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Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them

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Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...

Battle Bards Episode 169: Wild Things

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Do you ever walk on the wild side in MMOs? Do you have a penchant for beastly races that aren’t merely reskinned humans? Then...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?

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Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...

The MOP Up: Grand Theft Auto Online mugs its players

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Here's a perfect example of irony. Grand Theft Auto Online tempted players to log in this month with the promise of a free $500,000....
Paws for impact.

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade

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A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...

Perfect Ten: Counting Fallout 76’s many post-nuclear flubs

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I'll admit that I was the first one out of my seat, applauding wildly, when Fallout 76 was first announced at Bethesda's E3 showcase...

Into the Super-Verse: Putting City of Titans’ character builder through its paces

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Mark this date in your history books because the battle of superhero MMO character builders is on! Both Ship of Heroes and City of...

Bethesda says Fallout 76 scrapbox bug is a ‘top priority’ as ‘class warfare’ griefing claims surface

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Ah, Fallout 76. Fans went from eagerness for "Country Roads" to using that same song as a backdrop for a year in review video...
We don't mean anything bad!

Vague Patch Notes: Crime and punishment and intent in MMOs

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Last week, we saw Blizzard explain its philosophy behind why some World of Warcraft bugs in which players got to get more stuff than...
Well, maybe this part.

Blizzard clarifies the policy on World of Warcraft exploits following the dungeon exploit in Classic

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We know that Blizzard intends to punish players who exploited a bug to cause endless dungeon respawns in World of Warcraft: Classic. But as happens...

Massively Overthinking: Do you ever feel guilty about ‘freeloading’ in a free-to-play MMO?

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A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his...

Fortnite’s latest throwable weapon lets you kill people by dropping junk on their heads

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There are plenty of embarrassing ways you can be taken out in video games, whether it's by your own stupidity or an errant glitch...
Hey, I duped that fair and square!

Fallout 76’s latest patch hit like an A-bomb (and not in a good way)

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With an improved new player experience, balance changes, and better power armor, you would think that Fallout 76's latest patch would be received warmly...

The Daily Grind: Which online game has a personality that mirrors yours?

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Intentionally designed or not, every MMO and online game exudes a personality, and no two are exactly alike. It might be the cheerful anarchy...

Battle Bards Episode 144: Colors of the rainbow

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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet: Combined, these forces create the awesome power of Roy G. Biv — otherwise known as the...

Lawful Neutral: Is it safe to play on City of Heroes’ inevitable rogue servers?

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You CAN play on the City of Heroes rogue servers you're about to see springing up. But should you? Our law columnist looks into the legalities of the City of Heroes emulation situation.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 213: FFXIV’s first world problems

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Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's controversial reveals, WoW level squish, Albion Online F2P, Glitch, Age of Conan, and Google Stadia, with adventures in Trove, SWG, Starmourn, LOTRO, and Rock Band, and mailbag letter on feeling perpetually behind in MMOs.
Teamwork!

Children of Ur and Eleven join forces to create the ultimate Glitch revival

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The process of rebuilding the social and non-combat sandbox MMO Glitch has been a slow one. It's been one that attracted a deep well...

There’s now another Glitch reboot on the way: Odd Giants

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When TinySpeck - that's the company that went on to ultimately found Slack - sunsetted its tiny browser sandbox Glitch back in 2012, it...

Bethsoft is banning more Fallout 76 exploiters and teasing its free-for-all PvP mode

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Even before Fallout 76 launched last year, the game was becoming well known for bugs of the exploitable sort. The most recent to make...

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