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Leaderboard: Why do you ‘work’ in MMORPGs?
A while back, WAPO put up a piece called Why do we enjoy games that make us work?
Proficiency, control, fairness, escape. This is a topic...
Choose My Adventure: Shopping for classes in AdventureQuest 3D
So as it turns out, through information granted by a couple of commenters and by the inimitable MJ, the Moglomancer class in AdventureQuest 3D...
EA shareholders overwhelmingly reject excessive executive pay in latest vote
Remember back in June when investment accountability group CtW was agitating against Activision-Blizzard's corporate finances, arguing that Bobby Kotick is grossly overpaid and urging...
Massively Overthinking: Changing the mindset of the MMO genre
I recently saw a journalism professor argue that generating a widespread thinking shift in an entire profession can take decades. "You have to keep...
Choose My Adventure: The absurd tsunami that is AdventureQuest 3D
Let's see... I was flung across the world, I fought an extremely hyperactive unicorn bro, I nearly got defeated by chickens, and I fought...
The MOP Up: All Points Bulletin revs its engine upgrade
This past weekend, Little Orbit's All Points Bulletin ran its second open beta test as it prepares to roll out the huge Unreal Engine...
Albion Online’s Guild Season 10 begins August 22 — here’s the schedule of events
It's about that time for the guilds of Albion Online to test their might, prove they're the best, and maybe get their ridiculous guild...
Shroud of the Avatar is working on a queue system for PvP
If you're looking for a fight in Shroud of the Avatar, then you'll soon be able to take a number thanks to an in-development...
Choose My Adventure: How Dungeons and Dragons Online became my new favorite MMO
Week after week in this round of Choose My Adventure, I've been finding little things to love about Dungeons and Dragons Online and this...
Choose My Adventure: Accidentally going to Hell and other Dungeons and Dragons Online misadventures
I’m only level 3 and already Dungeons and Dragons Online has elected to whup my ass.
By the barest margin, the polls said to pick...
EVE Online kicks off a series of competitive Proving Ground events
There's barely any reason to instigate a fight in EVE Online since players can simply blow you apart for the crime of logging on...
Choose My Adventure: Exploring the Caves of Chaos in Dungeons and Dragons Online
I’ve heard you loud and clear, Dungeons and Dragons Online friends. There were a number of comments on last week’s column espousing the virtues...
EA shareholders criticize ‘exorbitant’ executive pay, slam ‘payoffs for layoffs’
Over the course of June, we covered attempts by Activision-Blizzard shareholders to agitate against the company's "Say-on-Pay" policy, which critics say effectively overpays CEO...
Desert Oasis: How should Black Desert handle class balance?
Last week, I wrote about how the recent tamer changes in Black Desert resulted in a write-in campaign. Ever since then, I've had game...
Choose My Adventure: Dungeons and Dragons Online already does so much right
Well, well, well. Consider me pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when the voters told me to kick off my Dungeons...
RuneScape improves its chat filtering, OSRS adds more Poll 71 features and tweaks death mechanics
Surprise, surprise, some players of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have been presumably trying to circumvent the hard-locked chat terms meant to discourage hateful...
Here’s how corrupted dungeons in Albion Online’s Rise of Avalon update will work
One of the features coming to Albion Online in the Rise of Avalon update is the Corrupted Dungeon, but just how exactly do those...
Choose My Adventure: EVE Online wasn’t really all that bad I guess
As I alluded to last week, I’ve been putting in a lot of thought into my time with EVE Online over the course of...
Choose My Adventure: EVE Online’s combat coalesces into something nearing enjoyment
All right, EVE Online. I'm starting to get you.
The mission was to continue with the career path NPCs, and after some more time in...
Activision-Blizzard shareholders say nay votes constitute ‘rebuke’ of company pay practices
Earlier this month, we covered moves by Activision-Blizzard shareholders and long-term investor watchdogs to agitate voting against the company's "Say-on-Pay" policy. Critics argued that...
