Whenever one has a conversation about MMOGs these days, the subject matter is always dominated by the big titles – the games that ...

Last week, we here at The Escapist dug into the topic of the scourge of RPGs: the grind. I looked at what made ...

It’s a safe bet that in almost any discussion about an MMOG (any MMOG) on the internet, there will invariably be somebody who ...

The firestorm that erupted two weeks ago when Blizzard announced that it would be displaying posters’ real names on its forums has since ...

The title for this week’s column is, of course, a reference to the theme song for beloved 80s sitcom Cheers. In the context ...

In case you missed the news, the WoW: Cataclysm beta test is now under way, which means that I now begin the long ...

This year’s Final Fantasy XIII was, to put it mildly, a divisive title within the Final Fantasy fanbase. While fans pointed to the ...

Last week at E3, all of the major (and minor) players in the games industry flocked to L.A. to try to wow gamers ...

In my junior year of college, I studied abroad in Nanjing, China – and at the end of my five-month term abroad, I ...

There’s an oft-repeated acronym in one of my favorite novels, Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: TANSTAAFL – There Ain’t No Such ...

If there’s anyone particular topic that has repeatedly come up in this column (other than that I think WoW rocks socks), it’s the ...

When I wrote up Blizzard’s reveal of the WoW: Cataclysm female Worgen last week, I was expecting (and got) a mixed bag of ...