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The Daily Grind: If a different studio could remake your favorite MMO, which one would you pick?
MOP reader Bruno recently tweeted me a topic so great I begged him to let me pitch it to all of you. He was...
One Shots: Rock out in your hideout
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....
Global Chat: Which MMO has the best Halloween?
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...
ArenaNet confirms that work on improving Guild Wars 2 latency is still ongoing
If your Guild Wars 2 experience has been sub-optimal, the somewhat heartening news has been that ArenaNet is aware and working on it, as...
Massively Overthinking: Where is the line between buy-to-play, free-to-play, and subscription MMOs?
You might think this Massively Overthinking topic is way too obvious, but I assure you, it's not! Consider this: When the buy-to-play-with-no-sub Guild Wars...
Perfect Ten: A small sampling of literary offerings from MMOs
Salutations are in order once again for our most literate and eloquent readers of Massively Overpowered! I bid you welcome to our numerical column...
The Daily Grind: What explorer-friendly mechanics should be in more MMOs?
When Final Fantasy XIV's Futures Rewritten patch arrives next month, it includes a nifty feature called explorer mode that will essentially allow players to...
One Shots: Disco dunking
Just because the career possibilities are limited for monsters with gigantism who have rage issues doesn't mean that they don't have feelings. Passions. A...
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet appears to be suffering another round of layoffs
It looks as though ArenaNet is suffering a fresh round of layoffs, as Jennifer Scheurle, a lead designer on one of the Guild Wars...
The Stream Team: Going to Glint’s lair in Guild Wars 2
Last Guild Wars 2-sday, Massively OP’s MJ collected all of the lost dragon's memory shards. Now, she must get to Glint's lair to search...
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween 2020 is officially live
Shadow of the Mad King is back in Guild Wars 2 for the Halloween season of this hell year, and if you're really fast,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Tips and tricks for Guild Wars 2’s roller beetle racing
I’m not a big racing game person. Sure, I played my fair share of Mario Kart 64 back in the day, but beyond that,...
The Daily Grind: Is there a location you wish your fave MMO could explore – but never will?
I have two examples in mind for today's Daily Grind. The first, of course, is Cantha: I've been a broken record on wanting the...
Guild Wars 2’s Halloween festival, Shadow of the Mad King, returns October 13
On today's podcast, Justin asked me which MMO NPC needed more screentime, and I don't remember whom I picked but it was wrong. Obviously,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the goofiest not-an-MMO acronym you’ve seen an MMO try to adopt?
There was a phase our genre went through about five or so years ago when every new MMO - even the ones that most...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer combat rotations or reactive gameplay in your MMOs?
It's not every day that I stop what I am doing to mentally clap for a poster on Reddit, but user Rolling-in-the-Meeps prompted just...
Classic Guild Wars tightens up security in its latest update
Among the many little unique quirks that were seen in the original Guild Wars and pretty much nowhere else was a security question that...
Guild Wars 2 preps tournament week, while community website Dulfy.net disappears
Guild Wars 2's PvP scene is a lot like hanging out at the pool. Some players are content to sit on the sidelines, some...
The Stream Team: Avenging dragons in Guild Wars 2
Have you heard of Guild Wars 2-sday? Well now you have! Massively OP's MJ has decided that it's the perfect day to continue her...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 290: African expedition
Justin and Bree discuss Ultima Online New Legacy, Phantasy Star Online 2's New Genesis, LOTRO's new class, WoW and BlizzConline, The Wagadu Chronicles, and Secret World Legends, with adventures in WoW, Guild Wars, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on representation in MMOs and favorite jumping puzzles.
