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Some Assembly Required is a feature column all about sandbbox MMOs and player-generated content; it is helmed by MJ Guthrie. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]

Some Assembly Required: Grand Theft Online roleplay is a tough nut to crack

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A few months ago, I discovered the world of Red Dead Online roleplay. The possibility of interacting with other players and discovering mechanics in...

Some Assembly Required: Taking a look at other players’ Craftopia creations

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To this point I've been mostly focusing on my personal Craftopia journey in terms of crafting, gathering, and house decorating (such as it is)....

Some Assembly Required: Craftopia’s housing customization options leave a lot to be desired

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Well, well, well. Looks like I've finally found a chink in the armor of Craftopia. And it's the portion of the game that arguably...

Some Assembly Required: Trapped by exploration and age progression in Craftopia

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I'm sure that this is going to come as a complete and utter surprise to those who have followed my playing of games on...

Some Assembly Required: A trip around the world in Craftopia for materials and exploration’s sake

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One of my favorite things to do in survival sandboxes is explore. Now, I admit that I don't get to feed that need very...

Some Assembly Required: Building and fighting to the Industrial Age in Craftopia

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As I've written before, I'm pretty much stuck in on Craftopia. The seamless world update has done a lot of good for the sandbox...

Some Assembly Required: Red Dead roleplay servers succeed where Red Dead Online failed

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One of my all-time favorite single-player game experiences was Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2. The underserved Western genre is beautifully realized in this open-world...

Some Assembly Required: My journey through the housing system of Final Fantasy XIV

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It took me years - literal years - but I landed a personal house in Final Fantasy XIV. Not an apartment, not a room...

Some Assembly Required: What to expect from Dual Universe’s September 27 wipe and launch

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Having trouble logging into Dual Universe? That's because Novaquark shut down its servers on the 22nd. But don't worry, the space sandbox did not...

Some Assembly Required: The future of Dual Universe’s puzzle events and development

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While I may be sad at missing Dual Universe's first big puzzle event that was just solved (though folks can still follow the clues...

Some Assembly Required: How clever gamers solved Dual Universe’s massive puzzle event in record time

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If you are a fan of sandboxes and virtual worlds - and you are reading Some Assembly Required, so you probably are - then...

Some Assembly Required: A Stage Reborn brings live theater to Final Fantasy XIV

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There's roleplaying in MMORPGs, and then there is playing a role! We're talking pixelated actors performing live theater within a virtual world. Yes, it's...

Some Assembly Required: Will Starbase’s focus on minutiae be too much of a good thing?

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Recently, Massively Overthinking explored chores in sandboxes and MMOs that can feel like jobs. I may not have answered that then, but boy am...

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