Every year around the holidays I place a bet. Every year around the holidays I lose a bet. What I lose is time. What I gain is 200 levels in MapleStory. My 3080ti groans. The bets are always inane, stupid, trivial. One year I said that NBC would run sympathetic headlines about Incels by New Years. I played Adele. This [...] 2q161l
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Phantasy Star Online 2 is a lobby based action RPG where players undertake missions to fight monsters called Darkers. Team up with other players or explore alone, engaging in fast-paced combat and hunting for rare loot. Publisher: Sega Playerbase: Medium Type: MMORPG Release Date: July 04, 2012 (JP), May 27, 2020 (NA) Pros: +Switch weapons in the midst of combat. [...]
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EverQuest is a 3D fantasy MMORPG set in the expansive world of Norrath, and is one of the oldest MMORPGs still active. Choose from sixteen races and sixteen classes to embark on a journey across a medieval landscape, with over 500 zones to explore and innumerable raids to conquer with other players. Publisher: Daybreak Game Company Playerbase: Low Type: MMORPG [...]
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Media personalities are insane. They are digitized egos yearning for validation in the black hole of opinion. No light escapes, but sometimes there’s a paycheck—unless the writers busy learning to code. Video game critics (who will be called by their appropriate designation, “bloggers”) arguably exhale the largest gravity sucking spheres of nonsense. Either their editorial meetings race to the bottom [...]
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Beef-stick wrappers, two-ply paper towels, and a sticky beer can with fruit flies dancing on the rim. These were my high ilvl items while raiding Uldir in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. What a long disgusting trip it’s been. In the aftermath I feel squalid, having lived as a scavenger at the outskirts of civilization trying to what [...]
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EVE Online is a sandbox MMORPG set in a science fiction universe. Players command their spaceship in an enormous galaxy where they can participate in piracy, mining, manufacturing, trading, combat, and epic fleet warfare. Publisher: C Games Playerbase: High Type: MMORPG Release Date: May 6, 2003 Pros: +Enormous universe to explore. +Varied PvP options. +Mature and helpful community. +Player-driven economy. [...]
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As I considered entering a silent retreat to find Zen among cacti and burnt out hippies, a digital monastery rose out of my Steam library. I could find my center from the comfort of a chair designed for 250 and up. What was it? A game. Not just any game. But the kind of game that dances in dreams, tantalizes [...]
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World of Warships is an arcade naval MMO, pitting players against each other in open seas arenas. Command a vast arsenal of ships, unlocked through tech upgrades, and fire artillery, torpedoes, and other weapons of war at enemy ships to secure victory. Publisher: Wargaming Playerbase: High Type: Arcade Naval Combat Release Date: July 02, 2015 Pros: +Various ships to captain. [...]
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League of Angels 2 is a browser RPG where players lead a group of Angels to vanquish evil from the world. Form a party of heroes and defeat various creatures, using automatic gameplay elements to relax while you play. Publisher: GTArcade Playerbase: High Type: Browser RPG Release Date: April 06, 2016 Pros: +Pleasant art style. +Flashy effects. +Voice-over NPCs. Cons: [...]
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Mirage: Arcane Warfare is currently in Open Beta through Steam, and that means from today until May 14th you can slap players around for free. Mirage is the spiritual successor to Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, and the mmos.casinowinning.net crew checked it out one fine Sunday Funday. Though content has been added since we played, including 9 new maps. Today's announcement also [...]
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