aeternum: Ranking New World’s zones by their player housing
As the interminable wait until October stretches on, New World players and New World bloggers alike search for ways to fill the time. One...
The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMORPGs to maintain full regional and platform parity?
Earlier this year, the team behind the western/global version of MapleStory announced that it was planning to fork away from the Korean version, basically...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s Beastmaster
We currently know very little about Final Fantasy XIV's Beastmaster. We know that it's going to be coming at some point during the Dawntrail...
The Daily Grind: Do you have ‘gear acquisition syndrome’ in MMOs?
So if you know me, you know I have a mild obsession with bags in real life. No, not expensive purses, but specifically everyday-carry...
Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix
With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....
The Daily Grind: Which live MMORPG has suffered the most from poor management?
I remember for a long time that there was a sentiment in the City of Heroes fandom that the game was horribly languishing and...
LOTRO Legendarium: The quiet failure of LOTRO’s birding hobby
The past month of Lord of the Rings Online's operation has been one of the busier summer months in this game's history. Update 41...
The Daily Grind: Are you MMO friends with people in other countries?
One of the truly neat social side effects of MMOs is that you get to connect with people all around the world and learn...
WoW Factor: Leaving World of Warcraft’s Dragon Isles for good
Vallin didn't like boats. Lots of Dwarves did, he knew he was the outlier in that regard, but he had never cared for them....
World of Warcraft’s The War Within headstart is live – prepare for a long spoiler-dodging weekend
Depending on how much you shelled out for World of Warcraft's newest expansion, this is either the best or longest weekend of the year...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most memorable line of dialogue in an MMO?
A while back on Twitter, during a discussion about ways in which AI can and can't be useful in games writing, MMO dev Damion...
Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs
Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...
Tarisland’s Dragon Raid Bounty event invites guilds to competitively clear raids for currency rewards
Maybe you're in a guild that's already running through the raids of Tarisland. Well how would you like some extra goodies for doing so?...
The Daily Grind: How many genuine friends would you say you have in MMORPGs?
I have friends in MMORPGs. This should probably not surprise anyone! Not just because this is tied directly into my job, although that helps,...
Perfect Ten: The best MMOs from the years before we started counting
You know what bothers me? Our annual awards recap. We always list all of the games that we've given awards to in the past,...
The Daily Grind: What are New World’s chances of recovering from this year?
Something that we in journalism (or in general fandom!) always have to be aware of is the danger of unfairly or inaccurately crafting ongoing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 481: Pre-Gamescom MMO mini podcast
In this mini episode, Bree runs down Throne & Liberty's delay, New World's Aeternum beta, Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launch, the Richard Garriott Ultima Online rumor, the state of Ultima Online New Legacy, Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, the record-setting SWG Legends' SOEclipse event, and the approach of Gamescom.
Fight or Kite: Necesse is a cute retro survival game for Minecraft and Terraria fans
I’ve never been one to make very good use of Steam wishlists – or any wishlists, for that matter. I’m weird in that way,...
