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: Are any MMORPGs ever truly ‘ready’ for launch when they launch?
A few weeks back, I was proofing one of Tyler's Not So Massively columns, when he said this:
"In general it was a very polished...
The Daily Grind: What real-world critter do you wish were in more MMOs?
The other day, my family was having a discussion about why more of the animals they've seen on TV zoo shows are never represented...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is best for playing alone (not just solo)?
No, I didn't mean "solo." I meant alone. Because there's a difference. There are many games I play where I have friends, established groups of...
The Daily Grind: What lessons hath WoW Classic taught us?
You might have missed it, but WoW Classic just celebrated its first anniversary this past week. It was a huge and slightly messy launch...
The Daily Grind: Are you tempering your Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons expectations?
Back in March, when Guild Wars 2 first let slip that it was working on something Cantha-ish, we all wrote quite a bit about...
The Daily Grind: What would make you reconsider playing an MMO you had sworn off?
There are some games we just declare that we're done playing forever. There are usually good reasons for it, even; decisions are made with...
The Daily Grind: Is the tab-target MMO on the way to becoming extinct?
When I was reading MOP's Tyler's impressions of the recent New World play test, there was one point when I felt my body droop...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst minigame in an MMO?
I'm not a minigame person in general - for example, I have long made known my rage for Polymock. (Curse you, Polymock!) But I...
The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to start playing an MMORPG?
I'll go first: Nope, it's not. Unless the game is sunsetting tomorrow, it's never too late. It's a video game, folks. You sit on...
The Daily Grind: What was a great idea you saw in an otherwise unsuccessful MMO?
If you're familiar with tabletop roleplaying games, you are probably familiar with the concept of the fantasy heartbreaker. To summarize it very quickly for...
The Daily Grind: How much does an MMO’s environment affect your mood?
As we talked about on the podcast this past week, in-game environments can have a huge affect on moods, depending on the person. I'm...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most embarrassing MMO fail story?
A while back my husband was playing Overwatch when he was in a match with two guys who obviously knew each other and both...
Sony invites you to register to preorder the PlayStation 5 price-unseen
My kids don't know it yet, but they are probably getting a PlayStation 5 within the next year. It's likely to be a big...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best bears?
To this day there are few things that have bothered me as much as seeing someone refer to bears as "a big pile of...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs did you test that never released?
When I submitted my column on Flagship's Mythos (shameless plug!), Bree and I got into a short discussion about how we both tested the...
The Daily Grind: Do you do side quests in your MMOs?
I realize this question doesn't apply to all MMOs: Some MMOs don't have quests at all, while in others, there's no way you're leveling...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying ‘dark pattern’ in MMO gaming?
I've been kind of obsessed with dark patterns - that is, intentionally deceptive or annoying interface design - for kind of a while now,...
The Daily Grind: Are there any languishing MMOs you’re still hopeful will recover?
You know, I was pretty down with the long wait for Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch, but I have nothing on Secret World...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has benefited the most from cross-promotion?
One of the great advantages of making an MMO in an established IP is that there are all sorts of opportunities to draw in...
The Daily Grind: What malingering Kickstarter MMO do you most want to see launch?
With Crowfall hitting beta and carving out a clear path to launch, it's only natural that we start taking a hard look once again...
