No, it’s not a slow news day; it’s just The Daily Grind, a long-running morning feature in which the Massively Overpowered writers pose gaming-related questions to the MMORPG community. [Follow this feature’s RSS feed]
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO soundtrack makes you the most nostalgic?
In covering MMORPG music for the past five or so years, I've discovered something interesting (yet not truly surprising). I can appreciate and even...
The Daily Grind: What would Blizzard need to do to get you back into World of Warcraft?
In last night's Massively Overthinking on hopes and fears for BlizzCon - which kicks off this afternoon! - I laid out my thoughts on...
The Daily Grind: What would surprise you from BlizzCon?
There's a difference between predictions and hopes. Predictions are what you think is actually going to be there. Hopes are what you'd like to...
The Daily Grind: What are the best MMOs for older computers?
I think some of us take for granted that everyone has access to really solid gaming PCs, when the truth is that hardware and...
The Daily Grind: Should video game developers unionize?
The New York Times ran an op-ed from Kotaku editor Jason Schreier last week outlining the perils of game industry "crunch": 80-to-100-hour weeks, often...
The Daily Grind: How can individual MMO players combat toxicity?
MOP reader Tyler sent us a tip over the weekend that keeps bothering me. According to a post made on Facebook this weekend, a...
The Daily Grind: How long does it take you to get attached to an MMO?
As the current author of our Choose My Adventure column, I was going to open this off by saying that a month isn't really...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO delivers players the best ‘tricks?’
"Trick or treat!"
Kids say this over and over every October 31st, but let's be honest: They're only looking for the treats. If an adult...
Massively Overthinking: The state of early access, alpha, and beta ‘testing’ in the MMO genre
I remember years ago when then-Massively-columnist Rubi Bayer let loose with a blistering rant on the state of faux beta MMOs. She helmed Betawatch...
The Daily Grind: Are you an MMORPG gamer playing Destiny 2?
Pretty much the entire time between when Destiny 1 was announced and the day Destiny 2 was confirmed for PC, every single article we...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would be better off without crafting altogether?
I've opined before that the best way to deal with World of Warcraft's current crafting system is to scrap the whole thing and start...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO gives you the best freedom of movement?
As part of my annual fall return to World of Warcraft, I've taken back up with my Druid and am loving it for an...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite and least favorite type of MMO daily?
Over the weekend, Guild Wars 2 players on Reddit opened up a discussion about dailies in the game that spoke to me. I used to...
The Daily Grind: How many of you are still playing Guild Wars 2?
As I type this, Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion has been out exactly a month. At the time, I remember making fun...
The Daily Grind: What one character option would you remove from your favorite MMO?
Good news, MMO fans! You're getting to redesign your favorite MMO's entire combat system. The bad news is that you're doing so by removing...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO rules at Halloween events?
I'm almost never happier in MMORPGs than when October rolls around. There's so much moodiness and festivities revolving around Halloween, thanks to developers' undying...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs help you understand endgame gearing?
One of my simmering frustrations about practically every MMORPG that I play is that when my character starts to get to high levels, I...
The Daily Grind: Have you done socially unacceptable things in MMOs?
There are two sorts of cheating in MMOs. One of them, which is outright hacking the game, is capital-b Bad. Back in the days...
The Daily Grind: Do you think EA is pivoting into a Star Wars pseudo-MMO?
Yesterday's surprise revelation that EA was canning Visceral Games and "pivoting" the design of its in-progress Star Wars linear adventure RPG clearly struck a...
The Daily Grind: Is PUBG finally the ‘WoW killer killer’ we’ve been waiting for?
Say the words "WoW killer" to a bunch of MMORPG players in 2017 and you're bound to get eyerolls, for good reason: Even though...
