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Perfect Ten: 25 text-based MMOs and MUDs that are worth playing in 2023

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Wanderlust hits even the most content MMO adventurer from time to time, and while there are worlds a-plenty to visit, sometimes it is easy...

Warframe of Mind: A sneak peek preview of Warframe’s The Duviri Paradox

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After years of TennoCons, folks can see that Digital Extremes is no stranger to introducing new concepts to Warframe, from fishing to flying to...

The Daily Grind: Is the age of superhero MMOs past?

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Is it just me, or does it seem like nobody is that hot to trot for superhero MMORPGs these days? A few years ago,...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s May lineup embraces Niantic’s bugs

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As I noted in my last Massively on the Go column, for the entire month of May, this column will not be covering Pokemon Go, as Niantic...

Choose My Adventure: Endgame in Neverwinter nearly rocks my Bard’s face apart

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So as that headline suggests, I made it to level 20 in Neverwinter. That's not really too surprising to regular players, I imagine -...

The Daily Grind: How could Blizzard make World of Warcraft more appealing to former players?

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Eliot's column about World of Warcraft feeling like a dead mall struck a chord with our commenters, many of whom agreed with the feels...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet takes aim again with Ice Inteleon

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First we had an archer Mightiest Mark 'mon, but The Pokemon Company and Game Freak are turning things up by upgrading to Ineleon, the...
Oooh, mystery!

Wisdom of Nym: We don’t need another Final Fantasy XIV – we already have one

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First of all, this one's for Bruno. He usually doesn't read these, but maybe he'll like this one. So we all know at this point...

Vitae Aeternum: Analyzing New World’s disappointing first season

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It's now been a few weeks since the launch of New World's first season, Fellowship and Fire. I wanted to give it some time...

The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios manipulate their playerbases with trolling and tribalism?

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A few weeks ago, MOP Chris and I were discussing Star Citizen's antics - remember the video with the coffee? - and it was...
Management!

The Daily Grind: How often do you change guilds in your MMOs of choice?

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Some people joined up with a guild years ago, and since then that has been The Guild I Am In. No changes. But today...

LOTRO Legendarium: Making sense of LOTRO’s virtue system

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If you look at how your character gains power and progression in Lord of the Rings Online, you'll see four major categories. There are...

The Daily Grind: Does cel shading help or hurt an MMO’s appeal and reputation?

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With titles like Tower of Fantasy on the market and Blue Protocol on its way for later this year, I thought it would be...

The Daily Grind: What are the best and worst horizontal progression systems in an MMORPG?

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This morning, I want to talk about horizontal progression systems in MMOs, of which I am generally a fan! And I'm gonna start with...

Four Winds: The Artist has become my favorite support class in Lost Ark

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Here's a thought experiment: How would have Anakin Skywalker turned out if he had grown up on planet covered in paint rather than coarse,...
All right, you live your truth.

Vague Patch Notes: If there’s any sort of metaverse, it’s already here – and it’s not what you think

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We've had a lot of fun here having a good little giggle about the whole saga (if you want to call it that) of...
fram

The Daily Grind: What’s your least favorite sort of thing to farm in an MMO?

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Some MMOs, as we all know, have actual farms. Literally, just a place where you put farm goods and you farm things. But that's...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: 10 ways World of Warcraft feels like a dead mall

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There was a time that I lived next to a very small mall that's tucked kind of out-of-the-way in a part of my state....

The Daily Grind: Do you stop to watch player performances in MMOs?

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Especially when you have limited time to game, it's hard to ignore that "go go go!" voice in your head that urges you to...

Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Eggstra Work could be fun if it entailed less social work

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Splatoon 3 players recently got to experience the first weekend of Eggstra Work, and it's controversial to say the least. The very basics are...

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