MJ Guthrie
Community Manager
When not immersed in her favorite virtual worlds, MJ can be found hanging out with her family, reading, coaching/playing sports, writing fiction, singing, and dabbling in graphic design (in random order, depending on mood and season). Her favorite part of MMOs? Observing the dynamics of virtual communities. That psychology degree has to come in handy somewhere, doesn't it?
MJ's Massively Overpowered adventures can be found many places: She investigates Secret World Legends/The Secret World's conspiracies in Chaos Theory, chronicles the EverQuest franchise in EverQuesting, practices survival in many sandboxes with The Survivalist, and livestreams for the Stream Team.
Personal blog: Looking for ShiniesTwitter: @MJ_Guthrie
PAX West 2017: Playing Kritika Online’s upcoming Psion class in Shattered Table
En Masse recently introduced the newest class coming to Kritika Online, and while visiting the studio's offices during PAX West 2017, I was able...
PAX West 2017: Taking ‘control’ of TERA on console
It's all about the controller: My En Masse Entertainment PAX West office visit last weekend included a hands-on with TERA on console.
Now, I have...
The Stream Team: Fighting through Secret World Legends’ Darkness War dungeon
Before Massively OP's MJ can say see ya later to Secret World Legends' Blue Mountain, she needs to take one more trip into the...
PAX West 2017: Taking a closer look at En Masse’s Closers
When I visited the En Masse offices during PAX West, it was a crash course in learning how to use a controller -- which...
PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazing Eternals
If I had to pick a PAX West booth to give an award to for sheer fun factor, it would go to Digital Extremes’...
PAX West 2017: Trion’s PvE MMO shooter Defiance deserves a second look
I admit that before PAX West 2017, I hadn't logged into Defiance in a long, long time. I couldn't even say how long. Even...
PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Dauntless’ new behemoth
Although I'd recently played a bit of Dauntless, I was looking forward to my hands-on at PAX West. That's because I was primed to...
PAX West 2017: Ship of Heroes on exploration, community, and recapturing the magic of City of Heroes
Sometimes MMORPG players might get the feeling that game companies will let just about anything slide in order to keep the most revenue streaming...
PAX West 2017: Total War Arena’s hounds of war and World of Tanks’ war stories
When you think about Wargaming, you don't really think about characters or troops -- you think about war machines. But Total War: Arena's inclusion...
PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazon’s Breakaway
When I first went for my hands-on appointment to try out Amazon Game Studios' upcoming mythological sports brawler Breakaway at PAX West, I didn't...
PAX West 2017: Dual Universe demos its persistent, seamless, sandbox universe
If you were hoping that another title would pick up the idea of a voxel world and run with it, you're getting your wish....
PAX West 2017: Atlas Reactor’s next freelancers are a hamster and a dino
Atlas Reactor has come a long way since it first opened its doors. When I very first tried the alpha back in February, there...
PAX West 2017: Trove’s next big patch will focus on clubs
While most of the focus at PAX West 2017 for Trove was on the Eclipse expansion that just released (with its new Atlas, Shadow...
PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation reveals December 15 alpha zero, Bear McCreary as composer
During the Ashes of Creation panel at PAX West, Founder and Creative Director Steven Sharif announced the exact date of the upcoming Alpha...
PAX West 2017: Rend expands world size, adds more MMO elements
Wondering what happened to Rend since its big debut at PAX East? Frostkeep Studios went decidedly quiet over the summer after the three-faction sandbox's first alpha....
EverQuesting: Guide to EverQuest II’s Days of Summer reward event
Did you hear about EverQuest II multi-month Days of Summer reward event? If so, lucky you! Here is an event that was launched with...
The Stream Team: ARK has launched!
Yes, it actually happened: ARK has finally launched. It's like the world is ending or something! For those on official servers, their world pretty...
The Stream Team: Catapulting into SMITE’s Corrupted Arena adventure
The next SMITE adventure is finally here, and Massively OP's MJ is excited to jump into it. The arena is her favorite part of...
The Stream Team: Diving deeper into Citadel with the Blue Isle Studios devs
Last time when Massively OP's MJ came across a dragon in Citadel: Forged with Fire, she noped the heck right out of there! Before...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 turns 5!
It took five years, but it's finally happening today: Guild Wars 2's fifth anniversary! Whether or not there are any big in game parties,...
