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The Daily Grind: Is truly dynamic content still possible in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from a Kickstarter donor at fivefingerdiscount.org (who by the way is still linking to Old Massively! Gasp!). The donor...
The Daily Grind: Did you do anything noteworthy in MMOland this weekend?
I didn't game as much as I would have liked this weekend, but I did manage a smidge of Elite: Dangerous, a bit of...
The Daily Grind: Have bugs ever killed your enthusiasm for an MMO?
With a sale on Steam and a bit of curiosity, I decided that I would pick up and play some Fallout 3 over the...
The Daily Grind: Is swimming really that important in MMOs?
One of the big brouhahas that arose back in Star Wars: The Old Republic's development was the game's lack of any type of swimming....
The Daily Grind: Should mature MMOs consider crowdfunding?
Massively OP commenter The_Grand_Nagus recently pointed us to a conversation on the Star Trek Online forum where a Cryptic Studios employee discussed the studio's games' revenues...
The Daily Grind: Have you tried Heroes of the Storm?
So, Heroes of the Storm launched this week. And Infinite Crisis called it quits. That's an interesting and slightly regrettable one-two punch from my...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs in a cultural decline?
An editorial over at Rock Paper Shotgun attempts to tie two topics together as one: why there will never be a World of Warcraft...
The Daily Grind: How would you run an ethical MMO cash shop?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks,
Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...
The Daily Grind: How do you plan to play Star Citizen?
I'm pretty excited to get my hands on some different ships in this week's Star Citizen free-fly event. I know, I know, I can...
The Daily Grind: What are you looking forward to, MMO-wise, in the rest of 2015?
What in the world happened to the first half of 2015? With one thing or another, it just flew by, and here we are...
The Daily Grind: Are you excited for Wander?
Wander kind of surprised me. I've been aware of it for some time, but due to its lack of a launch date and my year-long MMO...
The Daily Grind: Will you play WildStar once it’s free-to-play?
Ever since the rumors began that WildStar was about to flip the switch on a new free-to-play business model, I've been pondering whether I'll...
The Daily Grind: Are you excited for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns?
I have no doubt that Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is going to be big, both for the studio and its playerbase. It's...
The Daily Grind: If it were 2003 again, which MMO would you play?
Fun hypothetical: Let's say that all of us -- including Massively Overpowered -- were thrown back in time 12 years to 2003. There's no...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs design for both vets and newbies?
This morning's Daily Grind question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Specus, who asks,
I've seen many games where new players have trouble joining a...
The Daily Grind: Did the Blade & Soul announcement improve your outlook on MMOs?
So, Blade & Soul! Huzzah, and stuff. I don't know about you, but NCsoft's heading-west announcement has reinvigorated my inner MMO fan, at least...
The Daily Grind: What MMO characters have you unexpectedly loved?
I made my Crab Spider in City of Heroes primarily because I wanted to have someone as a spider. My character concept for her...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel alone in your games?
As one or two people have pointed out, MMOs are multiplayer by their very definition -- and massively so. Yet even if you're in...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a World of Warcraft progression server?
Classic servers and progression servers are on my mind lately. EverQuest just got yet another progression server; it had launch issues, but it's up...
The Daily Grind: Would you watch a movie based on your favorite MMO?
I'm not the biggest World of Warcraft fan. That said, I'm pretty interested to see what Duncan Jones does with the Warcraft movie. This is...
