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The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO that people are sleeping on?
I would like to think that most of our readers are familiar with lots of MMORPGs, seeing as they read about them here. But...
The Daily Grind: How do you manage your MMORPG alts?
You might not know this about me, but I'm a bit of a spreadsheet junkie. I have spreadsheets for literally everything, especially for my...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMORPG friend list look like a graveyard?
A throwaway comment on Reddit the other day made me vicariously sad: A player named IVRYN posted about "those dudes you have on your...
The Daily Grind: Do you remember your very first mount in an MMORPG?
In response to one of our articles on Villagers and Heroes, MOP reader Wishful Maybe remarked on the game's age, saying, "I still remember...
The Daily Grind: What MMO lives rent-free in your head – but in a good way?
Way back in 2022, I posted a Daily Grind about MMOs that live rent-free in our heads - the negative kind, the kind "eating...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal gateway game for MMORPGs?
If you're a veteran MMORPG player, it's pretty likely that you came to MMORPGs through one of a handful of ways that I can...
The Daily Grind: Is there something that used to be hard for you in MMOs that now seems easy?
When I was a wee lass in the early days of MMORPGs, I was extreme nervous about jumping into roles I had no familiarity...
The Daily Grind: What’s a universal MMO truth that everyone knows but nobody talks about?
Back in March, GamesRadar ran a GDC piece quoting game marketing researcher Chris Zukowski on the reality of Steam demos.
"Here's the universal truth with...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO (that you actually wanted to play) closed down before you ever got to play it?
I promise you I did not wake up today and decide to give you a lesson in watercolors. This post is actually about MMORPGs.
If...
The Daily Grind: What resolution is your MMO-playing PC monitor?
Over the weekend, PC Gamer quoted the AMD's Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions and Gaming Marketing (fanciest title ever) on what resolution people actually...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG deserves a theme park or ride of its own?
In February, we learned that MapleStory is getting its very own theme park attraction in Seoul, South Korea. And I have to admit I...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO-related phrase that sets your teeth on edge?
Of course there is, else I'd not have asked the question!
I had this realization the other day when I was looking at a certain...
The Daily Grind: What level of anti-cheat tech will you tolerate in MMORPGs?
Over the weekend, the Borderlands community went ballistic over Take-Two's user agreement following the circulation of a month-old YouTube video that suggested the game...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs try the hardest to win back lapsed players?
One of my biggest frustrations with certain top-tier MMOs is that most of them don't even pretend they particularly want veteran players back. They...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO developer you think is unfairly maligned?
A while back, someone in our comments laid down a spicy zinger for MMO developer John Smedley, whom MMORPG fans surely know best as...
The Daily Grind: How much of your MMO play time do you actually spend interacting with other players?
MMO developer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street posted a provocative tongue-in-cheek tweet on social media a earlier this year, homing in on how MMO players want...
The Daily Grind: How much money would you pay to keep a beloved MMORPG online?
Back in April, Wild Terra 2 studio Juvty Worlds did something fairly unusual in the MMORPG world, at least outside of rogue servers and...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on hero bans and similar rulesets in multiplayer games?
For all the interest in Overwatch 2's apparently really great Stadium mode, I haven't seen all that much positive feedback on the new hero...
The Daily Grind: What bonus items entice you to upgrade an MMORPG expansion pack?
As I type this, Elder Scrolls Online is advertising its 2025 content pass, specifically promoting the items that unlock when you buy it -...
The Daily Grind: Do you think MMO subscriptions are greedy?
A few months back, when MOP's Chris was playing a specific MMO for his Choose My Adventure column, a player (who shall remain nameless...
