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: When is an MMO not worth playing?
One common question that I see pop up across various MMORPG subreddits is a variation on, "Is this game still worth playing? Should I...
The Daily Grind: Are real screenshots critical to your MMO purchases?
Last week, Steam told developers that it will be cracking down on "bullshots" -- images that don't actually depict the game they're supposed to...
The Daily Grind: Can WoW really keep up a rapid content cadence?
At this weekend's BlizzCon, Blizzard reps reiterated to fans and journalists alike that while the company is already working on the next World of...
The Daily Grind: What was your favorite part of BlizzCon?
BlizzCon 2016 was really hit-and-miss from my perspective. On the one hand, there was some really great stuff in there, like the discussion of...
The Daily Grind: What type of armor do you like to wear in MMOs?
In real life, I'm having a good day when my socks match and I don't make people visibly wince when I appear in public...
The Daily Grind: What’s your one wish/prediction for BlizzCon 2016?
BlizzCon 2016 kicks off today;Â in fact, our first liveblog covering the opening ceremonies begins this afternoon at 2 p.m. EDT. And we've already pretty...
The Daily Grind: Does bigger content in an MMO feel more epic to you?
The tradition of making big plot stuff happen in big groups is not unique to World of Warcraft, but it was one of the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best fishing system?
OK, I'll freely admit that I am not one for fishing in MMORPGs. I know that many games have it and that there's a...
The Daily Grind: Are you a ‘leaver’ in MMORPGs?
If there's one you never wanted to be labeled in classic Guild Wars, it was "leaver" -- the kind of person who'd leave a group...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite voice acting in an MMORPG?
The SAG-AFTRA's voice actor strike last week has created a lot of discussion in our comments and elsewhere about the value of voice acting...
The Daily Grind: Are conventions worth it for MMOs without big announcements?
This year marked both another fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV and another BlizzCon for World of Warcraft (among other games). BlizzCon, however, looks...
The Daily Grind: What kind of humor do you prefer in MMORPGs?
Humor has to be one of the most subjective elements (and a sadly neglected Captain Planet powerset). Most of us like humor, like to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO doesn’t have mounts — and needs them?
Let's talk mounts and MMOs.
When Star Wars Galaxies launched, it did not have vehicles. It had neither speederbikes nor or ridable tauntauns. For almost six...
The Daily Grind: When should holiday events in MMOs be ‘finished’?
The holiday events in Final Fantasy XI are done. They still run, of course; around the same time every year, bang! Holiday event arrives...
The Daily Grind: If you had to start over in MMOs, what would you do?
Let us imagine that today, an extremely clumsy MMO employee stumbled into the server room with an armful of magnets, tripped, and somehow erased...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG deserves an HD remake or remaster?
Skyrim's impending remaster, coupled with the news of the fan effort to petition ArenaNet and NCsoft for an HD remake of classic Guild Wars, made me...
The Daily Grind: Is the lack of an official server for an MMO a dealbreaker?
In this midst of a newsroom discussion about Hero's Song last week, Justin, Eliot and I found an unusual chunk of common ground: All...
Leaderboard: Will Blizzard ever port World of Warcraft to console?
This past summer in a Daily Grind, we were discussing the issue of "dumbing down" in MMORPGs, specifically in World of Warcraft, when a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve played a single MMO without breaks?
I'm not actually sure what MMO I've played the longest without a single straight-up break. If I haven't unsubscribed, it's not really a break....
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite type of MMO crafting?
If you ever told someone that you like crafting in MMOs, you know that this is such a broad and general statement as to...
