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Vague Patch Notes: When leveling too quickly becomes a problem in MMORPGs
Last week, I talked about how slow leveling design could become a problem. In that piece (and the one before it - it's become...
Skyforge is celebrating its ninth anniversary with the return of Aelion Day
Here's some happy news for your Thursday: Skyforge has made it to nine years of life here in North America, or close enough as...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
Skyforge marks its eighth birthday with prophecies to solve and outfits to collect
It's time for another Aelion Day - aka the anniversary event of Skyforge - for players of the MMORPG across all platforms, and this...
Choose My Adventure: Nightfall might end up being the superior classic Guild Wars starting experience
I was pretty sure I was going to go into Factions after last week's Choose My Adventure, but a final surge in voting saw...
Choose My Adventure: How good advice led to some minor comfort with Classic Guild Wars
I have to admit, the Choose My Adventure voting did not fall the way I had expected it to last week. Apparently folks were...
Choose My Adventure: Guild Wars delivers a shock to the system after months in the sequel
We're starting the new year of Choose My Adventure by hopping in to an older game, the original Guild Wars. I'm honestly not too...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2022
Years ago, MOP's Justin listened to hundreds - no, probably more like thousands - of MMO music tracks to narrow this topic down to...
Vague Patch Notes: Yes, sandbox MMOs need tutorials and guidance, too
I'm going to make some sandbox fans a little miffed right here with my opening premise. Yes, your sandbox MMO needs tutorials and probably...
Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points?
I suspect most MMO players are going to read that question and immediately balk at it. We think of MMOs as being defined in...
Warframe rolls out to the Xbox X|S with multiplatform Call of the Tempestarii, now live
If you love the railjack experience in Warframe, you're going to want to follow the Call of the Tempestarii, which is live on all...
Skyforge turns six years old this week as the Aelion Day celebrations begin
My.games' Skyforge is having a big birthday this week: It's officially six years old, which means it's time once again for Aelion Day. Players...
One Shots: Your eye is at stake!
What did you get for the holidays? If it was anything other than a weapon to fight super mutants in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, then...
Warframe jumps onto the Epic Game Store with a free weapon bundle
Warframe can't be stopped. We all know this. We've all seen the prophecies that show us how the popular shooter will spread to all...
Storyboard: Making fights matter in MMOs (and in roleplay)
You know what's fascinating about the original Guild Wars release, later redubbed as Guild Wars: Prophecies? The Prince Rurik fight works.
Yes, these are spoilers for a...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Reviewing ArenaNet’s Complete Art of Guild Wars 20th anniversary edition book
Talk long enough to Guild Wars fans about their favorite franchise, and chances are that sooner or later, they will start gushing about the...
Skyforge’s Aelion Day anniversary event asks players to fulfill prophecies for rewards
Why would players challenge themselves to fulfill a prophecy? To face a destiny ordained on paper? Is it fame? Glory? Redemption? In Skyforge, it's...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Speculating on Guild Wars 2’s Cantha expansion features
I never thought I’d be saying this with a straight face, but yes, Guild Wars 2 is finally going to Cantha! This fan-favorite locale...
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Guild Wars
Last week on The Game Archaeologist, we examined the exciting beginnings of Guild Wars, thanks to a trio of ex-Blizzard developers who wanted to...
The Game Archaeologist: The rise of Guild Wars
In early 2005, World of Warcraft mania was rising exponentially, month over month. But even as Blizzard's MMO juggernaut barreled toward its full strength...