Perfect Ten: The odd things I noticed slipping back into Final Fantasy XI
Over the years, I may have spent more money on Final Fantasy XI than any other MMO. It's undoubtedly my first MMO, and it's...
EVE Online World War Bee update: The Imperium shatters
Recently we've been following the story of the biggest war in gaming history kicking off inside EVE Online and its far-reaching consequences for the EVE...
The Daily Grind: Should e-sports players unionize?
MCV reported this week that World of Tanks studio Wargaming plans to help organize a union for pro e-sports players. Wargaming European e-sports boss...
Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the MMORPG daily quest
Dailies.
The word evokes pure hatred from some corners of the MMORPG world. And yet games without dailies are dinged for not having enough content...
Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party
Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...
The Daily Grind: How would you make permadeath work in MMOs?
Permadeath is always a fun if rarely used design concept to discuss, which is why I want to put forth a thought exercise to the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down
Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.
Hyperspace Beacon: Impressions of SWTOR’s Visions in the Dark for gamers still on the fence
After the last couple of lackluster chapters, I’ve lowered my expectations for the Star Wars: The Old Republic story. Not because I think that...
The Daily Grind: Does your guild or family govern which MMORPGs you play?
A few podcasts ago, I lamented that my time in Black Desert would probably be brief, at least for now, because my guildies weren't...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s missing Midgardsormr
What is Midgardsormr doing?
The lord of the wyrms played a major role in the end of the 2.x story series in Final Fantasy XIV,...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about being ‘run’ through MMORPG content?
The news that Guild Wars 2 is nerfing player-led "runs" through Super Adventure Box made me sit back and ponder the whole concept. Power-leveling lowbies...
Guild Chat: Starting a raiding guild in Guild Wars 2
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the place where we gather to discuss a reader submission on whatever guild-related topic is giving him or her...
The Daily Grind: How often do you have to look up information in your main MMO?
My wife was sitting behind me and leveling one of her alts in Final Fantasy XIV, looking for a particular enemy. "Where are these...
Jukebox Heroes: Six MMO tunes for a starry night
I am in love with the night. No, I'm not an emo vampire or Batman (although...); I've just always appreciated the quiet and peacefulness...
The Game Archaeologist: Guild Wars Utopia
Aztecs. Chronomancers. Mounts. Halberds. Golems. Dual wielding.
These are all but a hint of what a fourth Guild Wars campaign could have been, a campaign...
Leaderboard: Did you sub to EVE Online for World War Bee?
MOP's Brendan's terrific ongoing coverage of World War Bee -- the great war that wages on inside perennially combative MMORPG sandbox EVE Online --...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?
Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...
Betawatch: Everything is going into beta (April 8, 2016)
Do you feel a cold, hollow pit in your heart that could only be filled with Auto Assault and its legacy of motorized vehicles...
WoW Factor: Nostalrius, copyright, and player demand
If you haven't been following the latest Legion testing - which, at the end of the day, is just a series of iterative updates...
The Daily Grind: Would you play on a vanilla World of Warcraft server?
Word that wildly popular "progressive vanilla" World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius is sunsetting in the face of a Blizzard legal threat has dominated MMORPG...
