Sword and Bored special edition birthday comic: ‘Anniversary gifts’
Mo helps us celebrate the site's birthday by opening an anniversary gift inside his MMO.
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul’s school of hard knocks (and mysterious, potentially deadly curses)
Hello friends, and welcome to week two of the February series of Choose My Adventure. For those of you who are just tuning in,...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire Chapter 10 impressions
I can't lie: The fact that BioWare took nearly seven hours longer to launch the next chapter of Star Wars: The Old Republic than...
Flameseeker Chronicles: A visual guide to gliding in Guild Wars 2
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there aren't many mechanics that are more fantastical than zooming around within...
Wisdom of Nym: The Warring Triad and what it means for Final Fantasy XIV
The Warring Triad is a big deal in Final Fantasy VI. We don't actually know if it's a big deal in Final Fantasy XIV,...
EVE Evolved: The right way to reboot DUST 514
This week we heard the news that CCP Games will be officially shutting down PS3 online shooter DUST 514 in May to start work on...
One Shots: On a highway to Hell
The Secret World has needed awesome mounts since, oh, day one, and it does my heart good to see players rumble about on hogs,...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten strange pre-release facts about World of Warcraft
An endless ocean of words, a tsunami of thoughts, and a riptide of fan devotion has flooded the gaming world about World of Warcraft...
Betawatch: Black Desert launches at the start of March (February 5th, 2016)
Are you impatiently waiting to explore the blackest and most brutal of all conceivable deserts? Because Black Desert's launch date is closer than you might...
Ask Mo: Re-reviewing MMORPGs and birthday shenanigans
Mo's been collecting letters to the editor for me to address in Ask Mo for the past month or two, and this one from...
Massively Overthinking: Old MMORPGs, disco, and pop culture phenomena
A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one!
"Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade...
EverQuesting: Music makes EverQuest II’s Terrors of Thalumbra complete
Music has been on my mind a lot lately. OK, so it is always on my mind! From skipping down the streets belting out...
WoW Factor: Thoughts from inside the Legion alpha
Tuesday brought along a big surprise for me in the form of access to the Legion alpha test. I had pretty much resigned myself...
Jukebox Heroes: Six soundtracks from MMOs that never launched
As an MMO fan, there are few things as sad as a promising game being killed in development without seeing the light of a...
Choose My Adventure: Entering the fray in Blade & Soul
Hello, friends, and welcome to a spankin' new series of Choose My Adventure. This month, I'm going to be diving into NCSoft's wuxia-inspired Blade &...
Hyperspace Beacon: How to approach SWTOR as a total newbie
My experience with World of Warcraft is minimal. I played the game for about a month just after The Burning Crusade launched. I have hopped...
Wisdom of Nym: What we know so far about Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
So we know what's going on with the next patch for Final Fantasy XIV, or at least as much as could be released during...
Choose My Adventure: Brewing disaster in Shroud of the Avatar
Hello, friends, and welcome to the final (belated) installment of Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar edition. Last week, I asked y'all to...
Guild Chat: How to have fun as an MMORPG guild
Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we break down the issues and questions...
The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual’s Star Trek Online
If you're among the legions of Trekkies, then you are almost certainly aware of Cryptic Studios' Star Trek Online. Since early 2010, players have...
