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The Daily Grind: What's the most you'd pay for a collector's edition?
Filed under: Sci-Fi, MMO Industry, New Titles, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Star Wars: The Old Republic So the year's most inescapable MMORPG has officially made it to the pre-order stage. Not only that,...
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The Daily Grind: Did BioWare make the right call?
Filed under: Sci-Fi, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Star Wars: The Old Republic BioWare made something of a stink last week with its decision to limit Star Wars: The Old Republic pre-orders...
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The Daily Grind: What classic console game would you like to see made into an...
Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Consoles I recently came across an old 8-bit Nintendo on an excursion to the deep, dark recesses of my attic. Soon after, I stumbled upon a Super NES as...
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The Daily Grind: Have you ever dressed up as a game character?
Filed under: Real-Life, Culture, Events (Real-World), Opinion, The Daily Grind What to wear... what to wear.... With various conventions like SOE's Fan Faire and DragonCon offering contests with prizes...
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The Daily Grind: Are MMO players angrier than other types of gamers?
Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind Massively watercooler discussions are usually pretty fun, and while a good number of them aren't printable, occasionally they provide food for thought...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the hardest learning curve?
Filed under: EVE Online, Culture, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, Second Life, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Sandbox MMOs come in all shapes and sizes, and with new titles launching every...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO are you sorry you missed?
Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous Time is always against us, a wise man once said, and truer words were never spoken regarding the MMORPG genre. The glut of...
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The Daily Grind: Do you think Diablo III's RMT policy will affect MMOs?
Filed under: Business Models, Culture, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous Blizzard made something of a stink in fan circles last week with its announcement of Diablo...
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The Daily Grind: Have you met your online friends offline?
Filed under: Culture, Events (Real-World), Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous MMORPGs make for some mighty strange bedfellows. We all approach these games for different reasons and from many...
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The Daily Grind: Do you mix up game mechanics?
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Game Mechanics, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous The other day I was chatting with an EverQuest II guildmate who was looking to mail some...
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The Daily Grind: Are appearance tabs essential?
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Culture, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind Appearance tabs in MMOs are a funny thing. When you think about it, the implementation of an...
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The Daily Grind: What was your favorite PAX reveal?
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Events (Real-World), MMO Industry, New Titles, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Star Wars: The Old Republic, TERA, WildStar PAX Prime 2011 has come and gone, and it's now time to...
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The Daily Grind: Do single-player games influence your MMO choices?
Filed under: Super-hero, Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, DC Universe Online OK, I admit it. I'm not playing many MMOs this week (Heresy! Burn the infidel! Etc.). I'll log...
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The Daily Grind: Are you tempted by Lineage II's 'truly free' model?
Filed under: Fantasy, Lineage 2, PvP, Endgame, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind NCsoft recently announced its new "truly free" free-to-play model for Lineage II. This is interesting for two...
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The Daily Grind: How do you pass the time in a login queue?
Filed under: Super-hero, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, DC Universe Online So I'd been trying to log in to DC Universe Online (with a legendary account, mind you) for the better part of a...
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The Daily Grind: Are you a sucker for MMO collectibles?
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Super-hero, Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, DC Universe Online, Star Wars: The Old Republic So the other day I was browsing the local comic shop and catching up on a two-year...
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The Daily Grind: What's the most you'd spend on a virtual item?
Filed under: Business Models, Economy, MMO Industry, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind So Bigpoint is apparently rolling around in piles of money these days, in no small part because of virtual...
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The Daily Grind: Do you engage in forum PvP?
Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous Ahh, gaming forums. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. OK, that's not terribly nice, but it's...
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The Daily Grind: Are you giving the gift of games this year?
Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous If you've got a gamer on your Christmas list, congratulations. With the proliferation of digital download titles and services...
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The Daily Grind: What game do you wish you had time for?
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Fallen Earth, Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, Post-Apocalyptic, Miscellaneous There's no shortage of MMOs, and whether your tastes include big budget...
