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]

Choose My Adventure: Freeloading in WildStar

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Hello once again, friends, and welcome to a brand-new edition of Choose My Adventure. As you have probably already surmised, assuming that you read...
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WoW Factor: A wishlist for World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion

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We're going to find out a lot about World of Warcraft: Legion in November. Not just because I expect that'll be around the time we...

Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks

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I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s TwitchCon infodump

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So here's a funny thing: When I watched the TwitchCon streams for Star Wars: The Old Republic, I wasn't exactly looking to get new...

Sword and Bored: Player bounties

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Mo has made many friends while playing his MMO, but there is always that one friend he can count on... right?
Less exploratory than I might have thought.

Wisdom of Nym: Coordination, aetherial gear, and Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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How many times a day do you think about aetherial gear in Final Fantasy XIV? If the answer is more than "zero," I'm honestly...

Guild Chat: Creating a solo-friendly MMO guild

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Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my own cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which I help readers in need with...

One Shots: Threat Level Midnight

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Even in the far future, Starfleet officers still pose for a selfie or two. How could they not when they encounter such striking backdrops? "This...

Nexus Telegraph: Ten tips for new and returning WildStar players

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In just a few short days, WildStar will flip a switch and transition from its year-plus run as a subscription game to a free-to-play...
Too bad, sword sad.

Betawatch: September 25th, 2015

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I really hope your plans for the immediate future didn't include playing the full retail release for Sword Coast Legends, because the game's launch...

Chaos Theory: Small steps – The Secret World’s progress

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It's certainly been a week of expansion news! More than one game that had sworn off expansions in the past has circled back to...

Perfect Ten: Ten well-known voice actors behind SWTOR’s characters

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When it launched, Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any studio had ever...

Choose My Adventure: Pointy sticks and lunacy in Trove

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Hello, friends, and welcome once again to Choose My Adventure. This week, our time with Trove is drawing to an end, but we're not...

Massively Opinionated: Which MMO would be the most innovative if launched today?

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In this episode, Larry, Troy, and Jason debate underrated games, MMO development cycles, and the most innovative MMOs.

Hyperspace Beacon: Six things to do before SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire launch

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When Knights of the Fallen Empire launches for Star Wars: The Old Republic, certain activities will not be available in game anymore -- specifically, quests...

Sword and Bored: To the rescue

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Mo deals with the effects of a PvP flag while trying to evade players and NPCs during his escape from town.
Why must you disappoint hopes?

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s ranged DPS

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Honestly, ranged damage is a field that's never quite appealed to me as much as other options for doing stuff. Not just in Final...

EVE Evolved: New roles for capital ships

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In the past two editions of EVE Evolved, I looked at the Aegis sovereignty warfare overhaul and how it played out in a recent...

EverQuesting: EverQuest franchise expansion announcements erode more trust

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Is it just me, or is Daybreak actively trying to make me dislike it? To force me abandon all hope when I enter? Because...

One Shots: Welcome to the party, pal!

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"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...