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]

Chaos Theory: Inside The Secret World’s Issue #13 before launch

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It never fails. I am too weak to resist a Secret World dev tour! Even knowing that spoilers will abound, I cannot help myself...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online predictions for 2016

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Speculation can be dangerous because I tend to be too hopeful for the MMOs that I play. I've been critical of The Elder Scrolls Online in...
Here we go again.

Wisdom of Nym: Looking back at Final Fantasy XIV’s 2015

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I realize that this is arguably a little early. We've still got a couple of weeks left in 2015, after all, and patch 3.15...

One Shots: Underground wonders

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Spelunking isn't just a fun word to say but an exciting activity in its own right. Players who take the time to explore under...

Jukebox Heroes: A very merry Christmas MMO mix

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Now that we're into the thick of December, I've given myself permission to finally turn the radio station over to the all-Christmas-all-the-time channel for...
And this time, we mean it.

Betawatch: Albion Online celebrates the season and its backers (December 11, 2015)

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Who loves Albion Online? The game is clearly doing something right enough to celebrate 60,000 founders backing the game in its current beta test;...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: The 10 best free-to-play MMORPGs

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You know one of the reasons I like writing this column? Because one of these days I'm going to be able to make a...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for The Secret World and Funcom fan

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It's the holidays, and in the spirit of giving, I am going I'm going to give you ideas -- for gifts! Instead of waxing...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s 2015 report card

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I’ve never had a chance to do an annual "report card" like this for Elder Scrolls Online because I left the game by the time that...

Sword and Bored: Rage quit

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Mo disconnects from his game in an epic rage quit for our 2015 comic finale.
'Problem' is not a synonym for 'thing I personally don't like.'

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s new kids on the block

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I haven't forgotten the fact that there were people on the first day of Heavensward early access sporting level 50 Machinist and Dark Knights....

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up my Guild Wars 2 adventure

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Hello again, friends, and welcome to the fourth and final installment of the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns edition of Choose My Adventure....

Nexus Telegraph: How can WildStar be more alt-friendly?

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With rare exception, creating multiple characters in MMOs is and has always been a standard practice for me. I can't play any single class...
We do things for you! This is a thing.

Betawatch: Star Citizen’s universe expands (December 4, 2015)

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The universe of Star Citizen is getting a bit bigger with the addition of 50,000 testers to its persistent universe. It also has a...

Chaos Theory: The Secret World’s Issue #13 Trail of Shadows reveal

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Following in the reveal footsteps of the second half of Issue #12, the details of The Secret World's Issue #13 Trail of Shadows came by...
Unseen.

WoW Factor: Legion testing is an exercise in absurd decisions

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One of my favorite bits from The Office is when Michael is having his budget explained to him. You don't need to know the...

Massively Overthinking: Counting the hits and misses of our 2015 predictions

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Every year, we lodge our predictions for the next. Funny, strange, and deadly serious, these predictions are a glance back on the naïvetés of 2014 and...

Perfect Ten: Where to get your MMO podcast fix

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We'll assume since you're a savvy gamer reading Massively OP that you're already well aware of the world's best MMO podcast. But what do...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Vale Guardian raid boss guide

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I've been having a grand auld time smashing my toon against Guild Wars 2's first raiding tier recently, and since I've now (finally!) started...

Global Chat: Sifting the good raiders from the bad

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Game designer and blogger Psychochild posited an interesting question recently: How can you tell the difference between a good raider and a bad one? He...