Category: Columns
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The Eorzea Prospect: Tales From A Habitual FFXIV Returner (And Why This Time Is Different)
Robin, our resident World of Warcraft expert, has dove headlong into FFXIV. Again. Only for some reason this time feels different.
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The RPG Files: Prepping For My First D&D Game In 20 Years Has Me Longing For Baldur’s Gate Again
Growing up, Baldur’s Gate was one of the formative RPGs for Bradford. A birthday present from his parents in high school, BioWare’s epic RPG set the stage for the PC RPG nerd he’d become. However, it’s not a desire to clear out backlog that has him yea…
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Do Graphics Matter To You In An MMORPG?
MMORPGs, especially with their origins in text-based MUD games, aren’t always associated with the bleeding edge of graphical fidelity when talking about the greater games industry. Yet in recent years, realistic graphics have been more and more at the …
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Indie MMO Spotlight: Halloween, Halloween, And More Halloween
Fall is in the air, and that means Halloween is right around the corner. There are in-game Halloween events popping up in online games everywhere, and the indie MMO devs are following suit. This week was a little quieter than the last few, but we still…
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With Multiple Big Releases This Year, Is 2021 Truly The Year Of The MMO?
Something Elyon’s developers Kakao and Krafton said when they made their free-to-play announcement last month stuck with Bradford, the ‘it’s clear that 2021 has been the year of the MMO.’ And it certainly seems that way with so many MMOs releasing this…
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Indie MMO Spotlight: Nice Developers, Passionate Bunnies, And A Shameful Plug
There was a big moment in the Indie MMO scene this week with the Early Access release of Book of Travels. It has the usual early access issues, but the Tiny MMO has a promising future. Let’s get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.
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How Game Analytics Can Help MMOs
If you’ve ever spent time poring over the animated timeline in Civilization 3 or watched your mission track in a flight simulator such as DCS or Microsoft Flight Simulator, you know precisely the appeal of this premise. Understanding data in games is k…
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Indie MMO Spotlight: Free Play, Scams, And The Raknar
In this week’s Indi MMO Spotlight Mitch warns players of some discord scams while he outlines all the happenings in the Indi MMO scene.
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Indie MMO Spotligh: Free Play, Scams, And The Raknar
In this week’s Indi MMO Spotlight Mitch warns players of some discord scams while he outlines all the happenings in the Indi MMO scene.
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Do You Enjoy MMO Esports?
Bradford is an esports fanatic, yet one area of esports that has always eluded him is in the realm of the MMO. He poses the question: do you, the reader, enjoy MMO Esports, and if so why?