Valentine’s Day is quickly coming, but perhaps your loved one isn’t nearby. If you’re in the middle of a long distance love affair, it may be a good time to check out a free-to-play MMO, and take part in one of the special Valentine’s Day events to show your special someone just how much you care about him or her.

After all, nothing says devotion like staying at home, on your computer, for a minimum of two hours, all so you can complete certain objectives together and maybe earn some kind of special token that displays your feelings.

So let’s look at what some MMOs are up to…

It’s that time of year again – that wonderful time that Trickster Online Revolution fans relish. It’s Poppuri Drilling Event time. This time it’s episode IV: Rise of the Drillers. It’s going to start tomorrow (January 22, 2009), and then last until February 11, 2009.

What’s the big deal about Poppuri Drilling? It means free Cash Shop items just for drilling for Poppuri boxes in the game. The boxes in past events have contained Poppuri Tickets (which you can trade for special items) and also special items.

Depending on how many Poppuri boxes have been unearthed during the time period, special stages with special prizes will be doled out. As usual, if more than seven million boxes are dug up before the end of the event, all of the special stage prizes will be given out. Don’t gasp in surprise – it’s been done before. Back when I was able to play Trickster Online on my computer, and participated in a Poppuri Drilling Event, that milestone was reached…

Ntreev’s Trickster Online Revolution is already two years old, who would have thought? It looks so young. Of course, like all MMOs, Trickster Online Revolution is going to be celebrating the event with in-game events for players and contests. If you want to participate, you’ll want to log in between November 6-19, 2008. When you do, you’ll see the new Loading Art (at right) drawn by Iruru, winner of Ntreev’s Second Year Anniversary Loading Art Contest.

There are four main special events happening during Trickster Online Revolution‘s anniversary. The first is a rare item giveaway in Megalopolis – if you talk to Don Cavalier’s Hologram in that city, he’ll give your avatar something good…

If you’re disappointed April Fools is over, take heart – you can still be a trickster year round with episode 2 of Trickster Online Revolution. Episode 2 of the free, mmorpg game was released on March 27, 2008 and with it comes new stories and storylines, quests, areas, npc characters and items. Probably the most striking of the changes is the ability to train and level up pets.