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FFXIV Housing Showcase: Welcome to My Modern Farmhouse - If I Can Find My Furniture

It's finally happened: Final Fantasy XIV players can get flat walls. Kate explores the possibilities.


Has Your Favorite MMO Class Changed For The Better Since You Started Playing It?

MMO class balance is a constant battle with each passing patch, yet sometimes classes change fundamentally, for good or ill, that it leaves a lasting impression. Has your favorite MMO class changed for the better since you started playing it, or were you left picking up the pieces of your former playstyle thanks to a bad patch?


Indie MMO Spotlight: Closed Alphas and Early Access

This week, Dragon and Home gets an update, BitCraft begins its Closed Alpha 3, and Corepunk refreshes its website ahead of Early Access.


MMO Friday Fights Round 4:  Limited Action Bar Vs. 30 Skill Rotation

This week's MMO Friday Fights, Mitch pits the heralded massive skill bars the MMO genre has become known for against the current trend we see in modern MMOs: limited action skill bars.


Choosing Your Path : Horizontal or Vertical Progression?

Player progression is central to the MMORPG experience, but that progression is not always the same across the genre. Emilien looks at the age-old question: horizontal or vertical progression?


Indie MMO Spotlight: Up In The Sky...

This week, Foxhole heads to the sky, BitCraft prepares for another test, and Haven & Hearth heads to Steam.


MMO Friday Fight Round 3: Melee vs. Ranged DPS

Every MMO has multiple classes to choose from when you want to primarily be a damage dealer. Ultimately, all of those classes can be filtered into two groups: melee and ranged. Which reigns supreme? Mitch finds out in this week's MMO Friday Fight.


Every Theme Park MMO is a World of Warcraft Clone: Guild Wars 2

Nick is back with his tongue-in-cheek column all about how every theme park MMO is just a World of Warcraft clone in disguise. This time he looks at ArenaNet's excellent MMO, Guild Wars 2.


An Indie Game Developer's Diary - Part 1: The Journey Back to Making Games in 2024

In 2018, Kevin had a false start as a game developer due to challenges in his life. Now that things have taken a turn for the better, check out the second attempt at his indie game development story as he restarts the journey in 2024.


Indie MMO Spotlight: Happy Halloween

This week, Halloween events are everywhere, Ember Sword cancels their next Beta Test, and Fratcutred Online sets November 20th for its F2P launch.


MMO Friday Fight Round 2: Solo Play Vs. Group Play

This week, we're tossing a new pair of combatants into the ring: solo play vs. group play. It's the nature of MMOs for players to have to engage in both solo and group play, but which one is better?


Dawntrail Proves Final Fantasy XIV Should Become an Anthology Story - The Eorzea Prospect

The Warrior of Light has seen and done it all. They've traveled across time and dimensions, befriended literal gods, and even saved the very fabric of existence. Where do you go from there?


Indie MMO Spotlight: Keeping The MMO Genre Alive

Fractured Online is going free-to-play, Once Human starts a new season, and Nightingale opens up a public test server.


Opinion: Why Is The MMO Genre Dying?

Over the years there have been many theories as to why the MMO genre feels like it's dying to many out there. Mitch offers his thoughts on why it feels this way, and how the modern internet might have something to do with it.


Final Fantasy XIV Housing - I Hope That Wasn't Loadbearing

Come check out the first installment of our new Final Fantasy XIV housing column, written by butwhytho.net EIC Kate Sanchez!