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One Shots: Fine dining at the end of the world

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When the moon is crashing down into the ocean to cause tsunamis, earthquakes, firestorms, and a mass extinction-level event, what is there to do...

One Shots: A beacon for a new year

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Welcome to 2024 everyone! Please put your carry-ons safely underneath your seats, secure your kobold companions, and don't hesitate to light a big ball...

The 2023 One Shots Awards: The best MMO screenshots of the year

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It doesn't feel quite right to end the year without making sure that everything's in order -- and part of that definitely includes returning...

One Shots: Undies flapping in the wind

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If the internet has taught me anything -- and it hasn't, I'm stubborn -- it's that you want to check what's behind you for...

One Shots: Come on and give us a hug!

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Normally I'm all about hugs. Hugs make you feel accepted and protected and -- on a cold day -- allow you to leech heat...

One Shots: Entering the portal to adventure

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I'll never get tired of that tiny thrill of rolling a new character and getting that sense of taking the first steps of a...

One Shots: Fishing for a compliment

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When life's moving a little too fast in your MMORPG, maybe it's time to take a break, dig out the ol' rod-and-reel, and pluck...

One Shots: Soft and squishy, yet fierce and determined

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If MMORPGs, anime, and children's cartoons have taught me anything -- and really, it's where I get most of my learning these days --...

One Shots: A night of masks and intrigues

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The Princess Bride rightly taught me to be suspicious of anyone wearing a mask, which is why I keep my candy in a locked...

One Shots: Secret underwater garden

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I don't know much about plants, as evidenced by all of my vegetable projects that withered and died this past summer, but I've heard...

One Shots: A most adorable destroyer of the cosmos

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As we enter the delicious aroma of fall and the spine-shivering thrills of Halloween, is there any MMO that deserves to be revisited this...

One Shots: Corpulent beauty

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When you're looking to take a break from the nine-to-five killing grind, where do you go? Star Wars: The Old Republic's board of tourism...

One Shots: Stones in silence

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When they aren't being pooped on, defaced, or used as backdrops for narcissistic selfies, statues have a particular quiet dignity and a magic all...

One Shots: The best flex of all time

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A maxim that has served me well so far in life is, "You are never too busy to stop and gawk at a sight...

One Shots: Just a minute, Mom, I’m playing with my virtual dollhouse!

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If playing with physical dollhouses is your entry-level and full-on interior decorating your advanced mode, then video games offer a middle ground to those...

One Shots: Dragons don’t come with windshield wipers

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Every time I see someone flying on top of a dragon or other winged mount, all I can imagine is a huge bundle of...

One Shots: Bumping into an old, old friend

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When you log back into an MMORPG after a long time away, that feeling of being an intruding stranger is pretty strong. But you...

One Shots: Bongo Gully 3

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People, I am going to go stark broke this year. It's really not a good year for an RPG gamer on a budget, what...

One Shots: Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got

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At the end of a busy and exhausting day of clobbering kobolds and cleaning up after dragons, the need to crash at a comfy...

One Shots: Yet not as messy as my teen son’s room

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Some weeks we begin our One Shots tour with breathtaking vistas that leave you an emotional wreck as you silently cry at your computer...

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