The Daily Grind: How do you feel about the new Daybreak situation?
We've all had a couple of days to process the news that Daybreak Games is splitting most of itself into smaller sub-studios each controlling...
Vague Patch Notes: Chronicle of a Daybreak death foretold
On Tuesday, Daybreak Games announced what amounts to a form of slow death. Technically, sure, what it announced was that the company is splitting...
The Daily Grind: What MMO teammate behavior drives you nuts?
Like many of you, I have had my fair share of pick-up group experiences in MMOs. These haven't been all great or all terrible...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 256: Queens, vikings, and vampires
Justin, Bree, and Sam are on about MMO PvP this week, discussing all things New World, Albion Online, Elder Scrolls Online, ArcheAge, and Magic Legends, plus adventures in MMOs including Guild Wars 2 and Neverwinter.
Choose My Adventure: Villagers & Heroes on mobile feels like a true themepark MMO (for better or worse)
Choose My Mobile Adventure has changed locales from the Black Desert on over to the world of Villagers & Heroes, a game that has...
Lawful Neutral: Examining the ArcheAge class action lawsuit – and what it means for gamers
Gamers threaten lawsuits a lot. Most of the time they threaten lawsuits over things that aren't really something they can sue over, usually due...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio had the best communication in 2019?
I am in the weird position lately of finding that my favorite live MMOs are not necessarily made by my favorite studios. I find...
Wisdom of Nym: Gunblades across Final Fantasy XIV
I think we can all agree that the explanation given for where the name "gunblade" comes from in Final Fantasy XIV is very silly,...
Not So Massively: Magic: Legends isn’t at all what I expected – it’s better
When we first got word of an MMO in the setting of Magic: The Gathering years ago, a Diablo-style ARPG probably isn't what anyone...
The Daily Grind: Who was the MMORPG gamer of the year in 2019?
One of the awards we considered doing this year but decided not to is one for gamer of the year, specifically MMORPG gamer of...
Battle Bards Episode 160: MMO cover songs vol. 2
For the first time since Episode 50, the Battle Bards crew returns to the theme of cover songs of MMO tracks. Several extremely musicians...
The Game Archaeologist: Super-early versions of MMORPG websites
One of the absolute best things the internet ever generated has been the Internet Wayback Machine. Through this site, snapshots of millions of websites...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you can’t admit you’re not playing any more?
I'm still playing Final Fantasy XI! No, really, I am. Sure, I haven't logged into the game in... well... months, at least. Maybe a...
Global Chat: Why player representation in games matters
The recent flap over Escape from Tarkov's public pronouncement of "no icky girls" (my paraphrase) as playable characters in its game elicited more than...
The Daily Grind: Do you like standard MMO classes or abnormal ones?
Any time I hear about a new MMO or jump into an existing one, the first thing that I look at is its class...
WoW Factor: There is (not) much to do in World of Warcraft
Here's a fun question for you: How do you count discrete activities in World of Warcraft? It's a more complex concept than you might...
The Daily Grind: How would you solve the RvR MMORPG balance problem?
One of the forever problems facing RvR MMORPGs - really any multi-sided PvP MMO, but three-way RvR the most - is the inevitable population...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG bugs ever
This week's Massively Overthinking discussion topic is inspired by Crowfall's J Todd Coleman, who last fall tweeted about the time playable spiders almost became...
The Survivalist: My top 20 survival game goals for 2020, part the second
With so many survival titles out there, it's no wonder I couldn't contain my full list of new year goals in a single Survivalist!...
Vague Patch Notes: Guild Wars 2 might be the MMO that defined the last decade
It's been about a week or so since we did our Overthinking on the best MMO of the decade, and I ultimately rattled off...
