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]

Sword and Bored: Offline activities

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Mo's player steps away for a bit and decides to gain XP by doing some offline activities.

The MOP Up: Fishing Planet will rule all

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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...

Guild Chat: What to do when your guildies buy illegal MMO gold

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Hello, readers, and welcome along to my cozy little corner where we get together to help a reader in need with a guild-related issue....

Chaos Theory: I’d fund The Secret World for Funcom if I could

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Funcom is in trouble? Say it isn't so! No, seriously -- giving it words feels like personally putting a nail in the coffin, as...

One Shots: They’ll swallow your soul

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Sometimes you can't help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you...

The Game Archaeologist: Microsoft’s Mythica

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While Microsoft may be the big cheese when it comes to operating systems and worldwide domination, for whatever reason the company has the absolute...
I guess I could connect with my mother here, if I cared?

Betawatch: August 14th, 2015

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We all thought that Otherland was dead due to something as silly as a very long silence and the complete failure of its development...

The Soapbox: Why I’m hopeful for the future of MMOs

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Earlier this week, Justin asked what gives you hope for the future of the MMOs. As you might expect, the responses were many and...

Massively Opinionated: Which MMO dev handles offensive people the best?

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In this episode, Larry, Jason, and The Cosmic Engine answer Patreon questions on which MMO studio best handles trolls.

Exclusive: Guild Wars 2’s Revenant elite spec is the Herald

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The Revenant is shaping up to be a unique profession on a Guild Wars 2 roster, with fresh ideas in regards to combat abilities and its place...

Choose My Adventure: Three games enter, one game leaves

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Hello again, friends, and welcome to a new cycle of Choose My Adventure. You may remember that last time around, I bypassed the whole...

The Daily Grind: What gives you hope for the future of MMOs?

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We can't help but look ahead in this industry, even as we play in the present and wax nostalgic for the past. What's coming...

Global Chat: Guild Wars 2 needs to get its act together

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Hunter's Insight is a long-time fan and player of Guild Wars 2, but recently he had some pretty harsh words to say regarding the...

Hyperspace Beacon: Eight misconceptions about SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire

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The actual information coming from BioWare's camp about Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion has thus far been more sparse than fans might have...

Sword and Bored: Pub roleplay

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Mo's companion Amilya stops into the local pub to get a quick drink. Can't a woman just get a drink already?!
Here comes trouble.

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s tanks

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I don't generally like "ranking" classes. The best tanking option in Final Fantasy XIV is the one that you like playing the most, and...

EVE Evolved: CCP can’t just focus on EVE Online any more

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The recent announcement of arcade shooter EVE: Gunjack for the Samsung Gear VR has prompted some pretty interesting negative responses from gamers this week. There's...

MMO Burnout: Virtual bush flying with FSEconomy

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I play a lot of flight sims. The Sturmovik series, DCS, X-Plane, and pretty much every similar title ever released has found its way onto...

Nexus Telegraph: Four things that have me excited about WildStar’s F2P patch

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Hot dog! This past week's stress test of the new fall patch for WildStar (it doesn't have a name yet, and Carbine is getting...
Spread your wings and, well, glide.

Betawatch: August 7th, 2015

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It's time for the first Guild Wars 2 expansion beta weekend! Technically, it's a public weekend, but the only parts of the public that...