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The Daily Grind: Will SWTOR succeed in Asia?
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Miscellaneous Gamers (and game executives) are fond of comparing Star...
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The Daily Grind: Do other media releases make you revisit MMOs?
Filed under: Fantasy, Super-hero, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, DC Universe Online This has been quite a week when it comes to geek-related movie trailers....
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The Daily Grind: What's the fastest you've ever burned out on an MMO?
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Star Wars: The Old Republic Well, I'm taking what is probably the first of many breaks from The Old Republic. I played heavily over the last week and I...
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The Daily Grind: Should max-level characters give account XP bonuses?
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind I recently hit EverQuest II's adventuring cap for the first time (yay!), and aside from being...
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The Daily Grind: Do developers troll their fans?
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind Sometimes I honestly wonder what goes on in the minds of the decision-makers at Sony Online...
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The Daily Grind: What's your favorite zone redesign?
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, MMO Industry, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind Revamps, redesigns, and restructuring are facts of life when it comes to MMORPG fandom, and if you play these...
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The Daily Grind: Do you want a 'fair' fight?
Filed under: Game Mechanics, PvP, Opinion, The Daily Grind Fair is a four-letter word. I mean, literally it is; you can count them if you like. It's a figurative four-letter word too, especially when...
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The Daily Grind: Could you make your own MMO for $30 million?
Filed under: Culture, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous Massively gets a certain amount of grief for writing news stories about Richard Garriott. While it's true...
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The Daily Grind: Are you currently on hiatus from MMOs?
Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous Something fascinates me about many of the more vocal commenters on Massively. No matter what game is launching, re-launching, closing,...
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The Daily Grind: Do you have too many alts?
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Classes, Game Mechanics, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind I've been playing a lot of EverQuest II lately, and one thing that the game has in abundance is...
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The Daily Grind: How many chat channels do you use?
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind MMO global chat is a funny thing. I've met friends in it, I've ignored half the server because of it, and...
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The Daily Grind: Where does gaming fall on your priority list?
Filed under: Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous Back before I had a family, it wasn't unusual for me to play a video game for eight-hour stretches at a time every day. But now that I'm a father of...
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The Daily Grind: Did you participate in TERA's first beta weekend?
Filed under: Fantasy, Events (Real-World), Events (In-Game), Opinion, The Daily Grind, TERA I guess you could say that TERA is one of the most highly anticipated MMOs of 2012. We love the game every...
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The Daily Grind: Would you fund an MMO via Kickstarter?
Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous So the gaming world is abuzz with news of DoubleFine's huge Kickstarter payday. While it's true that there are only a handful...
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The Daily Grind: What MMO do you regret leaving?
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Fallen Earth, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, Post-Apocalyptic I've played more MMOs than I can remember over the years, and nearly all of them have failed to capture my...
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The Daily Grind: Have media impressions affected your excitement level for...
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, The Daily Grind So our first official Guild Wars 2 impression pieces are in the books, and boy was there a...
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The Daily Grind: Do you take time off work to play games?
Filed under: Fantasy, Horror, Culture, Launches, MMO Industry, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, The Daily Grind, The Secret World, TERA Holy shitaki mushrooms! There are a lot of cool MMOs coming out this year!...
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The Daily Grind: Are you playing GW in anticipation of GW2?
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Guild Wars, MMO Industry, New Titles, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, The Daily Grind So last week was basically Guild Wars 2 week around these parts. There were the press beta...
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The Daily Grind: What do you hope to hear from GDC 2012?
Filed under: Culture, Events (Real-World), MMO Industry, New Titles, Opinion, The Daily Grind Well it's almost time for game convention silly season. First up is the Game Developer's Conference in San...
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The Daily Grind: What's your preferred camera distance?
Filed under: Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous While optional first-person perspectives are pretty common in MMORPGs, I'd be willing to bet that most of us spend our...
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