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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2 in review – the story
The funny thing about big Final Fantasy XIV patches these days is that because the smaller material gets a bit more spread out, we...
The Daily Grind: What MMO grievances would you like to air at a title you enjoy?
Tomorrow is December 23rd, which means that it's time to celebrate the holiday of Festivus! And as many of you already know (being people...
The Daily Grind: What bit of MMO lore bothers you more than it probably should?
Pandaren in World of Warcraft have always bothered me. Not because the expansion that introduced them was bad (it was certainly better than the expansions...
Editing tags may reveal the identity of a character in the Diablo IV cinematic trailer
It's going to be a long while before we have any sort of release date for Diablo IV or anything more than scraps of...
The Alliance has a fully staffed and functional spaceship in World of Warcraft and never uses it
Who doesn't like a nice big spaceship? The Alliance in World of Warcraft, apparently. A recent article on Polygon points out that in Battle for Azeroth,...
New Overwatch short story details what brought Mercy back into the field
The original Overwatch still has a bunch of heroes who never got a whole lot of further exploration, such as the almost ubiquitous healer Mercy....
Blizzard says Sojourn was left out of Overwatch for so long for ‘story reasons’
There is no story in Overwatch. Even if you didn't know this before somehow, you probably picked up on this fact because the addition of a...
Overwatch is getting a young adult novel focused on Orisa’s creator, Efi Oladele
Those of you who know your Overwatch lore no doubt recognize the name Efi Oladele, the creator of robotic hero Orisa in the wake...
World of Warcraft concludes war campaign with Reckoning cinematic, Aron Eisenberg memorial event is planned
It was pretty clear that all of the threads in World of Warcraft's war campaign for Battle for Azeroth would come together in a face-off against...
Learn about storytelling and art design from the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers leads
At this point most Final Fantasy XIV fans are familiar with the name Natsuko Ishikawa, the main scenario writer for Shadowbringers. She's the one responsible for...
Final Fantasy XIV’s second anniversary story follows the path of Estinien’s travels
The anniversary fiction for Final Fantasy XIV is as much of a tradition as the actual in-game event for the rising, and this year is...
The Rising returns to Final Fantasy XIV on August 26
Another year has passed, and that means it's time to celebrate the anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV once again with the annual return of...
Pantheon’s July newsletter covers big trees, movement, and spell FX
You probably don't spend a lot of time thinking about the work that goes into making big trees in your favorite MMO. It's enough...
Neverwinter details the struggles of the Illithid and their former thralls
For those of you not familiar with the deep lore behind Dungeons & Dragons, Neverwinter is here to fill you in with everything you want...
Final Fantasy XIV releases the long-awaited Viera and Hrothgar name conventions
Here's something fun for the Final Fantasy XIV players wondering about a lore-appropriate name for a Viera: If you changed the character but haven't...
E3 2019: The Division 2 heads back to New York for third DLC, plus Uplay and movie updates
It seems a little odd that The Division 2 sends us down to Washington, DC when our actual main antagonist heads right back to...
‘Throne war’ MMO Crowfall explains the art of its visual storytelling
Most of the active storytelling you're going to get in Crowfall is going to be done and explained by the premise of the game itself;...
Blizzard says negative fan feedback won’t divert the course of its storytelling in World of Warcraft
Sometimes a statement can be both the right and wrong thing to say at the same time, and if you're thinking that sounds like...
Saturday Night Live takes a jab at The Division 2’s love of talking at you
Sometimes you just can't get an NPC to shut up in a video game. Sometimes you can't get multiple NPCs to shut up. And...
Wisdom of Nym: Thoughts on the end of Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.x story
So now we've gotten the ending. And... gosh, sometimes these patches really do not merit splitting up, which is kind of the case for Final Fantasy...
