If you’ve tried to go back to Final Fantasy XI at any point or even tried to start the game completely new… well, you know it’s not an easy thing to do. The game has a tutorial quest, but it hasn’t been updated in years, and that’s without dealing with things like maps being expensive. So […]

It’s sad news this week for fans of the multiplayer hangout and building space Rec Room, as the developers have announced that the game is closing down after a decade on June 1st. And the farewell letter is quite clear about what’s going on: Despite a decade of trying, the project never reached a sustainable […]

One of the things that I observed ages ago about Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail expansion was that our patches were each adding one big new thing aside from what’s expected. Sure, a given patch would have the new raid (alliance or normal) and new dungeon and so forth, but in addition you get one thing. […]

While MOP’s Chris has long since taken over the column, I used to write the Choose My Adventure series because I honestly liked having a regular reason to try something new. No, really; it’s very easy for me to coast along playing the same couple of games forever, and there’s a whole world of other […]

There are plenty of MMORPGs out there, but few can match Wizard101 in being a fun all-ages romp of a thing… which is why it’s a good thing to note that at long last, the title is available on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Now younger players (and older players who like a touch of whimsy to […]

So there was a fun meme that was going around about four years ago in which an image of Final Fantasy IV was posted as “what people think Final Fantasy looked like 20 years ago,” followed by a picture of Final Fantasy X as “what Final Fantasy actually looked like 20 years ago.” Of course, now it’s […]

When you get a project you worked on for years that was in a compelling state swept out from beneath you, you are more than entitled to throw a bit of shade. So it goes for the former developers on Project Blackbird and The Elder Scrolls Online who have banded together to form the new Sackbird Studios. […]

The war between MMO players who want to be on the bleeding edge of the most difficult content and will never let you forget about it ever and the MMO players who just want to chill out will never be resolved, for better or worse (worse, definitely worse). But it’s interesting to note that not […]