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WRUP: Do to the Ri to the Toh edition

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Late on Friday evening, my wife told me that she had seen this character's name. That is a real thing. A character named "Doritoh."...

Enter to win a First Assault starter pack from Nexon and Massively OP

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Open beta for Ghost in the Shell: First Assault: Stand Alone Complex Online kicked off earlier this summer as a free-to-play title on Steam....
TSW

Massively Overthinking: What’s the worst MMORPG for duos?

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Massively OP reader Styopa recently wrote in to us to propose that we write about the best MMORPGs for duoing. I was all set...

The Daily Grind: What class from a non-MMO do you want to see in an MMORPG?

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Last week, I was chatting with my husband about SMITE and Overwatch, and I joked that I reaaaaaallly needed to stay away from both...

MMO Week in Review: Legion’s laudable launch (September 4, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! So...

Leaderboard: Where does Legion fit in the ranking of WoW’s expansions?

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Poll after poll has shown that World of Warcraft players generally consider Wrath of the Lich King to be the very best WoW expansion....

Leaderboard: Is Amazon Game Studios building an MMO?

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Massively OP reader Filur tipped us off this week about Amazon Game Studios' big unboxing event for its unannounced video game later this month,...
I'll show you, sort of.

WRUP: Typecasting edition

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There's nothing worse than being typecast. You play two action roles in films, suddenly you're the action movie guy. Be the romantic lead in...

The Daily Grind: How would you judge WoW Legion’s launch?

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MMORPG launches seldom go to plan. Trainwrecks are inevitable. Never spend a vacation day on an MMO release date -- that's the conventional wisdom. And...

Massively Overthinking: Please complain about MMOs, loudly and insistently

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Last weekend, the blogosphere exploded over an article that essentially told the MMORPG community to shut up, sit down, and stop complaining about things...

The Daily Grind: Do you play MMORPGs as a single main character or as a stable?

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Long ago, I used to be a two-character kind of MMORPG player. I had a main, and then later I'd make a chief alt,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 80: Enter the Legion

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Guild Wars 2, RIFT, Trove, EverQuest II, Wargaming, Funcom, Star Citizen, SOTA, and TERA, with mailbag questions on gaming/life balance and dungeon bookmarks.

MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 celebrates four years (August 28, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Guild...

Leaderboard: Which gaming genre do you play most often besides MMORPGs?

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My earliest PC games were space sims, 4X games, and then, naturally, RPGs -- especially sandbox RPGs. MMORPGs seemed like a natural evolution for...

The Daily Grind: Should MMORPG lockbox mechanics be regulated as gambling?

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A reader named Paul recently wrote to us wondering why RNG lockboxes aren't considered gambling. Oh sure, we call them gambleboxes, but the government...

Massively Overthinking: Guilty pleasures in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Patron Duane, who asks, "Do you take simple joy in MMO mechanics that are often referred...
Yes, we're here.

Enter to win a Twin Saga Pioneer founder pack from Aeria and Massively OP

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If you're eager to jump into Aeria's anime import Twin Saga and want to go in bedecked in all the game's fineries, then winning...
I'm sorry this is the only long-form article you're likely to get, Twin Saga.

Grab a Twin Saga closed beta key from MOP and Aeria

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Twin Saga, a cutesy anime import from Aeria Games that's notable for its nifty classes and housing, is in the middle of a closed...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 79: MOP goes to the opera

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW, GW2, RIFT, Eternal Crusade, ESO, WildStar, Neverwinter, and Das Tal, with mailbag questions on armor scaling and better guild systems.

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG whose charms you’ve managed to escape?

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Traditionally, Blizzard has but to crook a finger and my whole guild, including me, will flock back to play World of Warcraft's new thing. But this...

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