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Guild Chat: What to do when your guildies buy illegal MMO gold

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Hello, readers, and welcome along to my cozy little corner where we get together to help a reader in need with a guild-related issue....

Chaos Theory: I’d fund The Secret World for Funcom if I could

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Funcom is in trouble? Say it isn't so! No, seriously -- giving it words feels like personally putting a nail in the coffin, as...
You're a liar, Future Me! A wonderful liar.

The Daily Grind: What MMO would you tell your younger self about?

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If I could travel back in time and talk with Past Eliot in the year 2000, I would... well, actually, I would tell him...

The Game Archaeologist: Microsoft’s Mythica

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While Microsoft may be the big cheese when it comes to operating systems and worldwide domination, for whatever reason the company has the absolute...

The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?

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Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...

Leaderboard: What’s your favorite Funcom MMO?

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Earlier this week, news of Funcom's dwindling financial fortunes kind of depressed me. And judging by our comments, it depressed a number of you,...

The Soapbox: Why I’m hopeful for the future of MMOs

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Earlier this week, Justin asked what gives you hope for the future of the MMOs. As you might expect, the responses were many and...

The Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online. This is...

Massively Overthinking: How seriously do you take MMO lore?

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Kickstarter donor Alien Legion has proposed an intriguing question about lore in MMORPGs. "Back in my World of Warcraft days, I mentioned to a friend that I would...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO futures that never were

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One of the things I spend a lot of time thinking about is Operation Unthinkable. For those of you who don't feel like clicking...

The Daily Grind: How do you play Elder Scrolls Online?

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I reinstalled Elder Scrolls Online this week, and I don't know why. I mean, I like the game well enough, and did from day...

Massively Opinionated: Which MMO dev handles offensive people the best?

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In this episode, Larry, Jason, and The Cosmic Engine answer Patreon questions on which MMO studio best handles trolls.

Exclusive: Guild Wars 2’s Revenant elite spec is the Herald

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The Revenant is shaping up to be a unique profession on a Guild Wars 2 roster, with fresh ideas in regards to combat abilities and its place...

Choose My Adventure: Three games enter, one game leaves

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Hello again, friends, and welcome to a new cycle of Choose My Adventure. You may remember that last time around, I bypassed the whole...

The Daily Grind: What gives you hope for the future of MMOs?

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We can't help but look ahead in this industry, even as we play in the present and wax nostalgic for the past. What's coming...

Global Chat: Guild Wars 2 needs to get its act together

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Hunter's Insight is a long-time fan and player of Guild Wars 2, but recently he had some pretty harsh words to say regarding the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 25: Project Gorgon interview

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Justin and Eliot interview Project Gorgon's Eric Heimburg and hit the highlights of Gamescom 2015, including the WoW: Legion reveal.

Hyperspace Beacon: Eight misconceptions about SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire

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The actual information coming from BioWare's camp about Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion has thus far been more sparse than fans might have...

The Daily Grind: Which F2P MMO has the best community?

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Some of our commenters -- and maybe other gamers who've been part of the MMO genre for a long time -- are convinced that free-to-play and...

Sword and Bored: Pub roleplay

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Mo's companion Amilya stops into the local pub to get a quick drink. Can't a woman just get a drink already?!

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