The Game Archaeologist: Ten facts of EverQuest life circa 1999
MMOs change. We know that, but we also tend to forget it as well. The games that we play today can often be light-years...
The Daily Grind: Do you get MMO event fatigue?
Based on how many awards it won last year and how many Massively OP writers and guildies have been sucked into it, I know...
Lost Continent: Is it worth returning to ArcheAge?
Last time out I said some pretty mean things about ArcheAge. And let's face it: The game earned every one of them. It's inarguably...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most successful MMO do-over?
Yesterday's revelation that Final Fantasy XIV is up to four million registered accounts globally (not counting trials, Square insists!) is impressive to me not...
Massively Overthinking: Impressions of Crowfall
We've got crows on the brain this week since Crowfall launched its Kickstarter. As of this afternoon, the game is just about 100k shy of...
EverQuesting: Is EverQuest Next in trouble?
You know me: I've been quite the supporter of EverQuest Next and Landmark for a good long while. Even before writing about EQN these...
The Daily Grind: What canceled MMO do you wish had been made?
MMO players are forever bemoaning the overabundance of fantasy titles in our genre. But truthfully, we have lots of sci-fi and zombies games nowadays too....
Global Chat: Business model first, game construction second
Welcome back to Global Chat, the column where we reach out and give props to interesting and well-written articles from the MMO blogosphere. Today...
Leaderboard: Camelot Unchained vs. Crowfall
It's a good time to be a fan of MMO sandbox PvP, as Camelot Unchained and Crowfall are both poised to bring AAA production...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best sound design?
We pay a lot of attention to what we're seeing in MMOs, but have you ever stopped to really process what you're hearing? Sound...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 3
Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, EverQuest Next, Storybricks, Neverwinter, Crowfall's Kickstarter, and Skyforge, with mailbag questions on Livefyre and MMO IPs.
Wisdom of Nym: Continuing new in Final Fantasy XIV
All right. The end of last week's column did not, in fact, finish starting new in Final Fantasy XIV. It brought you up to...
The Daily Grind: Are you still on board with EverQuest Next?
The Daybreak buy-out. Mass layoffs. No more Storybricks. And it might not even be free-to-play!
There are plenty of reasons to go all Chicken Little...
WoW Factor: The Iron Docks and the bare level cap
I really didn't want Massively Overpowered's inaugural column about World of Warcraft to focus on the negatives. But I can't in good conscience ignore the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best game-within-a-game in the MMO space?
Jef and I were talking this past weekend about something Star Wars Galaxies got really, really right: the Jump to Lightspeed expansion, which brought...
EVE Evolved: Exploring EVE’s ‘new opportunities’
This week saw the first concrete reveal of EVE Online's potentially revolutionary new Opportunities system, which promises to replace the current tutorial with a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best bard?
A player on Reddit recently asked one of the most pressing questions in the MMO genre today: "Where can I find a fun Bard-like...
LOTRO Legendarium: What can we expect from Mordor?
Welcome to LOTRO Legendarium, the continuation of my old Road to Mordor column from Massively. Why the name change? First, I never got to...
The Daily Grind: Are you with or behind the player curve?
There's one unfortunate fallout to taking an extended leave from an MMO: You quickly fall behind the curve. As patches and expansions and changes...
Working As Intended: ‘Multiplex monotony’ and the death of the mid-budget MMORPG
Back in December, film editor and author Jason Bailey wrote a piece on Flavorwire called How the Death of Mid-Budget Cinema Left a Generation...
