The Daily Grind: What MMO content are you totally sick of doing?
The other day I was questing my way through the Shire in Lord of the Rings Online and chatting to my kinship about how...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 273: ArcheAge Unraveled
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge Unchained, PSO2 PC, Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor, Guild Wars 2's No Quarter, EverQuest, Daybreak, Sea of Thieves, and EVE Echoes, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, ESO, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on rogue server security and digital rights.
Choose My Adventure: Taking the new Warbird for a spin in Star Trek Online
It was unanimous: We were meant to be Romulans and continue with the storyline that we were following in Star Trek Online. The voting...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is most in need of a major quality-of-life overhaul?
MOP reader Ashfyn recently made an offhand comment about quality-of-life upgrades in MMOs that caught my attention. " was a my favorite game back...
MMO Burnout: We Happy Few is a single-player virtual world
After having it on my radar for many years, I've finally gotten around to playing indie stealth/survival game We Happy Few. It's a good...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers has mined out its own nostalgia
There are a lot of themes that are running hot through the entirety of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. Some of them are very obvious and...
Gamigo confirms ArcheAge’s free-to-play version will receive Garden of the Gods for free
It's been a wild few days for Gamigo and ArcheAge, which at the tail end of last week admitted that it was planning to...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about offline play in MMORPGs?
I spend a... lot of time in Star Wars Galaxies on the SWG Legends rogue server. I poke fun at myself for this, but...
Battle Bards Episode 169: Wild Things
Do you ever walk on the wild side in MMOs? Do you have a penchant for beastly races that aren’t merely reskinned humans? Then...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Neo Steam’s soundtrack
While there always seems to be much love for steampunk among geeks and gamers, the setting never seems to be the catalyst to instant...
The Daily Grind: What MMO titles bother you more than they probably should?
There's no good reason to call Guild Wars 2... well, that. The title of the original Guild Wars already didn't make a whole lot of sense because...
The Game Archaeologist: McDonalds’ McWorld MMO is a thing that existed
If you thought that it was strange for MTV to create its own virtual world, then you probably are forgetting how desperate companies always...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs do more to provide a backstory for your character?
Maybe I'm in the vast minority here, but it's always bugged me that MMORPGs just plop your fully grown, fully proficient adult character into...
Vague Patch Notes: The endless allure of the games we never got
It's kind of weird for me to see the intensely positive reaction people have had to the concept art for the original version of Diablo...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of underwater MMO zones and content?
Underwater zones in video games has been a hot topic lately. I don't know who started it, but I noticed when I saw the...
Massively Overthinking: The more things change in MMOs, the more they stay the same
A while back, in the wake of our Desert Oasis column on Black Desert's guild system, Carlo and I were discussing guild wars -...
Tamriel Infinium: Getting ready for Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor chapter
Are you ready for Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor chapter release next week? I mean, are you really ready? Here at Massively OP, we’ve got...
WoW Factor: Impressive Influence and the ongoing half-hearted Battle for Azeroth apology
To my great disappointment and chagrin, Blizzard turned out to not catch the same winds (of wisdom) that influenced the extending of experience boosts...
The Daily Grind: What entices you to try out a new MMO you weren’t otherwise following?
Look, Phantasy Star Online 2 does not need to entice me to play it. The only thing it has to do is announce a launch...
Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored troll rainbow
Trolls have been a part of World of Warcraft since it launched. No, I'm not talking about the jerks who make playing the game far...
