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WoW Factor: Examining the composition of the Alliance
Watching as speculation and mining swirls around the Mag'har as a future allied race, I can't help but start thinking about the bigger picture...
Neverwinter offers a tour of the Fane of the Night Serpent
Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Well, because Neverwinter is currently lousy with snakes, that's why. Specifically, the Yuan-ti have a center...
Another rumored New World trailer surfaces with hints about the game’s premise
Amazon's New World is a game that's captured quite a bit of rumor and speculation lately, and here's a fresh video to throw more...
Check out the dubbed cinematic for Ascent: Infinite Realm
If you're looking forward to Ascent: Infinite Realm when it arrives on these shores, you're probably also looking forward to learning about the world...
Elite: Dangerous players are already rebuilding following the Thargoid attack
For a long time, Elite: Dangerous players felt... well, not exactly safe around the Thargoids, but at least safe enough to poke or ignore...
WoW Factor: The fate of the class orders post-Legion, part 2
Back before the winter break, I took a look at how the various class orders are going to handle the increased conflict between the...
WoW Factor: The fate of WoW’s class orders post-Legion, part 1
In the lull between expansions, I've been hard at work bringing my alts up to the level cap, unlocking all of the class mounts,...
Check out World of Warcraft’s allied races jokes and flirts, plus guilds topple Antorus bosses
Back in the day, the only way we'd learn about the many jokes and flirt lines for races in World of Warcraft was by...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs have enforced naming standards?
For some players, "enter a name for your character" might as well read "insert the best joke you can within the character limit." As...
WoW Factor: Why are we going back to factional squabbles after the end of Antorus?
Antorus is out now, and if you want to see the cinematic that ends the very long-running story about the Burning Legion and Sargeras,...
Crowfall takes a skittering look at spiders
If you're the sort of person who runs screaming from a room and vows to burn the whole house down over the barest glimpse...
Star Wars: The Old Republic delays the release of the Yavin warzone from patch 5.6
Players of Star Wars: The Old Republic will be able to start taking part in the latest bit of the traitor storyline with the...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.1 in review
Let me make an agreement with you, dear readers: this column about Final Fantasy XIV will not talk about the housing situation in Shirogane...
Chronicles of Elyria unveils its official launch kingdoms
Monty Python and the Holy Grail forever gave us the perfect test for whether or not someone is the king: see if he's got...
Wild Buster adds Serious Sam to its character lineup
Wild Buster is quickly becoming the home of old action FPS mascots with nothing else to do, like a version of The Expendables that's...
Wisdom of Nym: The last batch of revelations for Final Fantasy XIV 4.1
Well, time to get my running shoes on, Final Fantasy XIV's next patch is coming out on October 10th and I'm aiming for a...
Crowfall details the obdurate Stoneborn race
The Stoneborn of Crowfall are not dwarves. They sometimes get referred to as dwarves, but it's a ridiculous name because they're as large as...
World of Warcraft audio drama shows what happened to Alleria and Turalyon
The open question of "where are Alleria and Turalyon" was bouncing around in World of Warcraft pretty much as soon as players got to...
Elite: Dangerous brings the Thargoids with patch 2.4 on September 26
There are dangerous things in deep space when you play Elite: Dangerous. More dangerous than system failures, or pirates, or interstellar phenomena. The Thargoids...
The Daily Grind: What are acceptable barriers to experience the story in an MMO?
One of the things that strikes me with a certain degree of bemusement is how often various bits of story in Guild Wars 2...
