Opinion

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Choose My Adventure: EVE Online wasn’t really all that bad I guess

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As I alluded to last week, I’ve been putting in a lot of thought into my time with EVE Online over the course of...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored elf rainbow

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Remember how I managed to get an entire column out of all the different flavors of troll within World of Warcraft? Except I kind...
All things go, all things go.

The Daily Grind: What does World of Warcraft actually do well?

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We all know that World of Warcraft gets its fair share of criticism and grumpy rants, particularly in this Battle for Azeroth era. And...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 278: Patchy McPatchface

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Pantheon, SWTOR, BDO, and Blade & Soul, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and WoW, plus mailbag topics on ship combat and inventory annoyances.
Stay specced.

First impressions of Star Trek Online’s new Klingon tutorial and House Divided arc

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One of the things I have always admired about Star Trek Online is the fact that its writers know how to take a premise...

Massively on the Go: Fun ideas for online play in Animal Crossing New Horizons

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I love sandbox gameplay. I'm pretty sure a lot of you readers do too, which is probably why a good deal of us have...
I'm on an angry.

The Soapbox: PvP MMOs desperately need PvE-style feedback loops

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As I settled into my captain's chair for my evening visit to World of Warships the other night, I had an interesting experience. In...

The Daily Grind: What do you think about Reddit’s new toxicity policy in relation to gaming?

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Yesterday, Reddit went on a tear banning 2000 of the most toxic subs across the platform and instituting a new content policy and enforcement...

The Soapbox: The world of Gloomhaven is primed to be an MMO

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Anyone familiar with modern board games will immediately recognize and likely have a positive opinion on Gloomhaven. It is an absolute juggernaut in the...
Up.

Wisdom of Nym: What does Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.3 delay mean for the schedule?

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Gosh, remember when it seemed like we... like, actually knew what 2020 was going to look like, or at least in the broad strokes?...

The Daily Grind: Would we all be better off without MMO wikis and guides?

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A few weeks ago, there was a supremely contentious thread on the MMORPG subreddit, one so contentious that the original poster deleted the thread...
Bad plans.

Global Chat: Too many shipwrecks in MMOs

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In the vast annals of MMO tropes, there's one that has been in front of you all along and you've probably never noticed: shipwrecking...
SIR

The Daily Grind: Do you watch developer videos for MMOs?

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Covering videos in this job is just plain annoying. It is. An information-dense text post takes me a few minutes to read through, I...

The Game Archaeologist: When World of Warcraft opened Ahn’Qiraj’s gates

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This past month, Blizzard has been testing what might well be the milestone moment for World of Warcraft Classic: The Ahn'Qiraj gates event. In...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do scripting well?

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In the land between dynamic or reactive content and stock-still NPCs spitting out quest text boxes in MMOs is the creative use of scripting...
Make them fight.

Vague Patch Notes: MOBAs, battle royales, and shallow genre pools in the online gaming space

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This past week, Nintendo announced Pokemon Unite, and then I had to go to see a doctor because I rolled my eyes so far...

The Daily Grind: How did your early MMOs shape your expectations for the MMOs you play now?

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I was chatting with MOP reader and commenter Bruno Brito a while back when something he said about player expectations in MMOs struck me....

Massively Overthinking: Does playing MMORPGs ever stress you out?

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"Anyone ever feel stressed out about playing MMOs?" MOP's Carlo queried our team this week. "This new Black Desert season is stressing me out...

MMO Cartographer: A stroll through Eternal Magic, the Candy Crush of MMOs

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I didn't catch the first release of Eternal Magic, so the Steam release this past spring seemed like a good time to get into...
The stars are over Dun Morogh.

WoW Factor: How do we make a good Warcraft movie?

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Sometimes, dear readers, things simply do not line up. I really have a long piece I'm looking forward to doing, and then Blizzard does...

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