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Massively Overthinking: Playing the game of timers in MMOs

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Massively OP reader The Chief Turtle recently sent us a question that I think ties in neatly to the daily quests Overthinking we discussed a few...

Linkrealms launches Steam early access today

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Linkrealms is launching into Steam early access today. If you're thinking, "Hasn't that game been around for a long time?" know that you're not...
How are you this way.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 65: Make yourself at home

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Justin and Bree discuss Gigantic, NCsoft, WildStar, KingsIsle, Star Trek Online, Legion, and Crowfall, plus a mailbag question on media embargoes.

Grab a TERA Secrets & Shadows flying mount key from En Masse and MOP

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In celebration of the launch of TERA's Secrets & Shadows patch today, En Masse has granted Massively OP 20,000 keys for a seven-day flying mount called...

The Daily Grind: Why do you buy from MMO cash shops?

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If you still aren't convinced that a great deal of MMORPG monetization is just gambling in disguise, consider that an acclaimed academic on the...

Giveaway: HeroWarz closed beta keys

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HeroWarz's closed beta kicks off this week -- on May 18th, to be exact. If you're in North America, Australia, or New Zealand, you...
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The Daily Grind: What’s the best tank class in an MMORPG?

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I've teased the late Warhammer Online plenty over the years for its disaster-dungeons, but it had something I've never seen topped in an MMORPG,...
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MMO Week in Review: A console port is a blessing for Star Trek Online (May 15, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! One...
Ah, because you're awesome. That's your selling point.

Leaderboard: Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter funded. Did you back it?

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On this week's Massively OP podcast, both Justin and I expressed surprise that Chronicles of Elyria's Kickstarter has done so well -- it certainly...
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WRUP: Talk to your children about the X-Files edition

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The world moves ever onward, and pretty soon you're going to need to think about how you're going to discuss The X-Files with your...

The Daily Grind: What’s been your biggest MMORPG mistake or regret?

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I don't like listing off my mistakes and regrets in MMORPGs, but I do have them. I made a giant fool out of myself...

Massively Overthinking: The minority playerbases inside MMORPGs

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Earlier this week, World of Warcraft Lead Game Designer Ion "Watcher" Hazzikostas weighed in on a player thread about Legion's in-game prices in a...
To return where others have gone before, but not like this.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 64: To boldly return

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Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online, Chronicles of Elyria, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, TERA, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag question on metacritic for MMOs.
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The Daily Grind: What do you think about NPC party members in MMORPGs?

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I've been thinking a lot about classic Guild Wars lately -- the anniversary always does this to me. And one of my favorite parts...
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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite type of grind in an MMORPG?

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Grind is not a thing people generally love in MMORPGs, but what's actually considered to be grind varies wildly from player to player. You...

MMO Week in Review: The Star Trek Online expansion schism (May 8, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! This...

Guild Chat: How to reacclimate when coming back to EVE Online

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Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, the space in which I get together with the MOP commenters to help a reader in need...
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WRUP: The MOP album track listing edition

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Before the album comes out, check out the full track listing for our debut album, Straight Outta Co-Opted Culture. Hello (skit) How Did We Get Here...
quartier21/room D at Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria, by Manfred Werner - Tsui (used via Wikimedia Commons permission)

The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios be involved in modding their games’ subreddits?

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Reddit is a complicated place with more than its fair share of drama, and that drama spills over into the gaming space from time...

Massively Overthinking: The sandbox MMORPG disconnect

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This week's Massively Overthinking was inspired by a reader who decided to go by Sandboxless in Seattle when he penned this note of frustration to us. I...

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