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Lawful Neutral: The biggest MMO and multiplayer legal dramas of 2025

11. Leden 2026 v 18:00
The last few years have been quiet on the legal issues in games, but in true 2025 fashion, this year was a legal drama-llama. Granted, maybe a little bit more on the “Ally McBeal” side of legal drama than the “Matlock.” But hey, I’m here for it. From corporate-facepalm shenanigans to Roblox spending another year […]

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMORPG ability to *use*?

11. Leden 2026 v 14:00
There are some very fun abilities to use in Warframe, but one of my favorite is Mesa’s fourth ability, Peacemaker. In a game full to the brim with guns, a Warframe has an ability that is just “draw more guns.” And it’s actually very useful, arguably up there with any other games the game has to […]

Casually Classic: Would WoW Classic’s hardcore mode benefit from roguelite progression systems?

10. Leden 2026 v 18:00
As I type this, we’re at the top of January and waiting for two events that should be happening in the WoW Classic space this month. The first is the Burning Crusade Anniversary prepatch on January 13th, which will reshape the systems of those servers and open up some more character options. But the second […]

The Daily Grind: What vanity pet are you rocking on your MMO character right now?

10. Leden 2026 v 14:00
Whether furry, feathery, or scaly, a little pet can offer a boon of companionship, even in a virtual setting. Sure, not everyone’s into collecting and displaying vanity pets, but those people are defective and will be picked up by our thoughtcrimes unit soon for reprogramming. As for the rest of us, let’s boast about and […]

Warframe of Mind: Taking a look at the Tauron Strikes and what they bring to the game

9. Leden 2026 v 18:00
A week ago, I was talking about Warframe’s Tauron Strikes and noted that they were, at the end of the day, a collection of Win More buttons. And this is something that I stand by: I think they come by that particular distinction honestly, since there needs to be both a reason to get them and […]

Vague Patch Notes: The desire for novelty that MMOs can’t deliver

8. Leden 2026 v 19:00
Every time people discuss new things they would love to see in long-running MMORPGs, I see at least a few people speculating about things that aren’t just not happening but would fundamentally break the game. And it always makes a little twitch start up right behind my eye. It’s not that I don’t understand the […]

End-of-Year Eleven: The most surprising MMO news stories of 2025

3. Prosinec 2025 v 17:00
Welcome to the end of the year, everyone! Somehow we all got here, seriously, and that means it’s time for our annual roundup of stories and events over the last year. I’m sure that some of these will have people saying that they were not surprised by anything that happened over the course of 2025, in […]

The Daily Grind: Is the MMO’s greatest strength social interaction, player creativity, or power progression?

3. Prosinec 2025 v 14:00
It feels like we’ve been dancing around this maddening question for decades now: What makes MMORPGs so compelling, addicting, and immersive? What is that “special sauce” that’s hooked us for a long time now? There are a few contenders for answers. Perhaps it’s the interaction between a “massively multiplayer” community that gathers in a virtual […]

The Daily Grind: What completely unrealistic thing in MMORPGs really annoys you?

2. Prosinec 2025 v 14:00
This past summer, MOP’s Justin mentioned a joke about Navy vessels having a goat mascot aboard, which was sadly debunked by MOP reader and Navy vet Bullwraith. Alas, no boat goats for us. But it did provoke another thought: There are some really ridiculous conceits in MMORPGs that we just let slide! For example: the […]

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s villains are not here for a philosophical debate

24. Listopad 2025 v 18:00
So a while back, in the comment section of one of these columns, a commenter noted that at the end of patch 7.3 in Final Fantasy XIV the Warrior of Light does not actually prove Calyx’s philosophy incorrect. He loses against us, sure, but he doesn’t lose after we systematically tear apart his basic philosophical approach […]

The Daily Grind: Are there any long-running MMORPG arguments you instinctively avoid?

24. Listopad 2025 v 14:00
Whenever anyone asks me about setting up a (new) forum for MOP, one of the reasons I give for not doing it – and a reason that is still true to this day – is that most MMORPG forums tend to devolve into the same dozen arguments over and over and over and I just […]

The Daily Grind: What single-player game would you love to see in an MMORPG?

23. Listopad 2025 v 14:00
I would love to see Hollow Knight: Silksong crossover material in an MMORPG. That’s not the same as saying that I want an MMORPG set in that world; while I wouldn’t say no to that, I don’t think it’s inherently necessary. But a crossover in an online game that lets you dress up in masks and shells […]
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