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The Daily Grind: Have you ever visited a memorial in an MMO?

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I was strolling around the PvP areas on Dathomir on SWG Legends the other day and a stumbled into a building that was clearly...

Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet

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After years of hilariously wrong recommendations, something seems to have clicked with Facebook's algorithms lately to make it finally start showing me relevant ads....
Kershadow

Wisdom of Nym: The two-month delay of Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

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Well, it turns out this week did not bring much in the way of new information about Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3. Or... it...
Llook out, Llary! It's the llandlllord!

The Daily Grind: Do you have a favorite MMO PvP moment?

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There was a fun thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit a while back that really made me miss solid MMORPG PvP. A player...

Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Mists of Wilderland soundtrack

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Just in time for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, Standing Stone Games finally posted Update 26's full soundtrack to YouTube the other...
Uh-oh.

The Daily Grind: Has the Crucible pull-back affected your thoughts on New World?

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Here's the thing: I have definitely not been on the hype train for Amazon's New World for a variety for reasons. But with the...

Battle Bards Episode 172: Lost Ark

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Although Lost Ark is still making its slow journey to the west, the music arrived ahead — on a songbird, of course! It’s a...

The Daily Grind: What’s your go-to MMO for quick gaming sessions?

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The other day in the MOP virtual office, Chris and I were talking about how we're kind of glad to see Torchlight 3 appear...
Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: The missing soulbinds of Shadowlands’ testing

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Everyone remembers about soulbinding, yes? It's one of the major new features in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? Like, it's literally the whole thing that...

LOTRO Legendarium: A very Middle-earth wedding

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Dearly beloved players, we are gathered today to celebrate the release of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, and with it, a great...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG do you wish were on mobile?

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Remember way back in the day when Guild Wars 2 was supposed to get a mobile version? It never did, and whatever mobile toy...

Massively Overthinking: Can Amazon actually save Crucible?

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Earlier this week, Amazon pulled Crucible back into closed beta for some hefty retooling, a move that surprised basically no one. We'd watched the...
I half-see.

Vague Patch Notes: Trying to salvage MMOs from bad launches

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So I'm glad that Crucible got a "pull back to beta" instead of a complete shutdown. I'm surprised but still happy because that's more...
When the lights go down in the city.

The Daily Grind: What systems do you avoid learning properly in MMOs?

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Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was meant to break some degenerate enhancement effects, but it also meant that you had to think a...

Choose My Adventure: EVE Online wasn’t really all that bad I guess

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As I alluded to last week, I’ve been putting in a lot of thought into my time with EVE Online over the course of...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored elf rainbow

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Remember how I managed to get an entire column out of all the different flavors of troll within World of Warcraft? Except I kind...
All things go, all things go.

The Daily Grind: What does World of Warcraft actually do well?

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We all know that World of Warcraft gets its fair share of criticism and grumpy rants, particularly in this Battle for Azeroth era. And...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 278: Patchy McPatchface

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Pantheon, SWTOR, BDO, and Blade & Soul, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and WoW, plus mailbag topics on ship combat and inventory annoyances.
Stay specced.

First impressions of Star Trek Online’s new Klingon tutorial and House Divided arc

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One of the things I have always admired about Star Trek Online is the fact that its writers know how to take a premise...

Massively on the Go: Fun ideas for online play in Animal Crossing New Horizons

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I love sandbox gameplay. I'm pretty sure a lot of you readers do too, which is probably why a good deal of us have...

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