Colin Henry

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When not writing code, which he does both professionally and for fun, Colin enjoys making alts and spending all of his gold (both real and digital) on dyes and cosmetic gear in a variety of MMOs. He is the new writer for Massively Overpowered's Guild Wars 2 column, Flameseeker Chronicles.

Personal blog: Occasional Hero
Twitter: @ChaosConstant

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Power

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2021 promises to be an exciting year for Guild Wars 2 fans, with an expansion looming on the horizon. Before we head to Cantha,...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s 2020 year in review

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2019 was a rough year for Guild Wars 2. Its studio, ArenaNet, suffered sizable layoffs, and lost game directors Mike O’Brien and Mike Zadorojny....

Flameseeker Chronicles: An honest second look at Guild Wars 2’s dragon response missions

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As longtime readers surely know, Flameseeker Chronicles is an opinion column, one of many on Massively OP, though this one's about Guild Wars 2....

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Truce

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So here we are, we’re finally entering the home stretch of the Icebrood Saga. Today sees the release of the first chapter of Champions,...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Tips and tricks for Guild Wars 2’s roller beetle racing

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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,...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s new Sunqua Peak fractal, live today

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While Guild Wars 2’s Cantha-centric End of Dragons expansion may not be coming until next year, players eager to visit The Empire of the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Breaking down Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons expansion teaser trailer

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Last, after a lot of build-up, during a stream dedicated to the 8th anniversary of the launch of Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet finally released...

First impressions and hands-on with Razer’s left-handed Naga MMO mouse

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A little-known fact: I am one of the less than 10% of the world’s population who are left-handed. It’s not always convenient (those chairs...

Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 can improve underwater combat

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Way back in the lead up to Guild Wars 2’s launch in 2012, I remember the community being all abuzz about the addition of...

Guild Wars 2 is adding new underwater functionality for Skimmer mounts August 25

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If you ever thought Guild Wars 2's graceful water-based mount, the Skimmer, looked more like something that should be flitting about under the ocean...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First Impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Jormag Rising, live today

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Just two short months ago, Guild Wars 2 introduced us to the Drizzlewood Coast, flashpoint of the civil war between the Charr United Legions...

Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 keeps meta maps relevant

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Lately I’ve been spending a lot of my time in Guild Wars 2 running through the Drizzlewood Coast meta event (be sure to check...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s No Quarter

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After March’s relatively lightweight release, Steel and Fire, a lot of Guild Wars 2 players were expecting something big from this month’s release, entitled...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Reviewing ArenaNet’s Complete Art of Guild Wars 20th anniversary edition book

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Talk long enough to Guild Wars fans about their favorite franchise, and chances are that sooner or later, they will start gushing about the...
Read it and... well, just read it.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Speculating on Guild Wars 2’s Cantha expansion features

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I never thought I’d be saying this with a straight face, but yes, Guild Wars 2 is finally going to Cantha! This fan-favorite locale...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Visions of the Past Steel and Fire

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Just three short months ago, ArenaNet teased us in its 2020 content preview for Guild Wars 2 with a new type of story content...

PAX East 2020: Marvel Future Revolution is Netmarble’s new open-world mobile MMO

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Yesterday at their panel at PAX East 2020, Marvel and Netmarble announced a new mobile open world online RPG, Marvel Future Revolution. Ahead of...

PAX East 2020: Hands-on with MMO survival sandbox Population Zero

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At this weekend's PAX East, I got to sit down with Dmitry Muratov of Enplex Games to try out the studio's upcoming game, Population...

PAX East 2020: Hands-on with Cryptic’s Magic Legends

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I’ll be honest, Magic: The Gathering is one realm of geekdom that I’ve never really gotten into. I know a bit about it, but...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What Eye of the North means for Guild Wars 2

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Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga has so far been filled with plenty of nostalgic callbacks to the original Guild Wars’ Eye of the North...

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