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Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about leveling in Final Fantasy XIV’s future
Speculating about the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is something that I engage in quite a bit, but the fact is that there's an...
WoW Factor: Titanforged items and content relevance
If you've missed discussion of it elsewhere (including on this here site, even), World of Warcraft is rolling out a new system for item...
Overwatch tweet teases a new addition to the roster
One of the central elements of Overwatch is the fact that it's built around the careful, balanced interplay between its 21 characters. Naturally, players...
Wisdom of Nym: The fullness of Final Fantasy XIV until October
We know now that patch 3.35 and the Deep Dungeon will be landing on July 19th. That's a little bit later than I had...
Wisdom of Nym: The implications of Final Fantasy XIV’s E3 content
I am honestly fairly sure that I know where the entrance to to the Deep Dungeon will lie when it comes out in July....
Wisdom of Nym: Taking on the Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.3 notes
I really hope you got anything you wanted done before Final Fantasy XIV's patch finished up yesterday because the game is down all day...
Launch impressions: Overwatch is good, but it’s only half a game
The thing that bugs me about Overwatch is that it feels like half of a game. Unfortunately, it's also the less interesting half, the...
WoW Factor: Alternative content release models for WoW and beyond
It has been noted in the past that I am a big fan of having big, show-stopping expansions released for games. I will not...
An innocent NPC may allude to future crossovers for Star Trek Online
Look at the guy in that image right there. He's just some dude, right? Just a nameless NPC in Star Trek Online, offering no...
Chaos Theory: Making your (cosmetic) mark in The Secret World
When talking about The Secret World, one topic that can't help but come up is the contemporary setting. As far as MMOs go, TSW...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG would you like to play that would appeal to no one else?
Who else here is excited for Transformers Online, the upcoming three-faction MMORPG that runs in an alternate direction from IDW's continuity and challenges players...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s deepest dungeon, Palace of the Dead
The funny thing about Final Fantasy XIV, in some ways, is that the game could actually get away for a reasonably long time without...
Wisdom of Nym: What we should (and shouldn’t) expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion
We all know that this year's Fanfest is going to include an announcement of a new Final Fantasy XIV expansion. "Know" might be too...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s missing Midgardsormr
What is Midgardsormr doing?
The lord of the wyrms played a major role in the end of the 2.x story series in Final Fantasy XIV,...
Wisdom of Nym: Where we’re heading in Final Fantasy XIV with patch 3.3 (and beyond)
I've made no real secret of the fact that I don't particularly like Final Fantasy XIV's live letters. Leaving aside the usual issues I...
WoW Factor: A totally legitimate history of World of Warcraft
Editor's note: We're sorry to report that Eliot appears to have fallen through some sort of wormhole when this column was due. Maybe a...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s silent design plans
I do not envy the team behind Final Fantasy XIV in some respects. In many ways, the game is the poster child for developing...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an underwater MMO?
There are a lot of very well-established pop cultural ideas that haven't seen much adaptation into the MMO space; we've never had a real...
Rumor: Retailers pegging World of Warcraft: Legion’s release as June 30th
The cycle has begun. Every time a World of Warcraft expansion doesn't have a fixed release date, retailers begin assigning a release date to...
The Daily Grind: Does ambition make you skeptical of MMO development?
I freely admit that I am a bit leery of ambition in game design. Not because it's an inherently bad thing, mind you, but...
