roleplay

All is not well following World of Warcraft's recent pre-expansion patch earlier this week. Two controversies are rocking the game resulting from the update...

Hello friends, and welcome back to Desert Nomad, your more or less biweekly source of ramblings that are almost guaranteed to be at least...

Have you finished up everything there was to do in EverQuest II from last week's list? Neither have I. That first half alone is...

I have long been a proponent of roleplaying in MMOs. I’ve often been the roleplayer’s spokesperson on different podcasts and new media broadcasts. I’ve...

Last time I talked about roleplaying in spite of game mechanics, I didn’t really get a whole lot of comments. I don’t know whether...

Welcome along to another issue of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we get together to help readers in...

The dawn of a new year is a great time for many people to hit a tiny reset button on life. I’m doing that personally....

I don’t write a lot about the Star Wars: The Old Republic roleplay community because I don’t usually like it to be known who...

Here's something you probably didn't know: Online worlds researcher Dr. Richard Bartle didn't actually write the Bartle test. His original research explored, analyzed, and defined the...

Mo's companion Amilya stops into the local pub to get a quick drink. Can't a woman just get a drink already?!

What's up in The Secret World? I'm glad you asked! If you're one of those folks who are not-quite-so-patiently awaiting the launch of the...

I play a fair amount of single-player stuff when I'm not playing MMOs, and at the risk of outing myself as one of those...

In most MMOs, your moral compass and career objectives are fixed for you: You're a hero-for-hire who's only out to save the world, rescue...

In the ongoing, neverending sandbox-vs.-themepark MMO debate, the folks on the side of sandboxes want one thing: more. Actually they want a lot more. They want...

Long ago on Massively-that-was, a reader named Avaera sent in a long list of fabulous questions worth addressing. I'm tackling another in today's edition...

Update 3.2 for Star Wars: The Old Republic is, in a lot of ways, my update. From the beginning of the game, I wanted to visit...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a cantina rat. I would spend the first part of my daily gametime...