Progress Bar: The bullet hell of Survived By
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Progress Bar! This monthly column will be my personal look at early access MMO, MMO-like, and multiplayer games...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s year-end report card for 2018
Every year, I place Star Wars: The Old Republic on a scale and weigh it against the Bartle Taxonomy, giving the different aspects letter...
Vague Patch Notes: How to make your points and exit gracefully from online debates
It's 2019, people. Let's do this. And by do this I of course mean learn to actually debate things in a way that might wind up changing...
Global Chat: How do we fight early access disasters?
With the year in MMOs ending on a sour note due to the botched rollouts of both Fallout 76 and Atlas, blogger Endgame Variable...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2018
A not-inconsequential part of me misses the days when every MMO would pump out boxed expansions. I like buying boxes of stuff I like...
Choose My Adventure: Sorry, everyone, but I had fun in Star Citizen
In spite of best efforts and even better advice, it's often pretty easy to have other folks bring you down for enjoying something. We...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2018 in review
Sometimes I wind up starting these a bit early because there's just not much to write about; other times I'm writing well in advance...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO resolutions for 2019?
So here we are in 2019. It looks a lot like 2018, really. But it's a new year, and this is usually the point...
LOTRO Legendarium: Eight tips for leveling up in Lord of the Rings Online
Typically around this time of the year, I'll offer up my wish list of features and changes that I'd like to see happen in...
One Shots: Dance like the moon is watching
As we digest all of those Christmas hams and cookies while replacing our bloodstream with eggnog, it's a good time of the year to...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO regrets from 2018?
We talk a lot about how we feel about the year that's past and our resolutions for the next year, but we don't tend...
WoW Factor: The zones that changed the most from Classic, Kalimdor edition
Yeah, so Kalimdor has changed a bit in World of Warcraft.
I'm going to be honest and say that I've never actually liked Kalimdor very much...
EVE Evolved: How mass surveillance is improving EVE Online
When developers get on stage at an event and start talking about things like big data, artificial intelligence, and cloud solutions, it often sounds...
Vague Patch Notes: The complexity of classic preservation for MMOs
Here's a fun question to kick things off. Should old black-and-white films be colorized? The key word there is "old," because there are a...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel the need to do MMO holiday events on every character?
Every new holiday event in Final Fantasy XIV prompts the same reaction from me, a question of which of my characters will be sad if...
Choose My Adventure: Star Citizen’s missions and their bugs
Before I begin, a bit of a program note for this edition of CMA: I kind of had to break from the voting selections...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2018
Everyone loves surprises, right? Not always. Even good surprises can be a disruption of our comfortable routines, and bad ones can downright ruin a...
Battle Bards’ 2018 roundup of MMO soundtracks
Every other week here at Massively OP you might see a post go up promoting the Battle Bards podcast. While not an official podcast...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing the last live letter before Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.5
The last letter from Naoki Yoshida didn't really drop much in the way of bombshells on the Final Fantasy XIV community, especially as there had...
Jukebox Heroes: More MMO Christmas tunes
Merry Christmas everyone! As you hunker down for family time, presents, eggnog, or simply a quiet day off and some gaming time, chances are...
