One thing Star Wars: The Old Republic does a little differently is crafting, with companions that alleviate some of the tedium typically associated with crafting in MMORPGs. If you want to get off to a good start with your SWTOR character's crafting skills, we've put together an introduction to the game's crafting system.

Ideally a game gives players an enjoyable challenge without being frustratingly difficult. Of course, we all have different ideas about how difficult a game should be, which makes finding the right balance a delicate art. MMORPGs are often accused of having become too easy in recent years, so this week we address the difficulty dilemma.

With more 200,000 lines of recorded dialogue, Star Wars: The Old Republic earned a Guinness World Record for being the largest entertainment voice-over project to date. Other MMORPGs have offered relatively small amounts of voice dialogue, but SWTOR has voice-overs for all its quests, which is very large undertaking. Will this become the new standard for MMORPGs, or will gamers be willing to go back to reading? Here are my thoughts on the subject.

After a long run in World of Warcraft, it's to be expected that many players and guilds are ready for something different. Nexus is one guild that is moving to Star Wars: The Old Republic, so this week we get some insight from guild leader Michael Willenzik on the making the transition.