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: What’s the most casual-friendly MMO?
One of the factors that keeps me from playing more MMOs than I already do is that so many of them are not very...
The Daily Grind: So what mystery title is Daybreak working on?
Tucked into Daybreak's announcement letter yesterday about the company's new digs and Jens Andersen's new role was the revelation that Daybreak is "currently working...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO archetype reflect your personality?
A few months ago, blogger Tipa on West Karana wrote a post wondering whether the roles we play in MMOs reflected on our roles...
The Daily Grind: Who’s your favorite MOBA champion?
I've been playing League of Legends quite a bit lately, but I haven't settled on a favorite champion yet. I'm a MOBA newb, so...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has your favorite cosmetic system?
The Secret World is not my game of choice, but I sure did like its system for appearances. Clothing was just... well, clothing. You...
The Daily Grind: How closely do you follow MMOs prior to launch?
MOP commenter Tandor Shadewalker recently made me think about what the game industry was like prior to widespread use of the internet. If you'll...
The Daily Grind: What kind of physics-based gameplay do you expect in a next-gen superhero MMO?
When I first read Massively OP Kickstarter donor MagmaFist's Daily Grind submission, I suspected him to be a big fan of Gravity/Force Fields Controllers in...
The Daily Grind: Give a shout-out to your favorite retired MMO characters
We all have them: MMO characters we invested time, love, and no small amount of effort in making them all they could be... after...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of WildStar Reloaded so far?
It's been a day since the free-to-play update came out for WildStar, giving veteran, returning, and new players a chance to check out the business...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks
I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...
The Daily Grind: How often are your MMO goals thwarted?
I logged into Ultima Online over the weekend absolutely determined to achieve a very specific thing: imbue some gear for my Tamer. But first I wanted to...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you feel guilty for liking?
I played some Grand Theft Auto Online last night, and while I had a good time (as always), I also came away from the...
The Daily Grind: Are you hopeful about crowdfunded MMOs?
A few years back, we were all discussing the frankly dizzying amounts of money going into crowdfunding MMOs. Speculation ran rampant that this was...
The Daily Grind: What could MMOs do with offline characters?
Maybe it's my active imagination, but I like to believe that my characters are relieved when I log out of games, because then they...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOTCGs really MMOs?
We're coming down to the last few Kickstarter-submitted Daily Grind questions, and I admit I've been sitting on this particular one a while because...
The Daily Grind: Will you play Bless or Black Desert?
I'm looking forward to both Bless and Black Desert. I typically like Korean MMOs, for one thing, and for another they're both gorgeous in...
The Daily Grind: What details do you want to know about World of Warcraft: Legion?
World of Warcraft's newest expansion will undoubtedly be a major topic of conversation at November's BlizzCon. While Blizzard has unveiled the larger brush strokes...
The Daily Grind: What’s the grindiest MMO?
Allow me to butcher a phrase: MMO grind is in the eye of the beholder. A few hundred architect entertainment missions in City of...
The Daily Grind: How organized is your MMO inventory?
I just spent an hour organizing folders on my media hard drive, which has nothing to do with anything other than it gave me...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you doubt you’ll ever play?
I never cared about EverQuest. The first game came out before I was even remotely interested in an online game, and the sequel wasn't...
