The Survivalist: ARK Survival Evolved’s early early access vs. launch
When a game is being created, you usually expect that development to move the title in a positive direction and make it better, right?...
Choose My Adventure: Getting started in Ultima Online
The interesting thing about this installment of Choose My Adventure is that it's probably the only time I could ever do this particular title....
The Daily Grind: How long is too long for early access?
Let's be real here, there's no question in anyone's mind that DayZ has been in early access far longer than it should be. By...
Tamriel Infinium: Understanding Elder Scrolls Online’s Mephala and speculating on Summerset
Let me teach you how to understand Mephala the Webspinner. Maybe that's misleading; she's a Deadric Prince, and who can really understand the motivations...
Perfect Ten: Why trend-chasing doesn’t work at all for online games
Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...
Guild Chat: Rebuilding a real-life home and an MMORPG guild all at once
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which many Massively Overpowered readers get the help they need to achieve better balance within their...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs offer open-world challenge modes?
This question is not about World of Warcraft's upcoming PvP mode switch. Don't get me wrong, that's a cool option; you either explore the...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the horror of the Live Letter
It's easy to miss one of the worst bits of news about the next Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter because it's tucked in the...
Jukebox Heroes: Five great YouTube channels for MMO music
As a collector and reviewer of MMORPG soundtracks, I owe a great debt to fellow music lovers who take the time to somehow extract...
One Shots: Fun with filters
You know all of those weird filter effects that you have in your photo editing software? There always seems to be a stigma against...
Making my way through RIFT Prime’s progression server
It has been a month since that fateful day back in March when the MMO collectively lost its mind by rushing back to play...
Choose My Adventure: Warframe in review
It's funny how presentation problems can have such a huge impact on the same product.
Warframe, as a game, is almost crippled by its lack...
The Daily Grind: We’re headed to PAX East – what do you most want to see?
Yes, it's that time again, time to drive up to Boston and take part in the annual collection of games and poorly laid-out convention...
Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR prank that revealed so much about the hungry fanbase
With April Fool's Day falling on a Sunday, Passover, and Easter, I didn't actually spend a lot of time on the internet watching the...
Wisdom of Nym: The jobs of Final Fantasy XI compared to Final Fantasy XIV
With 30 years of history, Final Fantasy as a series has had lots of riffs on the same basic ideas. It's the only thing...
EVE Evolved: Get ready for EVE Fanfest 2018!
There's just a week and a half to go before EVE Fanfest 2018, the biggest event in the EVE Online social calendar. The event kicks...
Global Chat: RIFT Prime numbers
RIFT's new Prime progression server certainly has recaptured or recruited many MMO bloggers to the game as of late, and it is all anyone...
One Shots: Bleeding edge graphics
When you step back to think about it, it is amazing that we are living in a day and age in which we can...
The Game Archaeologist: A Tale in the Desert
Once asked what he thought was the most innovative MMO from the last decade, Dr. Richard Bartle, the creator of MUD, gave a succinct answer: "A...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II breaks into spring with Beast’r eggs and Bristlebane
Spring has sprung! And for EverQuest II, that means a return of Beast'r Eggs and Bristlebane. Norrathians get to celebrate the season by immersing...
