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The Daily Grind: Why are MMO bards so appealing?

Did yall see that excellent Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie? (If not, you totally should.) Out of the many things that delighted me in t

Justin Olivetti 2025-07-23 4
Wisdom of Nym: Which Final Fantasy games have material to draw from for Final Fantasy XIV?

Its easy to feel as if Final Fantasy XIV has a functionally infinite well of material to draw from, and it was especially easy back when the game firs

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-07-22 2
The Daily Grind: How much do you recall about your favorite MMOs without checking?

The thing about when Oraxia first got released in Warframe was that I did not have any guides to refer back to when it came to building her. How could

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-07-20 3
The Daily Grind: What’s one old school MMO design element you miss seeing?

Iterating, homogenizing, and copying might work to refine MMOs into more streamlined and comfortable products, but that process jettisons many quirky,

Justin Olivetti 2025-07-19 2
The Daily Grind: Do you believe you’re in a ‘partnership’ with MMO studios?

A few weeks ago, I was writing up a post about an MMO where the developer was talking about the games development, and he said something that really s

Bree Royce 2025-07-18 2
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG has benefited the most from a change in management?

Its weird to me how often the person who wants to make an MMORPG winds up being the worst person to actually manage that MMORPG. Turnover is real, and

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-07-17 2
The Daily Grind: Do you suffer from ‘Grass is Greener’ syndrome with MMO classes?

Oh man, I am horrible at this. Being content with my class choice is so very hard when I encounter some other MMO class that dazzles with cool effects

Justin Olivetti 2025-07-16 3
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the most satisfying way to play an evil character?

In a lot of MMORPGs, the default assumption when you have multiple opposed factions is that every faction is supposed to be justified based on its own

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-07-13 4
The Daily Grind: Do you want to be Uncle Owen (that is, a minor NPC) in MMORPGs?

John Smedley is rightly never going to live down the reputation that he got from insisting to Star Wars Galaxies players that no one wanted to be Un

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-07-10 3
The Daily Grind: Do you accept gifts and handouts in MMOs, or are you too proud?

Its certainly nice and even touching when MMO players generously give to one another, especially in situations where the gift makes a big difference f

Justin Olivetti 2025-07-09 2