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Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Most bizarre thing in an MMO this year
Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for most bizarre thing in an MMO this year. And the winner is...
The Daily Grind: What trivial MMO grievances will you air for Festivus?
Friends, it is December 23rd, and that means that it is the traditional date of Festivus! My wife and I celebrate Festivus every year,...
Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Most vindicating story
Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today with our blooper award for Most vindicating story. And the winner is...
WRUP: All the holiday songs at once edition
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, jingle all the way. Don we now our gay apparel, fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, they never let poor Rudolph...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 201: Under siege from new content
Justin and Bree discuss holiday events across the MMO world, PlanetSide Arena, SWTOR's Jedi Under Siege, Elite Dangerous, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Pantheon, with mailbag questions on MMO-like communities and ditching MMO quests.
WRUP: Excerpt from the diary of Sir Harris Bellweather, farting explorer edition
...It was at this late hour, with our nightly feast of beans fading into pungent memory, that the watchman sighted land off the larboard...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 200: Daybreak strikes back
Justin and Bree celebrate 200 episodes with discussion on site memories, plus Daybreak, Wildcard's Atlas, Ashes of Creation, Warframe, LOTRO and DDO, and Path of Exile, with mailbag topics on finding time to game and how studios should manage hype.
WRUP: Tips for stealing food from the people one table over in the restaurant if that’s your deal edition
Tip 1: Make sure the people one table over in the restaurant have actually ordered their food. If you try to steal it and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 199: Delay after delay
Justin and Bree discuss delays and do-overs for Project Nova, Path of Exile, Fractured, and Blades, plus WildStar's sunset, Red Dead Online, and Fallout 76's many messes, with mailbag questions on keeping up with new MMOs and combat-free titles.
WRUP: Introducing some new garbage you can buy edition
Folks, how long has it been since you bought something? Is it long enough that you're starting to actually examine your life and ask...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 198: Manatee… in… spaaace!
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard, LOTRO, Fallout 76, Star Citizen, H1Z1, City of Heroes, Elite Dangerous, Legends of Aria, and computer upgrades.
WRUP: Sorry about the manatees edition
We're just sorry about this. We're sorry about everything related to manatees. We're sorry that these things aren't really all that cute, looking like...
Even Blizzard was amused by the URL prankster who forwarded Diablo fans to Path of Exile
One of the fun sideshows going on during the whole BlizzCon Diablo Immortal center-ring fiasco was the dude who bought the playdiablo4.com domain and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 197: Crawl out through the fallout
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.
WRUP: The revolution will be available in audio formats edition
Folks, we know that people have been upset about the idea that the revolution will not be televised. Thus, we've made sure that the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 196: Shire consequences
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Funcom's and NCsoft's next big things, Gamigo's plans for Trion's games, and updates for Warframe, DCUO, and Neverwinter, plus discussion on favorite playstyles, legacy server ideas, and the future of Blizzard MMOs.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 195: April fools at BlizzCon
Justin and Bree cover the BlizzCon mess, Diablo Immortal, WoW Classic, WoW's content plans, Torchlight Frontiers, Shroud of the Avatar, Old School RuneScape, and LOTRO's legendary server, with a mailbag question on noobing it up in WoW.
WRUP: Sycamore is a really funny word edition
Seriously, look at that word. Sick-a-more. What a weird word. A lot of words stop sounding real when you say them a bunch of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 194: It belongs in a museum!
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's progression server, Trion's travails, the Video Game Museum's big win, Hellgate London, ESO Murkmire, Wild West Online, and Just Survive, with mailbag entries on P2W in emulations and mainstream MMO condescension.
WRUP: The final shade of Sycamore House edition
Despite the shades we had found in Sycamore house, I was still uneasy. There was more to be found, I insisted, driven as much...