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Choose My Adventure: The Elder Scrolls Online in review

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Back when I played through The Elder Scrolls Online's beta, I said that it was another generic fantasy MMO in a field already choked...

Global Chat: Boobs and wrinkles edition

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Is the infamous "chainmail bikini" slowly disappearing from western RPGs and MMOs? Pete at Dragonchasers thinks that it is... and he kind of laments...

EVE Evolved: 2016 EVE Online year in review

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It's been another busy year for sci-fi MMO EVE Online, and an absolute roller coaster ride for both players and developer CCP Games. On the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: 2017 predictions for Guild Wars 2

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The year is most definitely drawing to a close: I've devoured a mountain of turkey and stuffing sandwiches, binge-watched all of my favourite holiday...
It's not that weather here!

Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival in review

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Ah, that moment when something is revealed that everyone already knows about. There was no real ambiguity about what the first new job was...

The MOP Up: Christmas in a warzone (December 25, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

One Shots: I make this look good

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Back in high school, I thought it was the epitome of cool to wear reflective aviator shades and a jean jacket. Alas, I could...
Making lists and so forth.

The Daily Grind: What did you get this year?

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You know, people, today is a holiday. I am writing this days in advance, because on the morning you're reading this, I will be...

Jukebox Heroes: MMO music for the holidays

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I absolutely adore Christmas music -- in moderation and in season. I keep to strict personal rules not to listen to it before Black...

The Game Archaeologist: Wing Commander Online and Privateer Online

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In late 2012, former Wing Commander developer-slash-movie director Chris Roberts emerged from a decade of obscurity to ask for help to fund his vision...
Unrevealed.

Betawatch: Revelation Online does the beta warp again (December 23, 2016)

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It was bound to happen. No, really, it was; we were told that Revelation Online would head into its second round of closed testing,...

Jukebox Heroes: The 2016 Online VGM Awards

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With all of the award madness going on at Massively OP this month, it's the perfect time to unveil the 2016 Online VGM Awards!...

Chaos Theory: The kink in Secret World’s Krampusnacht

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The Secret World, I'm shaking my head at you. I mean, I wasn't expecting anything really for the Krampusnacht holiday. But this? Remember back when...
And on and on and on...

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value at the start of 2017

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About a year ago, I listed off the best free-to-play titles on the market. To the surprise of no one, including me, that turned...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 2016 Report Card

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It's that time of year again where we reflect on the year gone by and consider Star Wars: The Old Republic as a whole....
So I'm in the holiday card this year?

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up The Elder Scrolls Online in Orsinium

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All good things must come to an end, and in this case, my adventures in The Elder Scrolls Online are ending in Orsinium. I've...
Different?

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about Final Fantasy XIV in 2017

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We're not there yet, but 2017 already makes me anxious. That's not going to stop it from arriving, though, however much I might want...

One Shots: Lost in space

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You might think you're having a bad week. You would be wrong. A bad week is getting podded in the void of space as...
Let's do the time warp again.

Betawatch: Guardians of Ember starts heading into head starts (December 16, 2016)

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First, Guardians of Ember had a headstart period for early access. Then, it actually hit early access. So it was even earlier access there....
True strength is inside. But leveling should really help.

WoW Factor: 2016 in review for World of Warcraft

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Talking about World of Warcraft in 2016 is really different because the game had two different years this year. And unfortunately for anyone trying...