MMORPG Columns

In The Rant today, MMORPG.com's Adam Janovyak bemoans the winter, the bane of healthy man's existence but for one small and wondrous fact: Permission to play "World of Warcraft" from his significant other. Read all of Adam's thoughts and Winter Wisdom and then let fly with some of your own in the comments below.

In many ways, being called a 'casual gamer' is a slur on a person's credibility when it comes to offering any type of gaming commentary. It's used almost as an epithet. In The Rant this week, Adam Janovyak wonders when being called a 'casual gamer' became an insult of the highest order. Check out Adam's thoughts and then add a few of your own in the comments.

It seems that The Rant column has taken its toll on MMORPG.com's Adam Janovyak and that we, the initiated, are not the only ones to notice that something is a bit "off". In The Rant this week, Adam channels the Ghost of Billy Mays and asks his readers, "Who You Callin' Psycho?" Check it out and then give your completely unprofessional diagnosis of Adam's condition in the comments below.

A couple of days late, but pertinent to this "season of love" comes Adam Janovyak's The Rant: Unhappy Valentine's Day. The title is pretty self-explanatory and in true ranter fashion, Adam goes off on Valentine's Day. Check it out and then weigh in with your thoughts or rants in the comments below.

The old saying is that laughter is the best medicine for a "sucktacular" day. But The Rant wouldn't be The Rant if Adam Janovyak agreed. Adam's had one helluva day so read The Rant to make your day seem even better. Be sure to let us know about your epic bad days and how you deal with them in the comments below.

Getting ganked is one of the most frustrating and maddening aspects of PvP play in MMOs today. In The Rant this week, Adam Janovyak talks about ganking from a personal perspective. If you've ever experienced the thrill...or agony of ganking, check out Adam's column and tell us about your experiences in the comments below.

In The Rant this week, MMORPG.com's Adam Janovyak takes on the bigots, haters, and just plain idiots that inhabit MMOs that we all play from time to time. They spam their nonsense in chat channels and subject us all to a dose of stuff we'd just as soon not deal with when gaming. Check out Adam's thoughts about these folks and then tell us of your experiences in the comments below.

Talk about a load of crap. No really, that's what Adam Janovyak's The Rant is about this week: Crapping and MMOs. Believe it when we say we can't make this stuff up. So, with little else to be said, check out this steaming pile from Adam Janovyak and then, er, drop a bit of your own in the comments below.

In The Rant this week, MMORPG.com's Adam Janovyak discusses using Microsoft Kinect to play World of Warcraft utilizing FAAST (Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit). Adam walks readers through his WoW Kinect adventures and renders an opinion or two while he's at it. Check out The Rant and then let loose in the comments below.

In The Rant this week, MMORPG.com's resident tantrum-thrower, Adam Janovyak, throws himself to the virtual floor in consternation over his PC "gaming" rig's lack of, shall we say, OOMPH. Whether it's trying to play an older game like Age of Conan or thinking about trying to play some of 2011's big titles, Adam has a lot to rant about. Check out his thoughts then point and laugh in the comments below.

MMORPG.com's Adam Janovyak is trapped in the back seat of the family vehicle on his way home from holiday celebrations. Problem is that he's got no portable gaming system to keep him busy. What he -does- have is his iPhone and he's found a couple of things to occupy a few minutes of the tedious drive. Check out The Rant and then let us know how you conquer the holiday travel blues in the comments section below.

In The Rant this week, MMORPG.com's resident ranter, Adam Janovyak, reveals a daring and horrendous secret: His World of Warcraft account has been hacked. If that's not enough to send flurries of obscenities flying into the pre-holiday air, nothing is. Check out Adam's thoughts about being hacked by a dirty rotten no-good scoundrel and then let us know about your experiences in the comments below.

MMORPG.com's resident ranter, Adam Janovyak, is ready to take on the unavoidable: World of Warcraft's Cataclysm expansion. Adam raves about Cataclysm becoming the overwhelming force in his life right now, though maybe not for the reasons you think. Cataclysm has given Adam fodder for The Rant. Check it out and then rant yourself in the comments below.

In his latest "The Rant" column, MMORPG.com's resident ranter, Adam Janovyak, begins with a question: Why do MMOs die? He meanders through the money issue and the 'lack of interest' angle and finally comes to the real reason he believes MMOs die. Read "The Rant" and see if you agree with Adam's ultimate findings. Be sure to leave a rant of your own in the comments below.

In The Rant this week, MMORPG.com's Adam Janovyak talks about what he believes a Marvel MMO should be. Adam can write this Rant due to having spent time playing DC's version of a superhero MMO. Adam turns his attention to Marvel and discusses what he believes would be best. Check it out and then leave us a few comments below.