The List

In this week's The List column, Bill Murphy offers four immediate thoughts about yesterday's announcement that Cryptic Studios is developing Neverwinter, an online cooperative RPG. Bill runs the gamut of emotion in his list. See if you agree and then add some of your own thoughts!

Bill Murphy's The List column this week takes a look at some possible reasons behind the sad news that Realtime Worlds is nearing bankruptcy. While APB seemed to be a promising cops and robbers MMO, the game seemed fraught with difficult issues that may have hastened Realtime Worlds' insolvency. Bill looks at APB's problems from a player perspective so see what you think and add your thoughts to What Went Wrong With APB.

The List this week takes a look at MMO settings that are underused, poorly developed, or utterly non-existent in today's market. MMORPG.com writer Bill Murphy spends time with five different settings that he feels would bring a breath of fresh air to the MMO industry. See if you agree or if you have additions to Bill's list.

Today's The List column is a provocative look at the free to play movement in games these days. MMORPG.com writer Bill Murphy has four reasons why you need to embrace the F2P movement. See if you agree or disagree.

In this week's The List, MMORPG.com columnist Bill Murphy takes on beta testing and gives five compelling reasons why folks should avoid it like the plague. Agree or disagree, Bill's column is sure to start an excellent conversation.

Last week, Bill Murphy penned his Five Reasons to be Stoked for The Old Republic. The List generated a lot of feedback. This week, Bill takes the converse role in his latest List: Five Reasons to be Wary of The Old Republic.

MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy recently had a hands on experience with Star Wars: The Old Republic at E3. In the first of a two-part list, Bill looks at five reasons the hype meter is off the charts for The Old Republic.

MMORPG's Bill Murphy spent a lot of time at this year's E3 perusing all the MMOs fans have been waiting to find out more about. That in mind, Bill has picked four games worthy of note. Find out which ones struck him as 'ones to watch' as 2010 moves along.

MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy writes the companion to his previous "Five Reasons to be Excited about LotRO F2P", examining the other side of the coin.

With the recent announcement that Turbine will be making its flagship MMO, Lord of the Rings Online into a F2P game, MMORPG.com list-smith Bill Murphy rattles off five reasons that players should be excited about the announcement. Next week, he gives five reasons that players should be cautious.

This week in his list, MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy counts down his top five companion characters from the Star Wars universe.

MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy examines five MMO facets that could stand to be spiced up a bit in this week's list.

MMORPG.com's resident list maker Bill Murphy turns last week's list on its head and offers up five things that every MMO gamer should remember about their developers.

MMORPG.com list-crafter Bill Murphy puts together a countdown of five things that all developers should keep in mind when thinking about their communities.

MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy returns with this week's List, counting down seven expansions, both real and fictional, that we'd like to see.