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]

Plants.

The Daily Grind: What customization option do you wish your main MMO had?

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When I first started working at Massively-that-was, it seemed downright luxurious to me that Lord of the Rings Online let you choose what your...

Well Fed: An introduction to our MMO kitchen and MOP’s new Well Fed column

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Hello fellow MMORPG lovers and food enjoyers alike! Welcome to Well Fed! If you listened to the end-of-year podcast from Bree and Justin, you...

End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2024 and beyond

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We've said it before, but this time we really mean it: The future of MMORPGs looks amazing. Contrary to years when we've seen only...

Choose My Adventure: Villagers & Heroes starts off feeling like a different game

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I admit that it's been a very long time since I had played Villagers & Heroes - since 2020, to be exact - but...
Mysteries!

Wisdom of Nym: What Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival needs to accomplish

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In just a few days, the last fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Dawntrail expansion will kick off, and on paper it looks...

The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2024?

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Hello friends. It's me, your mom, and the answer to today's Daily Grind question should be no, and I shouldn't even need to write...
Seriously, though, whatever.

The Daily Grind: Who told the biggest gaming fib of 2023?

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Did you know I keep a list of quotes and fibs? Well, you probably did, since we already did our annual piece on the...

The 2023 One Shots Awards: The best MMO screenshots of the year

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It doesn't feel quite right to end the year without making sure that everything's in order -- and part of that definitely includes returning...
Management!

The Daily Grind: What MMO-related thing do you want to remember from 2023?

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I did not have a good 2023. (Trust me, unless you're a personal friend, you don't know the half of it.) But now the...

Massively on the Go: A slow New Year start for Pokemon GO events

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Pokemon Go is still not bringing its A-game. After a buggy end of the year complete with utterly breaking Beware and accidentally releasing-and-taking-back unreleased...
Finite.

WoW Factor: What World of Warcraft needs to accomplish in 2024

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On October 12th, 2023, the YouTuber SuperEyepatchWolf put out a video running just over one hour nine minutes titled "The Simpsons Is Good Again."...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the brightest future in 2024?

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2024 is already shaping up to be an interesting year with plenty to anticipate from the big MMOs. We're looking at expansions for World...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO resolutions for 2024

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Stop right there. I know you're about to object and say that you don't do resolutions, let alone MMO resolutions. That's fine. A lot...

Tamriel Infinium: Rounding out Elder Scrolls Online’s ninth year of adventures

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No matter what your predictions may be, how a year turns out often involves unforeseen twists and turns. Even the world of Tamriel was...
AHHHHHHHH

Vague Patch Notes: The ever-changing costs of playing an MMORPG

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It was a pretty big deal back when I had first started working at original Massively when the trend started, and I can still...
It's not for sale. Sort of.

The Daily Grind: How many MMOs did you actively play in 2023?

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This truly awful year is almost over, and that means it's time for all of us to look at what happened over the past...
treasure hunting is one step from lockboxes

The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding

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I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...
The scholar sees when you do not index things, and he is not impressed.

End-of-year Eleven: The best value MMORPGs at the end of 2023

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I have been told that if I start another one of these columns musing on the abstract meaning of "value" as I have for...

Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon

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Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...
He seems happy.

Wisdom of Nym: My Viper wishlist for Final Fantasy XIV

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One of the things I like about Viper in Final Fantasy XIV is that it fills a gap that the game has heretofore been...