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The Daily Grind: How much power should ‘vocal minorities’ have over MMO development?
Back at the beginning of the year, I saw a great thread on Twitter from a game dev who illustrated why listening to vocal...
The Survivalist: When survival sandboxes are more MMO than actual MMORPGs
Ever since Life is Feudal announced at the end of last month its dedication to developing a deep roleplay-focused server, I haven't been able...
Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!
It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...
First impressions of BioWare’s Anthem, a flawed piece of work with good bones
I'm not quite sure whether Anthem is a mediocre game that I want to be better than it is, a bad game that I enjoy,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO subgenres need better names?
There are an awful lot of games falling under the broad header of "not quite an MMORPG but still multiplayer shooter with strong influences...
Perfect Ten: Ten steps for understanding MMO systems
As I write this, I'm in the middle of putting together my first impressions for Anthem. This takes some doing and would probably be easier...
The Daily Grind: What will your next MMO superhero be?
With the next wave of several superhero MMORPGs on the way (Valiance Online, City of Titans, SEGS, and Ship of Heroes), two games currently running...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 209: ArenaNet layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, and PlanetSide Arena delays
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, PlanetSide Arena's delay, WoW's allied races, and LOTRO's expansion, with adventures in DDO, SWGL, and Trove, and mailbag letters on ethical studios, ancient MMOs, and Project Titan.
Choose My Adventure: So long The Elder Scrolls Online, hello Legends of Aria
It's been a refrain in this edition of Choose My Adventure, but I still have to say it again: I have had a blast...
The Daily Grind: How do you and your guild handle political discussions inside MMOs?
I'm genuinely curious about this one, so indulge me. From my vantage, it's seemed to me that casual discussion of politics inside MMOs has...
H1Z1 patches in quick fixes for its mammoth Season 3 update on PlayStation 4
Adding a whole lot of stuff to a game in a patch can also break things. It's not intentional, but it's inevitable. H1Z1 had...
Leaderboard: What’s your biggest beef with Anthem?
If you're still a little confused as to why EA would drop something like Apex Legends right as hype was reaching its peak for...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers overhaul jobs, part one
There are four jobs that we know of which are getting some major reworking in Shadowbringers. For a game with fifteen jobs, that's not so...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is soooo close to being perfect but just misses the mark?
Last week, there was a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that struck a chord with me. Author SaintNutella rattles off a list of some of...
Jukebox Heroes: Mabinogi’s six best music tracks
When evaluating an eastern MMORPG that boasts a huge soundtrack, I am often filled with a mixture of dread and anticipation at the start...
One Shots: Don’t look behind you!
Oh man, you did it. You clicked on this column and brought a curse onto your head. Right now, something terrifying has materialized out...
The Daily Grind: Do you get worried when MMO fan sites shut down?
Fan sites come and go. They always have and always will. The game that you thought you would care about forever when you were...
LOTRO Legendarium: Examining 2019’s amazing producer’s letter
I swear, the news never fails to make a monkey out of me. Just the other day I was grousing about how it was...
The Daily Grind: Does law and order add to MMORPG worlds?
As of late I've been going through the Thieves Guild DLC in Elder Scrolls Online. The result of this has taught me that (a)...
Jukebox Heroes: The 10 greatest MMO soundtracks of all time (as voted by you)
A few weeks ago we witnessed the showdown of the ages (or at least the epoch known as "late January 2019"), as Massively OP...
