The Game Archaeologist: Fallen Earth
I remember back when Fallen Earth first came out, I had some friends who were raving about it and doing everything in their power...
The Daily Grind: What MMO boss quote can’t you get out of your head?
There's one thing to be said about running the same dungeons and fighting the same bosses in MMORPGs repeatedly: You absolutely end up memorizing...
The MMO Cartographer: In the Echo of Echo of Soul
How much would you pay to play a game that has been shut down as a free-to-play game and then re-released as a buy-to-play...
Massively-on-the-Go: Gotta cash’em all in Pokemon Go
In the last few editions of the Massively-on-the-Go column, I've been covering the deluge of events and updates Pokemon Go has received quite suddenly...
WoW Factor: Shadowlands has a release date… again
I really thought I had written a column when World of Warcraft properly announced the launch date for Shadowlands. Alas, I apparently did not. But I...
The Daily Grind: What does the future of (World of) Warcraft look like?
Usually, Activision-Blizzard investor calls are boring as heck and I wish I didn't have to sit through all the Call of Duty and Candy...
Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs
A couple of weeks before Dual Universe's snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer's poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game's...
Desert Oasis: Is Black Desert’s lore actually a time-travel narrative?
In the last edition of Desert Oasis, I wrote about an absolutely dismal week in Black Desert that ultimately ended with my taking a...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that you can play on the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo hasn't held the title of "serious gamer console" in a while, with specs that lack the sheer graphical and processing muscles of the...
Vague Patch Notes: The wax and wane of MMOs and genres
I started writing for Massively-that-was in October of 2009. That was 11 years ago. Oh... oh my word, no, that was so long ago....
The Daily Grind: What non-MMO games scratch an MMO itch for you?
Genshin Impact is multiplayer, but it skews closer to a single-player game during much of the moment-to-moment gameplay. However, I still find that to...
Lawful Neutral: The Epic vs. Apple lawsuit – when titans are tweens
The MassivelyOP Golden Yacht was anchored someplace off the coast of Maine when the first news about Epic suing Apple hit. We had sailed...
The Daily Grind: What’s the point of collecting MMO vanity pets?
In my book, there are two types of MMO players. No, it's not warlords and carebears. It's not even subbers versus freebies. The only...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 294: Butterfly in the sky, I can game twice as high
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, New World, WoW, City of Heroes, and LOTRO, with adventures in Torchlight III, WoW, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on working in the games industry.
Choose My Adventure: Counting the ways I love Dauntless
Thank you all for letting me close out this month with some Dauntless because I seriously love this game so very, very much.
I’ve been following...
Massively-on-the-Go: Niantic’s ‘Mega’ missteps in Pokemon Go
Previously in our Massively-on-the-Go column, we covered the deluge of events and updates Pokemon Go has seen this season, with a bit of commentary. While...
The Daily Grind: Is the ‘forever game’ philosophy healthy for MMOs?
A few weeks back, Remnant from the Ashes creative director David Adams did an interview on Gamasutra where he discussed how his team very...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s borrowed power is generously loaned
If you've been active in the larger MMO discussion sphere over the past few months... well, thanks! It's the field I work in, after...
Not So Massively: StarCraft II’s maintenance mode doesn’t mean game over
Earlier this month, we learned that Blizzard was effectively putting StarCraft II into maintenance mode. Considering what a massive fan of StarCraft II I...
The Daily Grind: If a different studio could remake your favorite MMO, which one would you pick?
MOP reader Bruno recently tweeted me a topic so great I begged him to let me pitch it to all of you. He was...
