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The Daily Grind: What MMO abilities make you feel like a rock star?

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I'll admit that there's a shade of vanity that prompts me to bust out my best and most noticeable skills whenever I'm in an...

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best worst MMO bug

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MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best worst MMO bug. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is,...

Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2020

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It'd be spectacularly easy -- routine, even -- to look back at the year gone with derision, bitterness, and all sorts of acrid snark,...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Studio of the Year, which was awarded to Grinding Gear Games last...

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the brightest future right now heading into 2021?

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A Massively Overthinking roundtable about MMOs with bright future that we did a few years ago was so popular that we decided to make...

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Most bizarre thing in an MMO this year

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MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today, now affectionately named the Golden Yachties in honor of that dumb meme about how games bloggers are sailing...

Not So Massively: Looking back at 2020 and ahead to 2021 in the realm of not-so-massively games

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So another year comes, and the last one's gone, and we dig deep just to carry on. Musical allusions notwithstanding, I thought it might...
Teamwork.

Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 story

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It'd be wrong to say that this patch is our first patch back on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. We've been splitting our...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Story of the Year

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Story of the Year, which was awarded to the Blizzard boycotts last...
Deception!

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO industry trend of 2020?

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As is tradition around MOP, we always follow up our award for best gaming trend with a discussion of the worst trend too because...
Whee or something.

Battle Bards Episode 183: Theme parks

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This episode is your ticket to the greatest amusement park experience known to gamers! With cotton candy and ride tickets in hand, the Battle...

Into the Super-verse: A heroic year of superhero MMO development

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As we get ready to tuck 2020 into the annals of history and venture into the wilds of 2021, it's a good time for...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Player Housing

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Player Housing, which was awarded to The Elder Scrolls Online last...
VORP

The Daily Grind: Did you try out any MMO rogue servers in 2020?

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Last year was the year when rogue servers became an even bigger deal for many veteran MMO players than usual, due in no small...
shaaaaark

Global Chat: Is RIFT the Volvo of MMOs?

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If you're not familiar with the blog 24 Hours In, you really should be. The author takes on 24-hour challenges (not consecutively) to investigate...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Worst MMO Business Model

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Worst MMO Business Model, which was awarded jointly to Star Citizen and Fallout...

The Daily Grind: Are you playing the same MMO at the end of 2020 that you were in January?

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I always find it interesting to look back over the gaming journey that I took during the year. If I rewind the calendar all...

Asheron’s Call 2 died 17 years ago, then came back, then died again, and here we are

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On December 30th, 2005, Asheron's Call 2 was shut down - the first time. That was 15 years ago. And then, without warning, seven...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2021

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So... 2020 didn't go exactly as anyone planned. Our predictions for this past year were pretty janked up by that whole pandemic thing and...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Surprise of 2020, which was awarded to the revival of City...

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