Tina Lauro Pollock
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Tina is the purveyor of Massively Overpowered's MMO Mechanics and Guild Chat columns, and is the newly installed writer of the long-running Flameseeker Chronicles for Guild Wars 2. She is hard at work on her first video game, the indie space 4X game Predestination.
Twitter: @purpletinabeans
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Slothasor and the Guild Wars 2 AMA breakdown
It's been a bit of a whirlwind week for ArenaNet, especially with a jam-packed Reddit AMA that contained the announcement that Colin Johanson has...
Guild Chat: Fitting a character to a new roleplaying guild
Welcome along to another issue of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we get together to help readers in...
MMO Mechanics: Eight annoying MMORPG mechanics that grind my gears
The inspiration behind this edition of MMO Mechanics is a recent conversation I had with my housemates about the column and the inner workings...
Flameseeker Chronicles: A visual guide to gliding in Guild Wars 2
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there aren't many mechanics that are more fantastical than zooming around within...
Guild Chat: How to have fun as an MMORPG guild
Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we break down the issues and questions...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Shatterer Unleashed
In the last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I discussed the Guild Wars 2Â Winter 2016 update that releases today in great detail, so I'm really...
MMO Mechanics: MMORPG mechanics predictions for 2016
In the last edition of MMO Mechanics, I looked back on 2015 and the mechanics I managed to squeeze into the column: We looked...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Examining Guild Wars 2’s winter 2016 update plans
Guild Wars 2Â Game Director Colin Johanson dropped a massive amount of information about the direction development will take in the first quarter of 2016...
Guild Wars 2 winter 2016 update, gliding confirmed for Central Tyria
As part of Game Director Colin Johanson's Q1 state of play update, ArenaNet has confirmed that gliding is coming to the Guild Wars 2Â zones...
Guild Chat: Can MMO progression-seeking become ‘bullying’?
Pull up a chair, help yourself to a leftover mince pie, and make yourself comfortable for another edition of Guild Chat, the place in...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 predictions for 2016
2015 is coming to a close, and I've eaten my own bodyweight (and then some!) in festive treats, so it's the perfect time to...
MMO Mechanics: 2015’s MMORPG mechanics in review
It's my favourite time of the year once again: The mulled wine is flowing, the festive lights are all aglow, the weather outside is...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Recapping Guild Wars 2 in 2015
The holiday season is well and truly upon us, so it's that most wonderful time of the year during which the Massively OP reporters...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for your guildmates
"Hi, my name is Tina and I have very real, very cool internet friends that I met in online games." Say that sentence to...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Vale Guardian raid boss guide
I've been having a grand auld time smashing my toon against Guild Wars 2's first raiding tier recently, and since I've now (finally!) started...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for Guild Wars 2 players
It's been a glorious, if very long and busy, year for Guild Wars 2, so I'm sure ArenaNet is eager to see Wintersday approaching at...
MMO Mechanics: Three game-changing movement mechanics
In order to create the most truly challenging MMOs that connect players with the specific virtual environments they're traversing, developers have always worked on...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s enhanced Squad UI factsheet
I've already brought you my initial impressions of the Gorseval raid encounter followed by a quickfire interview with Guild Wars 2 Associate Game Director Steven...
ArenaNet’s Steven Waller discusses Guild Wars 2’s raiding foundation
Following my playtest of Guild Wars 2's raiding, which I chronicled earlier today, I had the opportunity to fire some quick questions across to Guild...
Hands-on with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns’ first raid
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, raiders of all professions: I'm delighted to finally be able to spill the beans about all things raiding...
