Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 story
It'd be wrong to say that this patch is our first patch back on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. We've been splitting our...
Into the Super-verse: A heroic year of superhero MMO development
As we get ready to tuck 2020 into the annals of history and venture into the wilds of 2021, it's a good time for...
One Shots: Memories in crystal
We don't just take screenshots of MMOs to impress each other but to cement memories that would otherwise fade away to the ravages of...
The Daily Grind: Did you try out any MMO rogue servers in 2020?
Last year was the year when rogue servers became an even bigger deal for many veteran MMO players than usual, due in no small...
Global Chat: Is RIFT the Volvo of MMOs?
If you're not familiar with the blog 24 Hours In, you really should be. The author takes on 24-hour challenges (not consecutively) to investigate...
Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria insists it’s not dead
Seriously, Chronicles of Elyria isn't dead! It feels much better and wants to go take a walk. Why did everyone think it was dead just...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2021
So... 2020 didn't go exactly as anyone planned. Our predictions for this past year were pretty janked up by that whole pandemic thing and...
Winter holiday events around the MMO universe, 2020 edition
Ho ho ho, it's Santa's younger brother Derrick here to do all of the jobs that Nick can't be bothered with this holiday season!...
Vague Patch Notes: The verbs of MMOs
Even if you don't like crafting, you should care if your MMO of choice has meaningful crafting. And you should especially care if it...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs did you personally have the most fun with in 2020?
I had a lot of fun with Final Fantasy XIV this year. This is not in and of itself unusual; I usually have a lot of...
Choose My Adventure: Simply skipping through quests small and large in Fallout 76
I'm not sure that this week has fully inured me to Fallout 76, but I will say that things were starting to come together...
Fight or Kite: Forget Cyberpunk 2077 – Hackmud is the real cyberpunk game you should be playing
Right now the game dominating headlines is Cyberpunk 2077 - Cyberpunk this and Cyberpunk that. I honestly believe some players expected this game to...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 content
Here's something that I think no one, even me, really acknowledged heading into this particular patch: Final Fantasy XIV set itself up with a really difficult...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v4.0
By far, my favorite column to write here at Massively OP (and the one that always takes the longest) is The Game Archaeologist. I've...
Jukebox Heroes: Diving into Shadowlands’ soundtrack
Any year that we get a new World of Warcraft expansion soundtrack is always a great reason to rejoice. Blizzard never skimps on its...
One Shots: Gaming in the Before Times
The beginning of 2020 seems so, so very long ago now, doesn't it? It's strange to think back to a time when we could...
The Daily Grind: How quickly do you aim for the level cap in MMOs?
It's rare for me to not be done with the leveling in a Final Fantasy XIV expansion or a World of Warcraft expansion in a couple...
Betawatch: Dual Universe’s beta purge
No one likes feeling like playing a game's beta is a grind, and no one likes losing access to a beta unexpectedly. So it's...
WoW Factor: The strange diegetics of the Shadowlands
So hey, everyone may be totally immortal right now in World of Warcraft. That seems like a thing we should examine now, huh?
I freely admit...
Vague Patch Notes: Defining the vague mass that is the MMO community
The community is important when it comes to talking about an MMO. This is an established fact; I wrote an entire column about how...