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Massively Overthinking: Changing the mindset of the MMO genre
I recently saw a journalism professor argue that generating a widespread thinking shift in an entire profession can take decades. "You have to keep...
Final Fantasy XIV launches new 5.3 microsite, hits 1.2M active players (with caveats)
Final Fantasy XIV has today launched a new microsite for the 5.3 patch, arriving August 11, 2020. The site confirms the new content coming...
Final Fantasy XIV will be down for 24 hours for patch 5.3 maintenance
Get anything you need to have done in Final Fantasy XIV done before August 10th. Anything you want done before the patch, at least,...
Final Fantasy XI: The Voracious Resurgence gets its own teaser site
It turns out that Final Fantasy XI will just keep going forever. The game has been pumping out monthly updates reliably ever since its...
Wisdom of Nym: What it means to be good at Final Fantasy XIV content
Let's start with an assertion that some people may or may not believe but is still true no matter what: Dungeons in Final Fantasy...
Jukebox Heroes: The ultimate guide to MMORPG music
It's been a long, strange, and wonderful journey to explore MMORPG music with you here in Jukebox Heroes. And while I am anticipating many...
One Shots: The ultimate tree house
When I asked for pictures of plant houses in online games, I wasn't quite expecting that notion to sprout and grow into this tremendous...
Final Fantasy XI’s August update includes the first new storyline after Rhapsodies of Vana’diel
It appears that even the claims of Final Fantasy XI's story being finished were greatly exaggerated. That's not news, of course, but it is...
Final Fantasy XIV offers a few more tidbits about patch 5.3 to its special site
Flight! Letting slip the surly bonds of gravity and taking to the skies! Final Fantasy XIV has let players fly in the expansion zones...
Final Fantasy XIV reminds players to finish the Crystal Tower series and get a mount before August 11
The next Final Fantasy XIV patch arrives on August 11th, and you're going to need to do some stuff ahead of time if you...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs I was very wrong about
Here's a not-actually-very-secret bit of honesty about the industry that I have been working in for about a decade now: I am not actually...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 281: A Steamy summer
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR and Wurm Online launching on Steam, FFXIV's 5.3 patch, Phantasy Star Online 2's New Genesis, the Fable MMO rumor, Valiance Online, and Elder Scrolls Online on Stadia, with adventures in LOTRO, SWG Legends, and WoW, plus a mailbag topic on FFXIV's unskippable dungeons.
Final Fantasy XIV brings a shark-filled Moonfire Faire around on August 12
On August 11th, Final Fantasy XIV players will face the end of the Shadowbringers MSQ arc that will decide the fate of a world....
Wisdom of Nym: Everything we learned in Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.3 live letter
It's not exactly a secret to people who follow my presence on various feeds that I'm not doing great right now emotionally, but the...
One Shots: Eyes on the prize
When you're such an amazing archer, you don't have to look at your target. When you're an expert at the bow, you can shoot...
Vague Patch Notes: No Man’s Sky is the real reboot success story
Whenever an MMO of any type has a launch that resembles the Nedelin catastrophe, people start talking about what the studio should do to...
Final Fantasy XIV updates its Reflections in Crystal site as it passes 20 million registered players
It was easy to miss amidst all of the other news contained in yesterday's live letter from producer and director Naoki Yoshida, but Final...
Final Fantasy XIV has cancelled its Japanese Fan Festival scheduled for December
This probably comes as no surprise to anyone, but Final Fantasy XIV will not be hosting any fan gatherings this year. The North American...
Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.3 gets a trailer along with more patch details ahead of August 11
Patch 5.3, Reflections in Crystal, arrives in Final Fantasy XIV on August 11th after an unusually long delay. But if you need to see...
Wisdom of Nym: What content in Final Fantasy XIV is optional?
So here's an interesting question with an answer that continually shifts: What content is optional in Final Fantasy XIV?
If you're a big fan of...
