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VR MMO Ilysia performs a top-down overhaul of its core systems
It's been a good stretch since we last checked in with Ilysia, a Kickstarted virtual reality MMO that went into early access last fall....
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Arcadion brings the noise
There has been a question that has kind of been bubbling in the background of the entire premise behind Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and...
Stars Reach’s Raph Koster argues that a persistent virtual world is ‘too powerful an idea’ to dismiss
Those watching the online gaming genre with a growing sense of dismay at everything drifting away from large, persistent MMO worlds may find solace...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs are low-key pay-to-win but somehow avoid criticism?
A thread on the MMORPG subreddit caught my eye a few weeks ago as the post author suggested that Albion Online was not only...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest self-inflicted annoyance in new MMORPG content?
I have a bad habit of judging myself based on my performance in brand-new content. This is, honestly, exceptionally silly and pointless. I'm not...
TennoCon 2024: Music, motorbikes, and romance make Warframe 1999
It's the 1990s! We've heard of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, and sugar and spice and everything nice. But what is Warframe...
TennoCon 2024: Soulframe’s creative customization and a preview of preludes
With how much I am looking forward to the launch of Soulframe, you better believe I was eagerly anticipating seeing and hearing more about...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO’s early game too big and unwieldy?
As I was making some personal plans for my future adventures on Lord of the Rings Online's new legendary servers, I was really struck...
The Daily Grind: What parts of your MMO do you overthink?
While I do love how MMORPGs encourage my imagination, sometimes I find that thinking and analyzing a title too much can lead to unanswerable...
WoW Factor: The mulligan problem in World of Warcraft’s narrative
In World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Illidan Stormrage gets killed. This isn't actually a surprising end for the character. Illidan as a person...
Settlers of Kalguur brings a massive melee overhaul and more to Path of Exile
Given such a major change incoming with Path of Exile's Settlers of Kalguur league, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether the rest of the...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about floating combat text in MMOs?
When Trove launched its Rising Tide update back in June, Gamigo's PR included a ton of screenshots, including several of a character with massive...
Massively Overthinking: When I’m president of video games…
This week's Massively Overthinking is inspired directly by a positively delightful tweet that could totally happen.
"When I'm President Of Video Games, all games will...
Path of Exile’s Settlers of Kalguur tackles real-time mechanics with city building
The Grinding Gear rooster has crowed, signifying the dawn of a new expansion and league. And what might they be? Welcome to Path of...
Vague Patch Notes: How widespread free-to-play impacted MMORPGs
In 2009, Dungeons & Dragons Online went free-to-play, which was a pretty big deal at the time. It was especially important to me, since...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played with little hope for future content?
One of the neat things about City of Heroes Homecoming is that it is not a game bereft of updates or approaching content. No,...
Perfect Ten: Why World of Warcraft’s Legion was a top-tier expansion
While a lot of long-time World of Warcraft players will point to Wrath of the Lich King as the high point of the MMO,...
The Daily Grind: How would you design a space sim MMO be broadly appealing?
If you look at the whole of MMO history, you'd see an awful lot of space-themed games that never really made it big. There...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 476: Corepunk and Pantheon race to early access
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Pantheon, Zenith, World of Warcraft, and Once Human, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on evolving FFXIV Dawntrail's storytelling.
Choose My Adventure: Slipping back in to the simple pleasures of Elite Dangerous
Last week's original Choose My Adventure plans took a backseat to my Soapbox on Dawntrail, so thank you for bearing with me on that,...
