The Daily Grind: What are your reactions to this year’s Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest?
Game-specific conventions are always a wild ride. Square-Enix didn't have to spend the past few days wowing people who had no idea about what...
LOTRO Legendarium: Starting on a legendary journey
Part of me was laughing at myself. Here I was, a grown man, shuffling around my weekly schedule to come home in the middle...
FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Shadowbringers promises new story, new regions, and new jobs
The plan was to fan a spark into a flame, but now it's getting dark, so who'll remember your name? (Apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda...
WoW Factor: The smart World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon
Let's get something out of the way first and foremost. I am not going to count Warcraft III: Reforged as a smart thing for...
Vague Patch Notes: When World of Warcraft breaks off your friendship
I spent a bunch of time post-BlizzCon thinking about why World of Warcraft personally bothered me. Not why its design pitfalls bothered me; that's...
Hyperspace Beacon: Everything you need to know about Star Wars The Old Republic’s guild changes
Since the launch of the game, guilds have been a real weakness for Star Wars: The Old Republic. For the longest time, I have...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal length for MMO group content?
An average run of content in Final Fantasy XIV is going to take me about half an hour... usually. It's actually more fiddly than...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player
Every once in a while we receive emails here at Massively OP that share a similar sentiment. Usually that boils down to, "I love...
Jukebox Heroes: Worlds Adrift’s soundtrack
While the actual game of Worlds Adrift probably won't be grapple-hooking me any time soon, there is something about its style that I find...
Wisdom of Nym: Predictions for Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival
Well, here we go again. This Friday is time for Final Fantasy XIV fans to sit down and find out what the next expansion...
EVE Evolved: Making the most of EVE Online’s Onslaught expansion
EVE Online's Onslaught expansion goes live in just a few days on November 13th, and it looks like it has a little bit of...
One Shots: Winter is… here!
As I'm prepping this column, we're in the middle of a nice early November snowstorm. I'm sort of wondering where fall went and why...
The Daily Grind: Do you have authenticators for your MMO accounts?
It never seemed to me like I had any need of an authenticator for World of Warcraft... until my wife's account got taken. It...
The Game Archeologist: Halo Universe
Since its debut on Xbox back in 2001, the Halo franchise has been a massive powerhouse and a mainstay for shooter fans. To date,...
Jukebox Heroes: RuneScape’s orchestral album
I have been saying for years that RuneScape has a truly impressive yet overlooked body of video game music. To my knowledge, it's the...
WoW Factor: The dumb World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon
It's easy to just think of this year's BlizzCon as having dumb stuff on display for Diablo, but let's be real here - there were...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s 14th anniversary retrospective, from Columbus Nova to Chaos Descending
During last year's anniversary retrospective for EverQuest II I dared to say things were too quiet. Big mistake! Why would I tempt fate like...
Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King vs. Legion
It was just a couple of days ago when Bree was sharing that I felt like Wrath of the Lich King was the best...
The Daily Grind: What MMO offers players the best tutorials?
Let's face it, MMOs are pretty bad at teaching players about what they're supposed to do. I can't recall the last time I needed...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that aimed at the future… and missed
The future is a weird place. It's similar to the present, but it has a very different outlook on the world, and it wants...
