Opinion

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Battle Bards Episode 120: Short stuff

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Look down — and it’ll be the last thing you’ll ever see! That’s because fury and death arrive in the form of short character...

Unpacking the Star Trek mission crate (with Star Trek Online)

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When it arrived, my administrative assistant in my day job -- who just so happens to be a die-hard Star Trek fan -- brought...

Perfect Ten: MMOs with different (camera) perspectives

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By the time that World of Warcraft came on the scene in 2004, the MMORPG industry had already gravitated toward standard when it came...

The Daily Grind: Do you make an effort to be positive and friendly in MMORPGs?

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Despite concerns about the pervasiveness of toxicity in gaming, most gamers are not toxic. Outside of extremely social MMOs, I suspect most people probably...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 168: MMOs all higgledy-piggledy

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Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, EVE Online, WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Ragnarok, Elite, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, Trove, and City of Heroes' Paragon Chat, with mailbag questions on free-to-play entitlement and whether expansions need new classes.

Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Northern Mirkwood soundtrack

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One of the most pleasant surprises I experienced in a while came a week or so ago when Standing Stone Games announced that it...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO developer or community manager do you love?

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I sometimes think about how difficult it would be to work as an MMO developer or community manager. While there would be a certain...
Big time.

Wisdom of Nym: Little boosts for Final Fantasy XIV

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When I talk about games that provide a whole lot of quality-of-life fixes, I generally point to Final Fantasy XIV as a perfect example....

EVE Evolved: Getting ready for EVE Online’s Abyssal revolution

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If you've seen the news recently coming out of EVE Fanfest 2018, you've probably heard of EVE Online's upcoming expansion: Into the Abyss. Pockets...

The Daily Grind: Do you buy the Daybreak-owns-Standing Stone Games rumor?

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Buried in the Daybreak ruckus of last week was the rumor that Daybreak is not in fact merely the publisher of Standing Stone Games'...

Global Chat: Shroud of the Avatar confounds

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What to make of Shroud of the Avatar? The few MMO bloggers who have looked into this recently released but already long-running title have...
The world is broken.

The Daily Grind: What unusual MMO merch do you own?

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No, dear readers, I do not own a set of Destiny 2 candles. But they're the most recent bit of odd merchandising and memorabilia...

The Game Archaeologist: Red Planet’s Lost Colony vaporware

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You know the story of Roanoke, right? That early American settlement that abruptly went missing with only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree...

The Daily Grind: What has been the best MMO expansion or update of 2018 so far?

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We are about to put four months of 2018 in the can, and during that time there has been quite a lot of movement...

Massively Overthinking: How accountable should MMOs hold players for out-of-game toxicity?

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Brendan's discussion with CCP Falcon at EVE Fanfest last week included an interesting chat about out-of-game harassment and whether gaming companies had an obligation...

Impressions of Sea of Thieves, one month in: Deep-diving retro world PvP

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It's really hard for me to not to gush hard about Sea of Thieves. I know many out there won't agree, and it's easy to say why,...

EverQuesting: Columbus Nova or not, Daybreak is tying its own noose

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How about those Red Sox? Seriously, that's a conversation I'd rather be having than the one that has cropped up this week -- and...

The Daily Grind: What is the greatest hoax or fake leak in all of MMORPG history?

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Hah, you thought this one was going to be about Daybreak. But it's not. No, today's Daily Grind was actually inspired by something Guild Wars...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 167: Daybreaking news

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Justin and Bree host a special edition of the podcast focused entirely on the Daybreak denial and layoff story as it's unfolded.
Don't call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: Things that actually worry me about Battle for Azeroth

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The Battle for Azeroth beta is here, at long last, and it feels like it might have come a little early in the process....

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