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Massively Overthinking: Female characters and gender-locked classes in MMOs
One of the reasons I gravitated to and stick by the MMORPG genre in spite of its many ups and downs (oh, so many...
EverQuesting: Guide to EverQuest II’s Days of Summer reward event
Did you hear about EverQuest II multi-month Days of Summer reward event? If so, lucky you! Here is an event that was launched with...
Choose My Adventure: The why behind Shroud of the Avatar
Finding the fun, I'm sorry to say, was a bit on the fleeting side.
The problem isn't that Shroud of the Avatar suddenly stopped having...
The Daily Grind: What MMO tutorial experience is your favorite?
The best way to learn how to play most MMOs is to already know how to play them. Heck, there are major parts of...
Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories
Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...
Tamriel Infinium: ZeniMax’s Rich Lambert on Elder Scrolls Online content development, past and future
Morrowind was very likely a great boon for The Elder Scrolls Online. Although ZeniMax Online Studios hasn't released any solid numbers, the staff has...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with MMO know-it-alls?
There is a particular brand of MMO player that has the tendency to get on my nerves, and that is the person who acts...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 133: Gaming Gamescom
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, sunsets for Ghost in the Shell Online and SkySaga, Closers, ArcheAge 4.0, Star Citizen's Gamescom demo, SWTOR, and WoW Argus, with mailbag questions on Marvel Heroes and MMORPGs as a drug, plus a PAX West preview.
The Daily Grind: What do you actually expect to get out of MMORPG lockboxes?
MMO blogger Bhagpuss has an intriguing multi-angle post out this week criticizing, rightly in my mind, Guild Wars 2's lockboxes, but not the way...
Wisdom of Nym: Four years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch
I find it kind of wild to think that when I wrote my last Final Fantasy XIV anniversary column, we hadn't yet actually heard...
The Daily Grind: How often do you play non-human MMORPG characters?
This weekend, I was toying around with my fancy Path of Fire-induced new character slot in Guild Wars 2. I have one of every...
Guild Chat: Enacting change in an MMORPG guild
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the online spot for all things guild-related where we band together to tackle a submission sent in by a...
The Daily Grind: Should expansions change the core of an MMO?
Those of us playing Final Fantasy XIV have had about two months with Stormblood now, which has prompted one complaint to come out as...
The Game Archaeologist: Furcadia
Let's face it: There isn't really a huge pool of MMORPGs from the 1990s to explore in this column. By now I have done...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten kudos on your MMO characters’ outfits?
Let's not lie among ourselves: We all enjoy showing off to others in-game. About half of the reason why we spend so much time...
Massively Overthinking: The survivalbox vs. the MMORPG
A few weeks ago in Massively Overthinking, the team discussed the resurgence in popularity of small-scale co-op games and whether that has impacted the...
Choose My Adventure: Finding the fun in Shroud of the Avatar
One of the things that I believe is utterly vital to writing about games in general and MMOs in particular is finding the fun....
Hyperspace Beacon: Impressions of SWTOR’s Crisis on Umbara update
I questioned BioWare's delay of the latest update for Star Wars: The Old Republic. According to a post on the official forums, the team...
The Daily Grind: Are there any failed IPs that deserve a second MMO try?
Am I still upset about what happened with Transformers Universe? Well, it's a day, so yes. I'm upset. But what makes me even more...
Chaos Theory: Funcom can still fix Secret World Legends’ Aurum fiasco
Mere days after the exciting news about Secret World Legends being made into a television show, we finally hear about the game's long-awaited Aurum...
