MMO Week in Review: Scions of Ithelia, Building a Foundation
It was a week of big updates for the MMORPG genre, as Elder Scrolls Online released Scions of Ithelia and Star Wars The Old...
WRUP: New Tarot cards for remarkably specific fortunes edition
Editor's note: Please do not believe this, or any other thing posted in WRUP. Just tell us what MMOs you're playing this weekend, and maybe answer the bonus question - this week's is about games we felt pressured to buy.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 461: Dune Awakening rises from its slumber
Justin and Bree discuss Camelot Unchained, Final Stand Ragnarok, WoW Cataclysm Classic, Dune Awakening, New World, and Albion Online, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on BitCraft and our thoughts on the merits of early access.
MMO Week in Review: Beta testing Cataclysm like it’s 2010
World of Warcraft Classic is on the edge of its next big thing: WoW Classic Cataclysm slipped into beta this week, and though we...
WRUP: Uncomfortable things I have noticed while walking in the woods that ought to be addressed edition
Editor's note: Please do not do this, or any other thing recommended by WRUP. Just tell us what MMOs you're playing this weekend, and maybe answer the bonus question - this week's is about the hardest challenges in MMOs.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 460: The crafting episode!
Justin and Bree focus discuss all things crafting in MMORPGs in this theme show: our personal experiences with crafting, the real purpose of crafting, MMOs that did things differently, the impact of survival games, craft gating, missing crafts, the future of MMO crafting, and much more.
MMO Week in Review: Fippyfest’s fancy fifteen-hundred fee
How much would you pay to attend a fanfest for your favorite MMORPG? If you said $1500 plus airfare and accommodations on top, then...
WRUP: Why various Pokemon have been cancelled forever edition
Dragonite: While this was not known until two years ago, in the 1970s Dragonite starred in a show titled Which Animals Can Survive In...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 459: A Gigantic return
Justin and Bree discuss Nightingale's launch, Gigantic's return, Guild Wars 2's Realm of Dreams, and Last Epoch's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on Wagadu Chronicles and TTRPG-MMO crossovers.
MMO Week in Review: From Nightingale to Fippyfest
It was a weird but packed week for MMORPGs and not-so-massively titles: Gearbox announced it's bringing back fan-favorite Gigantic, Nightingale sailed into early access,...
WRUP: Glortback mountain edition
Join our weekly open thread as we discuss what MMOs we're playing this weekend, plus answer this week's bonus question on the worst things we've forgotten.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak selling PlanetSide, Nightingale's early access, Islands of Insight's launch, and NCsoft's financials with Guild Wars 2 and Throne & Liberty, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on features we want to see in features for Amazon's LOTR and ZeniMax's Star Wars MMOs.
MMO Week in Review: PlanetSide 2 up in the air
EG7-owned Daybreak Games, the company formerly known as SOE, admitted it's sold off the entire PlanetSide IP as of January; apparently, it was worth...
WRUP: How to properly cook a cheeseburger but you stop in the middle to microwave a soda can for some reason edition
Editor's note: Please do not do this, or any other thing recommended by WRUP. Just tell us what MMOs you're playing this weekend, and maybe answer the bonus question - this week's is about quotable movies.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 457: Sailing into February with cannons blazing
Justin and Bree discuss Skull & Bones, FFXIV on Xbox, WoW Classic, New World, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on day and night cycles and getting out of MMO gaming ruts.
MMO Week in Review: Skull & Bones departs drydock
Skull & Bones finally drifted into its soft launch open beta after eleventy billion delays and do-overs, and... it's actually not terrible? And it's...
WRUP: Taylor Swift throws the first football at the Superbowl edition
Before any contest for initial possession of the football begins, a visibly tired Taylor Swift walks onto the field wearing sweatpants, a loose blouse...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 456: The MMO housing show
Justin and Bree tackle a theme proposed by the listeners, as this show is all about MMORPG housing, including why housing matters, post-launch housing patches, placement tools, prefab vs. custom houses, housing as part of the gameplay loop, apartments vs. instanced vs. open-world housing, incentivizing housing use, taxes and monetization, and integrating housing into MMO ecosystems.
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard’s brand-new boss
Meet the new boss, same as the... well, actually we don't know how samey Johanna Faries is going to be just yet. She's replacing...
WRUP: How to get ham from snakes edition
All right so I'm not actually sure what you need to learn here. For one thing, ham is a meat that comes from pigs....
