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The List

Every week, MMORPG.com brings you a sometimes less than serious countdown related to the MMO genre.

5 Things We Love About SWTOR

With last week's lifting of the non-disclosure agreement, the lid came off and people are writing like mad about Star Wars: The Old Republic. In The List today, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy takes a look at five things that seem to be very popular with fans. Check out Bill's ideas and then let us know what you think in the comments.


Five Reasons Skyrim Should be an MMO

MMORPG.com's Managing Editor Bill Murphy has managed to pull himself away from Bethesda's Skyrim long enough to write The List about Skyrim and why he believes it would be a great MMO setting. Check out why Bill thinks so and then let us know what you think in the comments.


Top 5 MMO Immersion Breakers

Have you ever stood around in your favorite MMO and given it a critical look? While not one to be fanatical about immersion, MMORPG.com Associate Editor Suzie Ford occasionally gets tweaked about some immersion breakers found in MMOs these days. Check out The List today for Suzie's top slaps to the face immersion-wise. Add your own thoughts to the comments.


Five MMO Halloween Moments

Being October 31st, how could MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy pass up the opportunity to write about Halloween? In The List today, Bill takes a look at some of his favorite Halloween moments. Check it out and then add some of your favorites in the comments.


Five Forgotten MMO Features

In The List today, MMORPG.com's Phil Bickle wonders why some MMO features catch on and why others simply don't. He's got a full list of features that still make him scratch his head in wonder at the lack of enthusiasm they engender. Check out Phil's list and then add a few to the tally in the comments.


Five Things to Hate About Playing Solo

There are a lot of compelling reasons to want to play an MMO as a loner. But sometimes that's just not possible and there are equally compelling reasons why it just plain sucks. MMORPG.com Associate Editor Suzie Ford takes a look at what she believes are the top five reasons why being a lone wolf just ain't all it's cracked up to be. Read on and then tell us why you think soloing simply stinks.


Five Reasons to Attend New York Comicon

In The List this week, MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller outlines all of the best reasons that YOU should attend the New York Comicon, not the least of which is the chance to hobnob with MMORPG.com staffers. Check out why Garrett thinks you need to be there. Let us know what you think in the comments.


Five Reasons Your MMO Should Go F2P

MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy has penned The List this week knowing that legions of perpetually offended will storm the discussion thread to create virtual havoc. And he's ready! Check out why Bill thinks your favorite MMO should hit the free to play trail! Then let's get ready to ruuuuuumble!


Five Things to Love About Playing Solo

In The List today, MMORPG.com Associate Editor Suzie Ford takes a look at all the wonders of solo play. Massive multiplayer means nothing to we, the soloists of the genre. Find out why soloing is THE way to go in The List! Have more reasons to add? Think that group play is the only way? Let us know in the comments.


Five MMOs Worth a Second Look

In The List this week, MMORPG.com Managing Editor takes a look at five games that really deserve more attention from MMO fans. The list is both nostalgic and perhaps just a bit controversial. See if you agree with Bill's choices of MMOs that deserve our attention, then leave us a couple thoughts in the comments.


The Real Top 10 MMOs of 2012

It's hard to accurately predict what will be popular in the MMO-space these days. Last week, we took a look at a 2009 piece predicting the success of certain MMOs in 2012 that...ain't gonna make it. In The List today, MMORPG.com Managing Editor dons the swami's hat and prognosticates about 2012 and what he believes will be the real success stories of the year. Read on!


The Top 10 MMOs of 2012 - Revisited

Back in 2009, our own Jon Wood took a look at the ten games he thought would be dominating the market in 2012. This week, we take a look at Jon's list and find out whether his predictions are on track or a bust.


Five MMOs That Should Be Remade

You know the games on this list, the grand old dames of the industry, many of which are still with us today. But great as these games are, they show their ages. In The List today, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy takes a look at five MMOs that really need a make over. Check out Bill's list and see what you think. Then let us know your thoughts in the comments below.


Five Games That Should Be MMOs

MMORPG.com's own Managing Editor, Bill Murphy, is stepping up to the plate with his list this week to bring us his list of Five Games (or game franchises) who are well deserving of the MMO Treatment. Does Bill's list make sense to you? Think it might be different if you had the reins? Take a look at this week's list and let us know what you think in the Forums!


Five Reasons to Crave Guild Wars 2

MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller takes on The List this week with a few reasons why many of us are waiting on baited breath for the arrival of Guild Wars 2. Among the legion of exciting features that Guild Wars 2 brings to the table is the fact that Everyone Can Heal and this is one aspect that Garrett examines. Read on to see if Garrett picked your reason for craving Guild Wars 2.