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Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Games and education

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We've got some really smart commenters here at MassivelyOP, and I think they help keep the fiercer trolls away. But when Joystiq itself went under,...

Choose My Adventure: Rising through the ranks in Guild Wars 2

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Hello, friends, and welcome yet again to another installment of Choose My Adventure. Over the course of last weekend, I've continued my journeys in...

Elder Scrolls Online’s veteran ranks are going bye bye

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Elder Scrolls Online creative director Rich Lambert made a post on the game's official forum recently that should lead to much rejoicing. Unless you...

Face the Lord’s Labyrinth in Path of Exile’s next expansion: Ascendancy

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Earlier this month, Grinding Gear Games teased Path of Exile players with an announcement of an upcoming expansion announcement. Well folks, today's the day!...

MMO Burnout: Star Wars Battlefront

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I'm kind of in love with Star Wars: Battlefront. I shouldn't be, really, because underneath the glitz and gloss, it's a pretty pedestrian multiplayer...

Choose My Adventure: Running amok with Guild Wars 2’s Revenant

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Hello again, friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. As you may or may not have noticed, CMA took a little hiatus last...

Hands-on with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns’ first raid

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, raiders of all professions: I'm delighted to finally be able to spill the beans about all things raiding...

Why I keep returning to Lord of the Rings Online

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I got sucked into Lord of the Rings Online last weekend and I'm not sure why. There's no new Hobbit movie forthcoming (thank funk). I haven't...

Chaos Theory: How my walk in The Park gave me hope for The Secret World

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In the beginning, there was surprise. Funcom is making a single-player experience based on The Secret World?! After a few seconds that shock melted...

MMO Burnout: The Crew

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I broke down and bought The Crew on PC, mostly because it was briefly on sale for 13 bucks. I'd been meaning to pick up...

EverQuesting: Remembering EverQuest II’s bumpy 11th year

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In the 11th year of EverQuest II, what did SOE/Daybreak give to me? An emotional rollercoaster ride! This Sunday marks 11 years of Norrathian...

Choose My Adventure: Into the Heart of Thorns

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Hello again friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. November is upon us, and that means two things: It's time for another round...

MMO Burnout: Rebel Galaxy

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I wanted to like Rebel Galaxy more than I do. That's not to say it's a bad game at all; on the contrary it fills...
Maybe that's the horrible, fundamental blade that sits at the heart of every nudge forward. That if you're forced to really ask yourself for honesty, you realize that love is just a word you use to justify doing hard work for someone who never thanks you in a way you find meaningful or satisfying.

The Park is not single-player The Secret World, but it might be even better

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Let's just put our cards on the table: The Park is not the single-player offering that The Secret World fans have been clamoring for...

Choose My Adventure: Settling the homestead in WildStar

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the latest (and ostensibly greatest, depending on your perspective) installment of Choose My Adventure. This week, we'll be bidding...

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns launch diary: How to fix an expansion iteratively

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I know I promised you an entry that focused on the changes to the in-game economy as my next installment to the Heart of Thorns...

Hyperspace Beacon: Spoiler-filled impressions of SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire

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By now, everyone who was in early access for Knights of the Fallen Empire has played through the story at least once. If not,...

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns launch diary: Gaining masteries and lessening the grind

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I've had the whole weekend with Heart of Thorns now, and I'm progressing very nicely in both the story and masteries. I've still yet to...

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns launch diary: Initial impressions

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I've now put a solid day of playtime into Heart of Thorns, so I decided that it was finally time for the first of my...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Online games and internet addiction

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Massively OP's overview of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate last month was just the beginning of our coverage of the...