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The Daily Grind: How late at night do you play your MMOs?
In the long long ago, when I got out of college, I was playing MMORPGs via dial-up connection. This would be less weird if...
The Daily Grind: What MMO content feels disproportionately draining to you?
Dungeons back in World of Warcraft's launch day were not actually all that long. Even given that basically everyone geared and specced badly, the...
The Daily Grind: How often do you check your playtime in MMOs?
All MMO playtimes follow the same basic arc. First, you're just curious about how much time you've played this game. Then, you're impressed at...
The Daily Grind: How much time do you spend on MMOs you don’t play?
I spend a lot of time talking, reading, and thinking about MMOs I do not play and do not want to play. Some of...
The Daily Grind: Do you keep track of your MMO gaming time, and if so, how?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on which MMORPGs we played most excessively, and one thing that I pointed out was that...
The Daily Grind: How much time do you get to play MMOs every day?
It occurred to me the other day that I honestly have no idea how much time the average MMO player gets to indulge in...
The Daily Grind: How good are you at spacing out your MMO content consumption?
I know people in Final Fantasy XIV who have already finished getting all of their Skysteel Tools fully upgraded. This is, in and of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you always think is older or younger than it is?
If you ask me what year Guild Wars 2 released, I'll think for a moment and then respond "2009" with a firm nod indicating...
The Daily Grind: How much free time do you have to spend on MMOs?
Time is money, as the adage goes, and that's often used as justification or at least explanation of the idea that certain MMOs will...
The Daily Grind: How much time is a satisfying play session for an MMO?
Back in the days of Final Fantasy XI, if I didn't have at least three hours to play the game I rarely would bother logging in....
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal length for MMO group content?
An average run of content in Final Fantasy XIV is going to take me about half an hour... usually. It's actually more fiddly than...
Crowfall’s nights bring a bit of winter to the game
In Crowfall, the days are for partying, but the nights... are for being very afraid. Or at least wary of the many monsters that...
The Daily Grind: How often do you check your MMO playtime?
My main character in Final Fantasy XIV is fast approaching a year of total playtime. That isn't entirely surprising, since she's been in the...
The Daily Grind: Do you appreciate timed content in MMOs?
The last thing you want to worry about when you're playing a video game, especially an immersive one like an MMORPG, is a damn...
The Daily Grind: Do you like the idea of limited-time MMOs?
One of the things that I find neat about games like Rend, Crowfall, and Chronicles of Elyria is that all of these games are...
The Daily Grind: How do you balance MMO playtime with single-player playtime?
Much of my time during a given week is devoted to playing MMOs. That probably makes sense, considering that understanding these games and writing...
Age of Wushu 2’s days are for getting thirsty, but its nights are for assassination
Development continues on Age of Wushu 2, and the game is going to make you think about the time. Is it late at night...
The Daily Grind: Do you get extra MMO time during the holidays?
Today begins the dread stretch of time known in the United States as the holidays, a period of frenzied consumerism marked with a lot...
WoW Factor: Assessing WoW after two weeks of Legion
All right, so it's actually closer to a week and a half. I'm torn between an eye-rolling "it's only been a week and a...
The Daily Grind: How much notice do you need before an MMORPG patch goes live?
There are some games where patches get so much advance notice that you feel like they're already here months in advance. Final Fantasy XIV's...
