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]

Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs coming soon to a pocket near you

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It may be true that interest in playing and developing mobile games has peaked, although personally I very much like mobile gaming. On the...

Choose My Adventure: Unveiling the Treasures of Trove

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Hello again, friends, and welcome once again to Choose My Adventure. The results of last week's race are in, and holy cow, what a...
Are you not entertained?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s events, anniversaries, and content

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I don't know whether we're actually going to have a proper two-year anniversary event in Final Fantasy XIV. It feels very strange to say...

Marvel Heroics: My Marvel Heroes wish list

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If there's one constant in the gaming universe, it's that every MMO player has a wish list. It's almost impossible to spend any length...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR datamining and guild building

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Usually, I don't combine two topics into one article, but these two things are important and I don't want to go another week without...

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?!