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Massively OP Podcast Episode 221: Classic Warcraft flavor

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, City of Heroes, Blade and Soul, Star Trek Online, Square Enix, and Dungeon and Dragons Online, with mailbag topics on how WoW Classic fits into the MMO genre and getting back into City of Heroes.

Choose My Adventure: My story begins to twist in Star Wars: The Old Republic

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Who would have thought that two planets would bring change? I was wholly expecting some generally insular stories from Nar Shaddaa and Balmorra as...
TUG

The Daily Grind: What MMO had the most disappointing ending?

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I can't help it: I've had Game of Thrones on my mind the last week. As someone who discovered the books as a kid,...
Sing a song of madness.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – the trials

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First and foremost, I freely admit that the title for this one is a bit of a misnomer, since we're covering a lot more...

Fight or Kite: Features MMOs could borrow from successful esports titles

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This week I wanted to try something a little different in our PvP-centric Fite or Kite column and take a look at a number...

The Daily Grind: Do you think MMO worlds are too bloated and big?

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A couple of months ago, I saw an interesting topic on Reddit that deserved more love than it got. User RuccFeddit (<3) posted what...

Battle Bards Episode 144: Colors of the rainbow

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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet: Combined, these forces create the awesome power of Roy G. Biv — otherwise known as the...

The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs?

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With big name survival games getting ignored developmentally, you have to wonder what's been going on with the smaller titles. After all, we've got...
Can't wait to see what's next here?

The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMO do you want to be good, even if it might not be?

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I'm excited about Peria Chronicles. This is not a secret. I'm also excited for Caravan Stories. And yet in both cases these games could be awful, and...

Jukebox Heroes: The best of Trickster Online’s soundtrack

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When going on musical expeditions, I get the most excited when I open up a folder of tracks from lesser-known MMORPGs. I think that's...

Lawful Neutral: What DMCA exemption victories really mean for MMO preservation

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You might remember back in October, we covered how the US Library of Congress granted expanded DMCA exceptions for preserving online games. The Library...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever regretted buying something in an MMO?

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I absolutely hate buyer's regret. If I could go back and slap myself when I was about to press the "buy now" button on...

Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes satisfies that Star Wars fix, but there’s a catch

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For the last few weeks, my other job has either taken away my game time or just sucked the energy out of me so...
The vista

First impressions: World of Warcraft Classic is exactly what it says on the tin

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The simplest analogy I can think of for World of Warcraft: Classic is being served a breakfast of toasted plain white bread with a...
That is definitely a thing.

The Daily Grind: Which studio should be running your MMO?

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It continues to sadden my heart to see RIFT -- and the rest of the Trion Worlds library -- limp on under the supervision...

Massively Overthinking: Unpopular MMORPG opinions

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Unpopular opinions: We all have them. In fact we have so many that it's a straight up meme. This week's Massively Overthinking is one...

Into the Super-verse: Getting to know City of Heroes all over again

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It has been well over a decade since I played City of Heroes with any regularity, and yet when I saw that familiar loading...
This is not hard to do.

WoW Factor: Thoughts on the impending arrival of WoW Classic

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So now we have a date at the end of August for World of Warcraft: Classic. That's actually a lot later than I had expected, but...
Yo.

The Daily Grind: Do you have any hope left for Anthem?

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I feel faintly as if I owe Bree an apology. When I volunteered to do our first impressions piece on Anthem, it was actually a...

Perfect Ten: The 10 most adorable MMORPGs ever

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We all like to think of ourselves as cultured and deep individuals who routinely calculate square roots and recite Gilbert and Sullivan at dinner...

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