Jukebox Heroes: Kritika Online’s soundtrack
It's kind of a sad commentary on 2017 that Kritika Online is one of the most significant MMORPGs to launch during the calendar year....
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the next few years of Final Fantasy XIV expansions
My friends, I can see the future for Final Fantasy XIV. And by "see" I mean that I can guess at it with reasonable...
Guild Chat: The best way to deal with MMO burnout
Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively OP commenters can help solve the guild drama of...
One Shots: Elves have a weeding problem
You may hold Elves in high esteem, but the truth is that they are bonafide slackers. They live forever and can't even be bothered...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs have enforced naming standards?
For some players, "enter a name for your character" might as well read "insert the best joke you can within the character limit." As...
The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes
The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...
Betawatch: Star Citizen sells land… in space! (December 1, 2017)
Selling spaceships that don't exist yet? That is so 2016. The new thing for Star Citizen is selling land that doesn't exist yet, which...
EverQuesting: First impressions of EverQuest II’s Planes of Prophecy
November: A month of colorful, falling leaves, Thanksgiving... and an EverQuest II expansion! That's right, the 11th month isn't allowed to finish up until...
Choose My Adventure: Secret World Legends and the mystery of the level-based curse
Would you believe that I sort of forgot about levels altogether in Secret World Legends? It's true! I remembered that they were a thing...
Slay-to-win: Massively OP’s hands-on with the Dauntless closed beta
The end of September marked a major milestone for Dauntless, the upcoming monster-slaying action-MMORPG from indie developer Phoenix Labs, as it officially concluded its...
The Soapbox: Inconvenience is not immersion in MMOs or anywhere else
Inconvenience is not immersion.
This strikes me as something rather ridiculous to type; to mildly paraphrase Dan Harmon, it seems like should be one of...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO stories of 2017
One thing you can say for the MMO industry: It never ceases to surprise all of us. No matter what predictions we may make...
Global Chat: Saying goodbye to Marvel Heroes
Few people are happy to see an MMO go down, especially in the manner that Marvel Heroes is going from a popular and well-liked...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story ahead of season 4
The launch of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 4 will be upon us today, so it's all the more pressing that I wrap up...
Wisdom of Nym: Classes, job, and the Armoury System in Final Fantasy XIV
Here's how this column got written. Last week, I was talking about new potential jobs based on weapons rather than on jobs that have...
Choose My Adventure: Challenging currency in Secret World Legends
Here's the thing that I love to point to whenever I talk about this portion of Secret World Legends: New England is really kind...
EVE Evolved: Three top tips for staying safe from gankers in EVE Online
EVE Online is renowned for its cold, harsh universe and relatively few rules, and we've all heard the horror stories over the years of...
One Shots: The rat race
At times, I feel like I must be the responsible adult in the MMORPG genre and sit down some of these artists and tell...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMO’s shutdown announcement better or worse than shutdown suspicions?
This is a post about Marvel Heroes. It's also a post about Firefall. In fact, it's a post about all of the games where...
LOTRO Legendarium: They’re taking the Hobbits to Erebor!
With some depressing news bouncing around the MMO genre as of late, it was particularly welcome to read an upbeat and exciting producer's letter...
