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Choose My Adventure: How Citadel Forged with Fire made me like survival sandboxes in spite of its faults

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So here we are at the end of my first real deep dive into a survival sandbox. Citadel: Forged with Fire is, by all...
Yourcraft.

A Jesuit priest is trying out a Vatican Minecraft server to encourage non-toxic behavior

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We're familiar with the ways that online games, even generally rather innocent ones like Minecraft, can wind up being breeding grounds for some of...
Eye.

Editing tags may reveal the identity of a character in the Diablo IV cinematic trailer

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It's going to be a long while before we have any sort of release date for Diablo IV or anything more than scraps of...
To most people, that's actual money.

Riot Games will pay $10 million to settle its ‘bro culture’ gender discrimination lawsuit

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Back in August, the LA Times reported that Riot Games had agreed to settle the class-action discrimination lawsuit lodged against it. The suit had...

Massively Uplifting: MMO fundraisers, GW2 raid class, and saving trees and cats

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Being grateful isn't relegated to just one month, but November is when many people -and gamers - double-down on the things they are thankful...
This is not a doll.

Rumor: An official Final Fantasy XI fan gathering is scheduled for February 27

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If you're a fan of Final Fantasy XI, it's easy to feel at times like you're sort of the forgotten child. Sure, the game...

Kritika:REBOOT bans hundreds of illegal trading accounts and readies a new class

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Kritika:REBOOT has been on the offensive with regards to taking down illegal trading accounts, which seems to be an ongoing fight if one looks...
Mobile spreadsheets.

EVE Echoes launches its open beta on mobile devices

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It's time to keep a little piece of cutthroat space politics in your pocket wherever you go, as the open beta for EVE Echoes...
The most wonderful sound.

Wisdom of Nym: Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV and what the update needs to deliver

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The funny thing about Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV right now is that the only people still really mad about it are... the...

ArcheAge will not be replacing larders lost during an unscheduled maintenance

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It's a day that ends in "y," which means it's another ArcheAge SNAFU, it seems. This time, the devs have run afoul of players...

The Daily Grind: What MMO without mounts could really use ’em?

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A while back on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I got to talking about Dungeons and Dragons Online's then-newly-announced mounts and how funny...

Learn how to play Project Gorgon with this community video series

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You have listened to us fawn over the unique spirit -- and mechanics! -- of Project Gorgon here on MOP, but chances are if...

One Shots: We are all bullies

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Let us face the sad, sobering truth of our MMORPG experiences today. While we may like to think that we are noble heroes saving...
You all just hate me because you don't like me and I'm mean all the time.

The Daily Grind: How quickly do you friend people in an MMO?

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As many of you probably know, my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI, which made adding someone to your friend list a sacred procedure in...

The Stream Team: Showing a friend a good time in Conan Exiles

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What do you do when a friend gets Conan Exiles and joins your server? Why, you show him a good time, of course! Massively...
The monkeys know.

WRUP: New conspiracy theories for Winter 2019 to Spring 2020 edition

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Seltzer is just denatured alcohol that has been yelled at by professional Yell Masters. It's why White Claws taste good. (If you think they...

The Daily Grind: What has been your MMO gaming highlight of the year?

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I love December around Massively OP because it is a great time to reflect on the journey that we have taken over the course...

SEED polls its community to find out how personal politics will affect their play choices

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Whether we like it or not, the politics of the real world can inform much of what happens in-game, even if people want the...
I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: A brief history of allied races (and when a grind is not a grind)

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All right, calm down, this is not actually going to be done in the same format as a brief history of flight, if for no...

LOTRO players denounce $50 legendary item catch-up sale

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For quite a while now, one of the most contentious points between Lord of the Rings Online's community and the game itself has been...

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