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Jukebox Heroes: An MMO Halloween playlist

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Halloween is upon us, that spooky and magical time of year that exists both in real life and in many of our MMOs. While...
It was real, Justin.

The Game Archaeologist: Seed

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Seed is a game that I thought I must have dreamed up at some point. Do you ever have that happen? For years I...

The Daily Grind: What are you doing in-game for Halloween today?

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Hey! Didn't you know that today was Halloween? Perhaps by the subtle reminder provided by every MMO running crazy events starring zombies, jack-o-lanterns, and...

Leaderboard: Heart of Thorns vs. Knights of the Fallen Empire

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With two giant MMO expansions releasing this month, it seems only natural that we take the opportunity to pit them against one another in...

MMO Burnout: Rebel Galaxy

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I wanted to like Rebel Galaxy more than I do. That's not to say it's a bad game at all; on the contrary it fills...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever been in a relationship with someone you met through MMOs?

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A week ago, a Reddit user posted a casting call for a new reality show that will attempt to follow romantic relationships formed inside...

Massively Overthinking: Let’s take the classic Bartle test

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Here's something you probably didn't know: Online worlds researcher Dr. Richard Bartle didn't actually write the Bartle test. His original research explored, analyzed, and defined the...

Chaos Theory: The Secret World’s Halloween event haunts our dreams

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It's finally here! This is truly the holiday I wait for all year, and The Secret World has the MMO event I anticipate all...
Maybe that's the horrible, fundamental blade that sits at the heart of every nudge forward. That if you're forced to really ask yourself for honesty, you realize that love is just a word you use to justify doing hard work for someone who never thanks you in a way you find meaningful or satisfying.

The Park is not single-player The Secret World, but it might be even better

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Let's just put our cards on the table: The Park is not the single-player offering that The Secret World fans have been clamoring for...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: Ten really great races from MMOs

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Here I go, here I go, here I go again. Girls, what's my weakness? Non-human races. But oh, so many MMOs let me down...

The Daily Grind: Will you play Worlds Adrift?

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Worlds Adrift is one of those titles that gets more fascinating the more I follow it. Initially I was put off by the open PvP,...

Choose My Adventure: Settling the homestead in WildStar

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the latest (and ostensibly greatest, depending on your perspective) installment of Choose My Adventure. This week, we'll be bidding...

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns launch diary: How to fix an expansion iteratively

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I know I promised you an entry that focused on the changes to the in-game economy as my next installment to the Heart of Thorns...

The Daily Grind: Do you think Blizzard will ever make another MMO?

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So Overwatch is now in closed beta, which I imagine excites some people immensely. Any Blizzard product has that effect, I've noticed. But when...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 35: Expansions galore

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Justin and Larry deep-dive into SWTOR's Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion, with news on Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, Halloween, EVE Vegas, ArcheAge, WildStar, and Star Trek Online.

Hyperspace Beacon: Spoiler-filled impressions of SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire

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By now, everyone who was in early access for Knights of the Fallen Empire has played through the story at least once. If not,...

The Daily Grind: Do you prefer soloing or grouping in MMORPGs?

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As we belatedly covered yesterday, the developers of upcoming indie MMO Saga of Lucimia believe that group-centric play is the solution to a problem supposedly created by the...

Sword and Bored: Customer service

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Mo learns there's a fate worse than falling through the world: dealing with customer service!
Gambler.

Wisdom of Nym: The cancelled future of Final Fantasy XIV

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Every game has stuff in it that's dummied out. There are ideas that the developers brought to a certain point without ever finishing, and...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best early access MMO you’ve played?

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I'm afraid that early access is here to stay, and as I look over the icons on my desktop and the entries on my...

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