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Guild Chat: Taking down the dominant guild leader

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, our comfy place for discussing all your guild dramas in a fun, frank, and empathetic way. You know the...

One Shots: Primitive GPS

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There's no shame in being lost, especially if your MMO doesn't include an on-screen map. Anyone remember the olden days of using graph paper...
You're a liar, Future Me! A wonderful liar.

WRUP: Early access maybe edition

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This week, no one will exactly be surprised to learn that I'm playing Final Fantasy XIV's early access weekend. Or trying to, anyway, because...

The Daily Grind: What was the MMO highlight of E3?

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The last few years around convention time, I took a moment in The Daily Grind to ponder whether E3 had become irrelevant for MMO...

Massively Overthinking: The value of MMO voice chat

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This week's Massively Overthinking question was shot over to us from Kickstarter donor Celestial, and it's all about voice chat in MMOs. Do you use a...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 18

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Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online's console launch, SWTOR's new expansion, WoW's flight fiasco, Cabal II, failed Kickstarters, plus mailbag questions on gratuitous complexity and Turbine's future.

The Daily Grind: Would you try a pay-per-hour MMO model?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor SoMuchMass offers an intriguing business model question for your consideration in this morning's Daily Grind: Would a pay-by-hour model work as a MMO...

Sword and Bored: Area of effect

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Mo discovers the value of MMO friends in the pursuit of sweet, sweet revenge.
oh gosh

The Daily Grind: Do you like mobile gaming?

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I feel like the odd man out when it comes to mobile (or more specifically for MassivelyOP's purposes, mobile MMOs). Everyone I know seems to...

MMO Week in Review: SWTOR rumors, ESO on console (June 14, 2015)

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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! The...
We turned out all right.

The Daily Grind: Do you trust MMO leaks, rumors, and teaser-based speculation?

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MMO companies do their collective best to make sure that people don't find out certain pieces of information ahead of time, which makes it...
Witness.

WRUP: Exhausting movies that might just be Australian documentaries edition

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I'm relatively certain that I left the theater showing Mad Max: Fury Road on the same day that I went in, but I'm not...

The Daily Grind: Is there MMO busywork you enjoy?

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Down in the comments beneath the Marvel Heroes column we first published this week, a Massively OP reader expressed annoyance with online action RPGs and...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO annoyances that provoke ragequits

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I'm going to do something I don't do a lot in Massively Overthinking -- or anywhere, really. I'm going to ask you to whine. MOP Kickstarter...

Massively Opinionated: Was ESO’s console release worth the wait?

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In this episode, Larry, Troy, Andrew, and Lee debate Elder Scrolls Online, its console launch, and its missing features.

Ask Mo: Why MMORPGs still need traditional chat

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I dug this intriguing question out of our brimming-over letters-to-the-editor bin, and it's particularly timely given the recent launch of Wander, notable for its curious glyph-based...

The Daily Grind: Is truly dynamic content still possible in MMOs?

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This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from a Kickstarter donor at fivefingerdiscount.org (who by the way is still linking to Old Massively! Gasp!). The donor...

Sword and Bored: Ranged Class

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Mo learns that ranged classes make the best kill-stealers.

The Daily Grind: Did you do anything noteworthy in MMOland this weekend?

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I didn't game as much as I would have liked this weekend, but I did manage a smidge of Elite: Dangerous, a bit of...

MMO Week in Review: Eyes on EverQuest Next (June 7, 2015)

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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! Hey,...