
Five MMOs with the Most Dedicated Communities
MMORPG players are, by nature, an unusually devoted bunch. You have to be to sink hundreds or thousands ...
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How to Fix Lockboxes
Lockboxes. Oh, yes, we're talking about them again. The endless controversy over this most-maligned monetization practice has players ...
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Healing the Rift Between Player and Developer
Lately the gaming world is abuzz over the brouhaha involving Guild Wars 2 writers Jessica Price and Peter ...
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F2P is Individualism; P2P is Collectivism
In a genre dominated as much by raiding as it is by grinding for that next level, these ...
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The Impossibility of Playing Every MMO
An unfortunate reality core MMORPG fans have to deal with is that most of us will never have ...
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Five Ageless MMO Thrills
Some things just never get old. No matter how old we get, no matter how jaded we become, ...
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5 Most Influential MMO Innovations
You will often hear people complain that the MMO industry is stagnating. It's a criticism I myself have ...
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The Case for Player-Created Content
It's been over a year now since Landmark shuttered, and lately, I find myself missing it a lot ...
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Path of Exile – Incursion League Sneak Peak
"It is a cruel joke that man was born with more intent than life." -Malachai The Preview Nearly ...
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Six Ways MMOs Can Make Leveling More Appealing
There has always been a vocal contingent of the MMO community that views leveling as nothing but a ...
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Rethinking MMO Death Penalties
Back in my day, dying was a complete disaster in any MMORPG. Anytime my health ticked down anywhere ...
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Character Skill vs. Player Skill
If there’s one key differentiator between MMO games and other genres it’s that character skill trumps player skill ...
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Six Design Choices MMOs Should Retire
Often, tradition can be a good thing, but not always. Sometimes traditions can be onerous or destructive, surviving ...
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Sea of Thieves Highlights Our Progression Obsession
Sea of Thieves is currently sitting on a 5.2 user score on Metacritic. The vast majority of complaints ...
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Bless Online – #Hype or /Ignore
Bless Online is the next big MMORPG we’re getting our hands on. The May 2018 Early Access date ...
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