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Wisdom of Nym: Everything we learned in Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.3 live letter

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It's not exactly a secret to people who follow my presence on various feeds that I'm not doing great right now emotionally, but the...

The Daily Grind: Do you share any craft skills with your favorite MMO toon?

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I've heard of folks out there who intentionally pick crafts in MMOs because they're already experts at them - like the real-world politician who...
Bork.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO activities are like a security blanket for you?

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Sometimes you just want something in an MMO that feels like chopping wood. It's productive, it's engaging enough that you don't dislike it, and...

Global Chat: Your complete LOTRO wedding guide

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Is your mind whirling with all of the things to do with Lord of the Rings Online's new Midsummer Festival and the associated wedding...

The Daily Grind: If you had to start over with a new MMO account, what would you miss most?

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Over the past month, I've been chronicling how I started adventuring on a brand-new World of Warcraft account after gifting my old one to...

LOTRO Legendarium: What we have here is a failure to communicate

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If this year has taught us anything, it's that clear and boosted communication is vital to handling a crisis. Having information and a message...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever felt robbed in an MMO?

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The title of this Daily Grind can go in a lot of directions, can't it? We could be talking here about an actual thief...
Let the dead bury their dead, they will come out in droves.

Massively Overthinking: Contemplating the never-ending summer of not-E3

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A couple of weeks back, I was reading a piece on RPS that jokingly lamented the way the game reveals of this summer have...

Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s outlook in the lead-up to Crimson Desert

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I've played nothing but the Black Desert season servers in the last month. It's such a fresh breath of air, and it's something I...
Sky sky sky

Vague Patch Notes: No Man’s Sky is the real reboot success story

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Whenever an MMO of any type has a launch that resembles the Nedelin catastrophe, people start talking about what the studio should do to...
The stuff that you have, does someone have a claim on it?

The Daily Grind: Would you ever consider multiboxing in an MMO?

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If you've ever read Bannable Offenses, a Final Fantasy XI comedy blog, you may remember when the blog's supposed writer took control of the...

Perfect Ten: Ten reasons Fallout 76 is good, actually

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Here's the thing about criticism: It isn't mutually exclusive with appreciation. You can like something that you also criticize -- and your head won't...

The Daily Grind: What were some of the most memorable MMO outages?

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This past week, many Lord of the Rings Online players impatiently nibbled on lembas bread and took to Reddit as several of the North...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 280: Middle-earth practices social distancing

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Justin and Bree discuss Funcom, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Nexon, No Man's Sky, and Skull and Bones, with adventures in LOTRO, Hearthstone, and WoW, plus mailbag topics on fidelity to artistic vision and phasing vs. immersion.

Choose My Adventure: Accidentally going to Hell and other Dungeons and Dragons Online misadventures

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I’m only level 3 and already Dungeons and Dragons Online has elected to whup my ass. By the barest margin, the polls said to pick...
Sure. That sounds right.

Not So Massively: Online ARPGs are the pizza of gaming

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I spend a lot of time thinking about online ARPGs these days. It's always been a genre I've enjoyed, and since taking over the...

The Daily Grind: Do you rely on reviews for your MMO purchases?

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On MOP, we don't do formal reviews; we've spent the last 10 years arguing that MMORPGs change so dramatically from year to year that...
Cars!

Wisdom of Nym: What content in Final Fantasy XIV is optional?

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So here's an interesting question with an answer that continually shifts: What content is optional in Final Fantasy XIV? If you're a big fan of...

Warframe of Mind: A history of TennoCon reveals, from The War Within to Heart of Deimos

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I don't know about you, but there was a certain sadness hanging in the air on July 11th as I sat home instead of...

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ‘oh shit’ buttons in MMOs?

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I hate "oh shit" buttons! Justin and I were joking about this on a podcast a while back, but I mean it quite seriously. I...

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