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One of my many favorite memories in City of Heroes was playing the first Rikti Invasion in Atlas Park. Watching the war walls disengage...
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Not every dungeon has to be a drab and dour affair — a fact that sent the Battle Bards searching for the cheeriest tunes...
Massively Overthinking: The dumbest deaths in MMORPGs
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This past week has been amusing for everyone in the MMO community and beyond who loves to watch people die stupid deaths in video...
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A while back, I spotted a graph on the Path of Exile subreddit that I'm pretty sure will resonate with lots of gamers and...
Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms
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August 30, 2023
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The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...
The Stream Team: Feeding the alt machine in City of Heroes Homecoming
Chris Neal
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August 18, 2023
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Long-time players of City of Heroes know that about 90% of the endgame in the MMORPG is creating alts, and MOP's Chris is certainly...
Massively Overthinking: Do you strive to be ‘rich’ in MMORPGs?
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August 17, 2023
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Last week, we did a Daily Grind about living our best lives in MMOs, doing things in video games we wish we could do...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs whose worlds were built from scratch
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Maybe I'm the only one to have stopped to think about it, but a great deal of the MMOs that we enjoy are based...
Design Mockument: What would a Transformers MMORPG even look like?
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August 4, 2023
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Everyone who has read my work here for a while knows that a Transformers MMORPG is a longstanding element of my pie-in-the-sky wishlist. This...
Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating the origin of the Big Five in the MMO space
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August 3, 2023
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A few weeks back, I talked about the various tiers of MMORPGs, and that included a discussion of what we call the Big Five...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite Cryptic MMO?
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August 2, 2023
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A little ways back, I made the claim that Cryptic Studios' MMORPGs are -- for me -- the epitome of "comfort gaming" in this...
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July 25, 2023
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It is the Dawn of Genesis for the Rebirth rogue servers of City of Heroes. Or rather, it will be when Issue 6 goes...
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I think many of us are primed to roll our eyes at anyone who says "oh man, just keep playing, it gets better later...
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Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most over-the-top skill effect in an MMO?
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Looks aren't everything, but to the MMO player, they do seem to matter. Having strong skill visuals to match their effects makes using them...
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