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One Shots: The infinite summons
One of the stranger Final Fantasy tropes is that the more powerful a summoned creature is, the longer it would take for any given...
Final Fantasy XIV opens up Heavensward preorders on Steam and consoles
If you're playing Final Fantasy XIV on Steam, the wait for Heavensward has been a bit difficult, as there's been no clear method for...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying
How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the unknown expansion skills
If you've been paying attention the last few weeks, you've doubtlessly heard a fair bit about the new skills that the various classes and...
One Shots: Reflections of me
One fun in-game photography trick is to use reflections, mirrors, and glass to offer a different -- and sometimes more artistic -- vision of...
Blitzball in Final Fantasy XIV? It could happen!
If you love Blitzball, you just might get the chance to play it in Final Fantasy XIV someday. In an IGN interview, Game Director...
Square wants to know if you’d crowdfund a 2-D indie MMO
Would you crowdfund an "action-based" MMORPG for the PC, Mac, and mobile platforms called Dragon of Legends? Developer Square Enix wants to know, and...
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward site updates with new lore
Ready for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion? You're going to have to wait just a little while longer, since early access starts on June...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV is ready to expand
There's a phrase that gets passed around my house frequently these days, and the phrase is "expansion mode." I have two characters locked into...
Uematsu’s Dragonsong is the theme for FFXIV’s Heavensward expansion
Did you catch that new Final Fantasy XIV trailer that Square Enix released today? It's called Dragonsong and it's the main theme song from...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s endgame dungeons, from launch to present
It's crazy to realize that Final Fantasy XIV has added more dungeons via patches in a year and a half than World of Warcraft has...
Lord of Vermilion: Arena is a MOBA CCG thing from Square Enix
Square Enix, come on down! You're the next contestant on Make Your Own MOBA! Lord of Vermilion: Arena is based on the Lord of...
Nexon revenues rise in early 2015
After reading through Nexon's financial report for Q1 2015, one can imagine the company skipping along while whistling a merry tune. Yes, it's generally...
Final Fantasy XIV nerfs the Steps of Faith in 2.57 patch
Are you stuck on the last part of Final Fantasy XIV's main scenario quest? The last trial introduced, Steps of Faith, is a pretty...
Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Korea, keeping its subscription
Final Fantasy XIV has been pleasing MMO audiences around the globe for nearly two years now. Except for those unfortunate South Korean franchise fans...
Final Fantasy XI gets a new area
Final Fantasy XI may be nearing maintenance mode after a long and illustrious career, but Square released details of a new explorable area for...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s cross-class actions
This past week, I did what I needed to do before Final Fantasy XIV's expansion Heavensward launches: I finished the main scenario questline on...
Massively Overthinking: The return of ‘consequences’ to MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from Kickstarter donor Antonia "Toni" Phillips aka ToniLyran, who's hit on a sore point with our writers, it...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs still going after ten years
It struck me, very recently, that a decade is a long time for MMOs.
If we're going to count Ultima Online as the first proper...
