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- Rise and Shiny: Remanum
- One Shots: Botanical bliss
- Previously On MVTV: The week of March 24th
- One Shots is back! Long live One Shots!
- The Daily Grind: What are your favorite jokes of the day?
- Perpetuum expands the sandbox with player-built settlements
- The Tattered Notebook: A scenic tour of the Withered Lands
- The Mog Log: Ishgardbul, not Ala Mhigonople
- The Road to Mordor: Will the instance finder take off?
- Massively Exclusive: Eligium's world history, chapter 1
| Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Historical, Video, New titles, Previews, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Hands-on, Casual, MMORTS, Rise and Shiny, Miscellaneous  So how boring is a game that offers nothing but trade wars? Well, that all depends on how much you care for scratching your chin, sitting back, and plotting. It's a game of patience and working with others. I never pretend that most MMORTS titles are supposed to move at the same pace as Vindictus or Guild Wars; games just have different styles. Remanum is a great game to enjoy any place and any time, from a few minutes to a few hours a day. I had a few issues with the game, so let's cover those as well. Continue reading Rise and Shiny: Remanum
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| Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Screenshots, Events, real-world, Humor, Miscellaneous  Behind me is a beautiful vista with gentle waves swirling on a beach nestled in an exotic cove, but you can't see any of those things because I chose to focus on this plant, darnit. It's my very favorite plant. I stand next to this plant while accessing the storage vault referenced earlier. I don't have to comport with your oppressive "beautiful screenshot" paradigm. This plant has deep meaning. Deep. Meaning. Something about standing alone in a wasteland of sand. It's about the very essence of MMOs, see?  Do you have a picture of a favorite MMO plant? The very first thing you should do is not send it in to us at oneshots@massively.com, along with your name, the game, and a description of the scene, and we won't publish it. Bring back One Shots!
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| Previously On MVTV: The week of March 24th Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Previews, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Hands-on, Casual, MMOFPS, MMORTS, Massively Hands-on, Community Q&A, Miscellaneous, Previously on MV TV  First Blake jumped into Global Agenda for his Lunchtime Livecast; then Richie took some time to try out the Mists of Pandaria beta for World of Warcraft. Adventure Mike explored some content in Final Fantasy XIV, while plain old Mike burned some space dust in EVE Online and cast many spells in RIFT. I decided to look at Nadirim because it's been a while and gave the Rise and Shiny treatment to Remanum. Be sure to bookmark our livestream MV Guide, a sort of TV Guide for our livestreams. That way you can blame only yourself when you miss one of our awesome streams! Continue reading Previously On MVTV: The week of March 24th
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| One Shots is back! Long live One Shots! Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Screenshots, Massively Meta, One Shots, Humor, Miscellaneous  Throughout the day today, you'll see several entries from the new One Shots series. Be sure to let us know what you think of the new format!
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| The Daily Grind: What are your favorite jokes of the day? Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Humor, Miscellaneous  So go ahead and see what the various jokes are around the internet. Seriously, we'll wait. Then, let us know your favorites. Maybe it's something everyone loves, maybe it's something no one has seen yet, maybe you're just going to link something on YouTube. The point is, we want to know -- what's your favorite April Fool's joke this year?  Every morning, the Massively bloggers meet to discuss the dark ritual required to summon back the most missed of all features: One Shots. So we're bringing it back today. If you can't trust the footer text today, then who can you trust? In other news, this is today's Daily Grind!
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| Perpetuum expands the sandbox with player-built settlements Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, Previews, PvP, Perpetuum, Sandbox  This chain of two-dozen islands will be the foundation for Perpetuum's Player-Built Settlements (or PBS, if you miss Sesame Street). Everything from the buildings to the land they're built on can be created and modified by players to make a real and lasting impact on the game world. Settlements will be color-coded to represent its parent corporation and are incredibly complex in regards to how the buildings are linked to each other. Of course, this being a PvP game, other corporations will certainly have motive to destroy and conquer enemy territory. [Thanks to Roy for the tip!]
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| The Tattered Notebook: A scenic tour of the Withered Lands Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Patches, Previews, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook  Continue reading The Tattered Notebook: A scenic tour of the Withered Lands
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| The Mog Log: Ishgardbul, not Ala Mhigonople Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lore, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log  Ishgard and Ala Mhigo both cast long shadows over Eorzea, but neither one is accessible to players. There are details about both swimming through the game, but it's always secondhand, always with one or two pieces gleaned from outside sources. In its own way, this makes both cities more alluring -- because one we know to be the heart of darkness and the other could be almost anything when the gates finally swing open. If, in fact, they ever do. Continue reading The Mog Log: Ishgardbul, not Ala Mhigonople
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| The Road to Mordor: Will the instance finder take off? Posted: 31 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Free-to-play, The Road to Mordor, Dungeons  Love it or hate it, the dungeon finder was a massive hit and quickly became a staple in many other MMOs, such as RIFT and yes, Lord of the Rings Online. I've always been a huge proponent of the system because LFG tools and channels are typically insufficient and inefficient. Plus, dungeon finders cater to those of us who aren't as naturally outgoing and chatty when it comes to finding or starting groups, and I think this is why it became so embraced. Many of us felt denied this content simply because we weren't in a gung-ho guild or weren't proactive enough to build a group, but this became a game-changer. Instead of releasing LotRO's instance finder in its full glory all at once, Turbine's rolled out the replacement to its lackluster LFF interface in stages. With Update 6, we now have an improved system to examine, although there's certainly work that needs to be done. Continue reading The Road to Mordor: Will the instance finder take off?
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| Massively Exclusive: Eligium's world history, chapter 1 Posted: 31 Mar 2012 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lore, Previews, Free-to-play  We've seen snippets of the game's lore from the various racial reveals, but the team at Frogster is putting together a series on the game world's history in more detail. The first installment gives a quick and broad overview of the pre-history of the game's setting; it's just after the cut. If you're interested in the game, enjoy, and keep your eyes peeled for future installments in the history updates. Continue reading Massively Exclusive: Eligium's world history, chapter 1
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