Columns

Enjoy a run-down of our recent long-form pieces, both game-specific and more general. You might also be interested in our list of all of our columns and recurring articles. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

One Shots: Cooking with arsenic

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In the apocalypse, cooking shows are a lot weirder -- and deadlier. But just because your co-host accidentally drank that bubbling green liquid and...
So has anyone had cookies recently? I like cookies.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten into MMO lore speculation?

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When you play Star Wars: The Old Republic, there is a certain sort of lore speculation that holds that in 3000 years none of this...

The Game Archaeologist: Fallen Earth

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I remember back when Fallen Earth first came out, I had some friends who were raving about it and doing everything in their power...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Spooky scary Bless Unleashed closed betas

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Yes, I know, Bless Unleashed isn't scary... except for the specter of the original Bless that hovers in the background. Oooh, there's a closed...

The MMO Cartographer: In the Echo of Echo of Soul

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How much would you pay to play a game that has been shut down as a free-to-play game and then re-released as a buy-to-play...

Massively-on-the-Go: Gotta cash’em all in Pokemon Go

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In the last few editions of the Massively-on-the-Go column, I've been covering the deluge of events and updates Pokemon Go has received quite suddenly...
Get back.

WoW Factor: Shadowlands has a release date… again

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I really thought I had written a column when World of Warcraft properly announced the launch date for Shadowlands. Alas, I apparently did not. But I...

Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs

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A couple of weeks before Dual Universe's snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer's poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game's...

Desert Oasis: Is Black Desert’s lore actually a time-travel narrative?

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In the last edition of Desert Oasis, I wrote about an absolutely dismal week in Black Desert that ultimately ended with my taking a...
But bigger!

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that you can play on the Nintendo Switch

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Nintendo hasn't held the title of "serious gamer console" in a while, with specs that lack the sheer graphical and processing muscles of the...
Time is a flat circle.

Vague Patch Notes: The wax and wane of MMOs and genres

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I started writing for Massively-that-was in October of 2009. That was 11 years ago. Oh... oh my word, no, that was so long ago....
Let's get hacking.

The Daily Grind: What non-MMO games scratch an MMO itch for you?

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Genshin Impact is multiplayer, but it skews closer to a single-player game during much of the moment-to-moment gameplay. However, I still find that to...
why does this continue

Lawful Neutral: The Epic vs. Apple lawsuit – when titans are tweens

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The MassivelyOP Golden Yacht was anchored someplace off the coast of Maine when the first news about Epic suing Apple hit. We had sailed...

Choose My Adventure: Counting the ways I love Dauntless

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Thank you all for letting me close out this month with some Dauntless because I seriously love this game so very, very much. I’ve been following...

Massively-on-the-Go: Niantic’s ‘Mega’ missteps in Pokemon Go

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Previously in our Massively-on-the-Go column, we covered the deluge of events and updates Pokemon Go has seen this season, with a bit of commentary. While...
So... we cool, huh? We cool?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s borrowed power is generously loaned

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If you've been active in the larger MMO discussion sphere over the past few months... well, thanks! It's the field I work in, after...

Not So Massively: StarCraft II’s maintenance mode doesn’t mean game over

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Earlier this month, we learned that Blizzard was effectively putting StarCraft II into maintenance mode. Considering what a massive fan of StarCraft II I...

Massively on the Go: All the events and promos coming Pokemon Go this fall

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Pokemon Go has received a sudden influx of new events, updates, partnerships, and "heads-ups" from Niantic in the past few days. Most are small,...

One Shots: Rock out in your hideout

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I don't have a full-blown lair, unless my work office counts, but if I did, I would aspire to put it someplace really cool....
Sure, that makes sense.

The Daily Grind: What do onlookers not understand about your MMO of choice?

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I do not understand Guild Wars 2. I don't mean that solely in the sense of the game's mechanics not making sense (there are definitely...

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