Losing The Bet: A Maplestory Story

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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 [...]

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Phantasy Star Online 2

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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

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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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A Polemic On Making Hard Games Easy

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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Zen And The Art of Terraria

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

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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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EVE Online

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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: CCP 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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League of Angels 2

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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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