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Massively OP Podcast Episode 483: Singing the Blues Protocol

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Justin and Bree discuss the demise of Blue Protocol, WoW's War Within launch, RuneScape's sub fee hike, and Wizard101's console ambitions, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMO cosmetic gear, Ultima Online as a survival game, and sticking to a vision as MMOs age.

MMO Week in Review: RIP Blue Protocol, welcome The War Within

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I found myself thinking of Peria Chronicles this week, thanks to Bandai Namco's decision to shutter the local version of Blue Protocol before it...

WRUP: What was Bree doing with this one edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about times we failed to read the room IRL.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 482: The war within two expansion launches

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Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Guild Wars 2 Janthir Wilds, World of Warcraft The War Within, Elder Scrolls Online's U43, DDO's Myth Drannor, Dune Awakening, and Path of Exile 2.

MMO Week in Review: The War Within Janthir Wilds

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This last chunk of August might just be the peak of the summer for the MMORPG genre: Not only did Guild Wars 2 release...

WRUP: Turns out this was buried in the ice for a good reason edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about obscure media we don't like.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 481: Pre-Gamescom MMO mini podcast

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In this mini episode, Bree runs down Throne & Liberty's delay, New World's Aeternum beta, Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launch, the Richard Garriott Ultima Online rumor, the state of Ultima Online New Legacy, Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, the record-setting SWG Legends' SOEclipse event, and the approach of Gamescom.

MMO Week in Review: Myth Drannor, Janthir Wilds ahoy, and Throne & Liberty delayed

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This week in the world of MMORPGs tried its damnedest to make up for the week before (iykyk): Throne & Liberty got a two-week...
THE FINAL DOOT

WRUP: Mom says it’s my turn in the agony engine edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the worst numbers.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 480: Fashion is the real MMO endgame

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Justin and Bree sit for a theme show focused on MMO fashion, discussing cosmetic mechanics, monetization, armor art, cool fashion mechanics, fashion crimes, and even their favorite tips for looking stylish.

MMO Week in Review: New World’s truncated season, Corepunk’s paid alpha

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New World just can't stop seem to stop hitting itself: This week, Amazon suffered an undisclosed issue with its season leaderboard and wound up...
SIR

WRUP: This entry is in cat edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about cats!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 479: The MMO that must not be named

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, World of Warcraft, Bungie, Ashes of Creation, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG Legends.

MMO Week in Review: Bungie’s bungles, Fellowship’s fancies

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Destiny 2's Bungie volunteered to be the industry villain of the week as it slashed multiple games and teams with cancelations and layoffs as...
Yes, I know.

WRUP: Selection from Mr. Horace’s Classic Word Problems edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about songs we use to cheer ourselves up.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 478: Ultima Online finds its stones

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Justin and Bree discuss the WoW War Within prepatch and Ultima Online's New Legacy, followed by a mailbag catch-up segment on AI, holidays, release timing, and MMO complexity.

MMO Week in Review: The WoWGG union and WoW’s War Within prepatch

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World of Warcraft offered two pieces of huge news this week: Its developer team formed a wall-to-wall union, WoWGG, that includes members from multiple...
I am assured these are plums.

WRUP: Purchases I have made on eBay that have turned out to be a box of plums edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our most expensive MMO purchases (oh no...)

Massively OP Podcast Episode 477: The lineage of Lineage

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Justin and Bree discuss Throne and Liberty's beta, Ultima Online's New Legacy, New World, Spellfarers, TennoCon, and Soulforge, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, No Man's Sky, and T&L, plus a mailbag topic on the usefulness of MMO mobile apps.

MMO Week in Review: Worlds, Solisium, and TennoCon

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Lumpy Spacesuit Couture or not, Hello Games' No Man's Sky dropped a massive revamp-centric patch meant to enliven the MMO's environments, among other things....