Opinion

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Massively Opinionated: What’s the next big MMO buzzword?

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In this episode, Larry, Brendan, and Tina debate next-gen MMOs, unfinished games, and MMO buzzwords.
Oh, wait, this is a different LA.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Exploring Guild Wars 2’s new Lion’s Arch

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Good morn-noon-ning (hell, I don't know what timezone you're in!) readers, and welcome along to another instalment of Flameseeker Chronicles! Be warned: This edition will...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is aging the best?

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While we demand and expect playing perfection from MMOs on launch day, that's a pretty hilarious stance to take when one looks at all...

Global Chat: Are fellowship maneuvers due for a comeback?

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Lord of the Rings Online hasn't been en vogue in MMO circles recently, but that doesn't mean that the game and its systems are...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 20

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Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV's Heavensward expansion, Devilian, WoW's 6.2 patch, Anarchy Online's graphics upgrade, WildStar's fall plans, PlanetSide 2's PS4 launch, and some embargoed goodies.

Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR community divide over Knights of the Fallen Empire

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The past couple of weeks have been kind of strange for me. For five years, I've written about Star Wars :The Old Republic. I've...

The Daily Grind: Are levels in MMOs overrated?

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Today's Daily Grind question comes from an anonymous Kickstarter donor who wanted to see just how many cans of worms he/she could open in...

Sword and Bored: Troll bridge

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Mo's favorite antagonists, the underwear ninjas, demonstrate how to properly guard the exit from the PvP zone.
Earth below us, drifting, falling, floating weightless, coming home.

Wisdom of Nym: The 60 climb in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

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As of this writing, I'm not quite 60 yet in Final Fantasy XIV. Thanks to real life, I'm a bit behind the curve, to...

The Daily Grind: Would you play a dinosaur MMO?

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Our ARK: Survival Evolved server seems to be going over well, and as such I got to thinking about dinosaurs in a more traditional...

EVE Evolved: Is EVE becoming less emergent?

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I've often heard it said that EVE Online is more fun to read about than to actually play, and for the vast majority of...
Appreciable?

The Daily Grind: Do you make friends in MMOs or bring them with you?

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I've mentioned before that my most stalwart MMO partner is my wife, who has stuck by me through thick and thin. When we move...

Nexus Telegraph: Why I play WildStar

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Back on the old Massively-That-Was, we used to feature a sporadic series called "Why I Play." The idea was for each of the writers...

The Daily Grind: Is SWTOR 2.0 a good move by BioWare?

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I'm not going to lie to you: I'm almost equally divided between excitement and nervousness for Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal MMO endgame?

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Happy Friday! Today's Daily Grind question was penned by Kickstarter donor Iain Leishman, and it's exactly the kind of juicy question that makes me want...

Massively Overthinking: Random encounters in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor TheChiHawk, and it's coming from an unusually not-so-massive corner of gamesdom for us: Are...

Perfect Ten: Weirdly specific quests we keep encountering in MMOs

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You know how you wince whenever you think of typing /played into your MMO and realize just how many hours you've given to a...

Ask Mo: If Star Wars Galaxies is so smart, why ain’t it rich?

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Star Wars Galaxies would have been 12 years old this week, had it lived a day past Star Wars: The Old Republic. That makes...

The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO dev blogs?

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I read a lot of dev blogs. It kind of goes with the territory, since part of this job entails picking through studio press...

Leaderboard: Which Wargaming title is your favorite?

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World of Tanks never interested me much. World of Warplanes nailed the subject matter but unfortunately it didn't meet my expectations for an aerial combat title....