The Daily Grind: How frequently do you want events in an MMO?
I have a mixed set of feelings about the various Star Wars: The Old Republic reputation events. On the one hand, it annoys me...
Leaderboard: Massive servers vs. custom communities
One of the trends cropping up in the MMO industry in recent years is the Neverwinter Nights custom shard phenomenon. Games like Star Citizen,...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of screenshake in MMORPGs?
Some people hate lockboxes, some people hate PvP, some people hate grind, some people hate jiggleboobs. But I hate... screenshake.
Seriously, if I could banish...
WoW Factor: Why Legion’s alpha/beta label is a hair worth splitting
The Legion alpha is back, and it is still an alpha. And I want to to stress, not for the first time, that I...
The Daily Grind: Could a time travel MMO work?
A week or so ago, we reported on the release of an eastern title called Dark Era that was largely unremarkable save for the...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO fantasy creature?
The other day in Final Fantasy XIV I was taken aback when I saw a Lalafell prancing around on a unicorn. You might think...
Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration
The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...
Perfect Ten: How to play MMOs on a limited time budget
One of the most frequent questions I'm ever asked here at Massively OP or on my own blog is, "How do you do it?...
Tamriel Infinium: Six features Elder Scrolls Online’s level-scaling system needs
I have a terrible confession to make: I was about to write off Elder Scrolls Online. I was going to consider it dead to...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs use Kickstarter as a promotional option?
One of Tuesday's big bits of news was that Hero's Song - John Smedley's big post-Daybreak project - was cancelling its Kickstarter. The announcement...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 48: Blade & Soul runner
Justin and Bree discuss Blade & Soul, Black Desert, Hero's Song, City of Steam, NCsoft, Diablo III, and FFXIV, with a mailbag question on global chat jerks.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Shatterer Unleashed
In the last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I discussed the Guild Wars 2Â Winter 2016 update that releases today in great detail, so I'm really...
The Daily Grind: How much will you pay for a VR headset, and which one will it be?
New analysis published on GamesIndustry.biz last week suggests that the virtual reality headset war is only going to heat up from here on out....
How Star Wars: The Old Republic won me over with its endgame
I walked away from last week's Star Wars: The Old Republic livestream pretty happy. Considering that I repeatedly say how much I absolutely loathe...
Wisdom of Nym: Potential jobs for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
We're going to be hearing about the next expansion to Final Fantasy XIV in... several months, actually. We're in no kind of rush here....
Hands-on with HEX: Chronicles of Entrath’s PvE
What do you know about HEX: Shards of Fate? If you've ever played it, probably more than me. But what do you know about...
EVE Evolved: Should CCP start developing Walking in Stations again?
In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs...
Leaderboard: What’s your opinion of Blade & Soul, one week in?
On Friday, we updated our beta impressions of Blade & Soul with fresh impressions after a week of play, and the underlying theme of...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever had an in-game MMO romance?
I got my wife into MMOs by volunteering to buy her a copy of World of Warcraft. At the time, we had been best...
