Columns

Enjoy a run-down of our recent long-form pieces, both game-specific and more general. You might also be interested in our list of all of our columns and recurring articles. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

There are red flags, that's the point.

The Daily Grind: When do you know it’s time to stop playing an MMO?

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It's possible I just haven't played a large enough number of MMOs, but I'm relatively certain that there are no games which pop up...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s mid-term report card

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At the beginning of every year, I give the games that I am embedded in a letter grade centered around the four different player...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo

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The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...

Global Chat: Want to see a Magic trick?

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So what does the blogging community think of the first IP-related new MMORPG to be announced in years in Magic: The Gathering? It's a little...
What are we even doing here?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood’s story and the lack of MacGuffins

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I think I was about halfway through the Stormblood story when I noticed that it was avoiding more or less every single bit of...

Guild Chat: The fairest way to govern guilds

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which I get together with the Massively Overpowered readership to help one reader in need solve...

One Shots: Moonglow

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I don't say it enough: I am truly impressed by how our readership manage to bring out the beauty in MMORPGs through their screenshots....
Technically by this point we're talking Ninja, but let's not quibble.

The Daily Grind: If you could reboot any currently operating MMO, which one would you pick?

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It probably won't surprise you to know that we spend a lot of time in work chat behind the scenes of Massively Overpowered discussing...

LOTRO Legendarium: Simply walking into Mordor

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It has been a whirlwind week of news and reveals for Lord of the Rings Online players. Standing Stone Games finally pulled back the...
Who knows any more?

Betawatch: Secret World Legends is here (June 30, 2017)

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Yes, it happened; Secret World Legends has launched for everyone, although it did have a bit of a problem with a whole lot of...

Chaos Theory: Week one impressions of Secret World Legends

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It's been a week since Funcom threw open the doors of Secret World Legends' headstart to everyone and removed the NDA. That's seven days...
Ladies, please.

Choose My Adventure: Launching new in DC Universe Online

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Looking at the the three big triple-A superhero titles, DC Universe Online has always felt like the odd one out. City of Heroes was...

Hyperspace Beacon: An open letter to all roleplayers in MMORPGs

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I really hate when non-RPers get their kicks out of making light of what roleplayers are doing to have fun. Many times, the roleplayer...

Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate

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Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...

Global Chat: Secret World Legends edition

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Over the past week, many MMO bloggers returned to the conspiracy-laden regions of Secret World Legends to see if they could answer the million-dollar...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Fashion Wars wishlist for Guild Wars 2

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I've recently been spending an increasing amount of my time improving the looks of my Guild Wars 2 characters: Although I have always greatly appreciated the...

EVE Evolved: How much trust is too much in EVE Online?

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Of all the headlines to come out of EVE Online over the years, the biggest and most far-reaching have been the stories of massive thefts...
Ideas face challenges when born.

Wisdom of Nym: Currencies in Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood

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You know, I was going to talk about the end of the Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood MSQ this week, but I decided against it....

Jukebox Heroes: Six goofy RuneScape tunes

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Over the past year I've nearly been bested by the unclimbable mountain that is the RuneScape soundtrack. With well over 1,200 tracks currently existing...

One Shots: En garde!

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It's hard to deny that one of Final Fantasy XIV's newest classes marries style and substance, particularly if you're into a certain swashbuckling aesthetic. Skoryy...