One Shots: Giant envy
Last week's call for screenshots of MMO giants brought out some big responses. Hefty contributions, if you get my drift. And we'll kick off...
The Daily Grind: How much effort do you want to put into MMO housing?
Housing! It's fashionable, it's fun, it's extensive, it gives your character in a given game a place to spend time other than milling around...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking Lord of the Rings Online’s Eriador zones from worst to best
Probably like many of you, I have gone through the initial zones in Lord of the Rings Online more times than I can count...
Betawatch: Starbase plans to offer an easy build mode
The tricky thing about games that offer you a lot of freedom when it comes to building is that sometimes it's difficult to figure...
Not So Massively: First impressions of Century Age of Ashes
Dragons are ubiquitous to the point of over-exposure in gaming these days. And yet for all that, there are still very few games that...
WoW Factor: What I want to hear from World of Warcraft during BlizzConline
So hey, BlizzConline is coming up very soon, and that means more announcements about World of Warcraft! Within a fairly narrow lineup of possible bits...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMO players secretly just want ‘another WoW’?
Last week, there was a provocative discussion on the MMORPG subreddit about the genre. I don't want to get tangled up in the whole...
Vague Patch Notes: If this MMO was so good, why didn’t it succeed?
Your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to participate in an experiment. I want you to write up a nice long...
The Daily Grind: Are there any live MMOs that seem too old for you to try?
It's easy to overlook the sheer weight of age involved with live MMOs. Sure, it's easy to say that intellectually there's no reason you...
Desert Oasis: Having a blast with Black Desert’s new Nova class
Thanks to the quarantine, it's been a pretty long while since I've gone out and enjoyed some coffee at a cafe and a beer...
Perfect Ten: A guide to podcasts for your favorite MMOs
Clearly, your Tuesday schedule every week should have a big fat "LISTEN TO MASSIVELY OP PODCAST" written at 4:00 p.m. EST right on it....
Choose My Adventure: An intriguing but PvP-free first foray into Warhammer Return of Reckoning
I promised that this month's CMA column would feature my attempts at getting into some PvP MMO action. Sadly for you (but mercifully for...
Massively Uplifting: 2021 begins with Trove’s trees, Warframe’s Tennobaum, and Star Trek Online’s Tribbles for charity
Ready or not, here 2021 comes! And that's a relief to many. It's no stretch to say that we want 2021 to be a...
Not So Massively: Wolcen’s Bloodtrail is worth coming back for
I've been a fan of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem from the start, but with how long things went quiet after the initial post-launch updates,...
Wisdom of Nym: What to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s announcement showcase Friday
My original plan for this particular column was to just write the title "The Final Fantasy XIV announcement showcase is on Friday" over and...
Global Chat: Amazing quality-of-life MMO mechanics
Little things can mean a whole lot, especially if they impact your gameplay for the better. MMO blogger Contains Moderate Peril wrote a list...
One Shots: Where do you find penguin wear?
When you head out to the final frontier in Star Citizen, make sure that you take your favorite, um, penguin? Sure, that sounds like...
The Daily Grind: What one change would you make on a rogue server for a live MMO?
Wow! Great news here, you are personally allowed to operate a rogue server for that live game you like! Seriously, you've got a whole...
The Game Archaeologist: Lost Continents, the Jules Verne MMO we never got
If you're looking for an alternate vision of futuristic science fiction, you would do well to dive back into the worlds of 19th century...
Betawatch: Magic Legends hits open beta on March 23
It took a bit longer than expected, possibly longer than the developers had hoped, but it's finally happening. Magic Legends has an official open beta...
