Columns

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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...

Global Chat: Which MMO has the best Halloween?

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That's a really good question! While pretty much every MMO has some sort of autumn/harvest/Halloween event going on this month, there are a few...
Finally.

Betawatch: New World approaches its autumn alpha apprehensively

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No, no, don't worry. This will not be like the joke a couple of weeks ago with the letter P in front of things. New...

MMO Burnout: Red Dead Redemption 2 succeeds in spite of itself

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I have very little experience in the Red Dead world. I can recall wandering around Best Buy nearly two decades ago and encountering an...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft leveling experiences ranked, part two

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And we're back! Last time, we went through the four lower expansions in terms of ranking World of Warcraft's leveling experiences. This time, we're...
Ah ha.

Vague Patch Notes: Kickstarter shouldn’t be your investor demo funding

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There are a few things that kind of make me see red about indie game studios. Generally speaking I'm of the philosophy that indie...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO at war with Orcs – or with its playerbase?

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Normally, I would be opening this column with my enthusiastic explorations of the brand-new content update for Lord of the Rings Online. After all,...
Still.

The Daily Grind: Which doomed MMO would you love to play again from launch?

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Good news! Your friend, Professor Hypothetical-Question, has developed a time machine! Unfortunately, it's pretty limited. It will allow you to do one thing and...
This was a television show.

Perfect Ten: A small sampling of literary offerings from MMOs

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Salutations are in order once again for our most literate and eloquent readers of Massively Overpowered! I bid you welcome to our numerical column...

First Impressions: OARPG Torchlight III just hasn’t click-clicked with me yet

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Since it never hurts to be honest, I should say upfront here that Echtra Games' decision to radically retool Torchlight III from a F2P...

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