Vitae Aeternum: New World Rise of the Angry Earth’s uneven Elysian Wilds and main story
In my first post covering New World's Rise of the Angry Earth expansion, I laid praise upon the new mounts and riding skill, as...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s London Fan Festival
So we've gotten 67% of the way through the fan festival cycle for Final Fantasy XIV, and that means taking a certain degree of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG should we play to get rip-roaring drunk?
Just about every MMORPG inserts taverns, bars, and cantinas for immersion and realism in the setting, and you'll find alcohol drinks in most online...
The Daily Grind: How often do you change builds for your characters in MMOs?
I know people in Final Fantasy XIV who always, always wind up changing their main job to one of the new jobs from the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Eight beneficial activities in LOTRO you may be overlooking
In my personal, immediate experience, I find that even in a broad MMORPG with lots of options, I tend to narrow my activities and...
The Daily Grind: What are you hoping to hear from this year’s BlizzCon?
Perhaps I think or say this every year, but I truly feel that 2023's BlizzCon is setting up for a make-or-break moment for Blizzard....
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Party Play is peak Niantic
Pokemon Go's newest feature, Party Play, is out now, and it's... well, very Niantic. Since the feature was first datamined, it seemed like it...
WoW Factor: This time will not be different
The other day, I got a nasty email from a World of Warcraft fan. This is not inherently unusual; it happens a couple of...
The Daily Grind: Are you inured to MMO whaling and exploitative monetization?
Back in July, MOP reader Neowolf made an insightful comment about excessive monetization exploitation and MMO whaling - that is, MMOs targeting big-spenders with...
Massively Overthinking: What’s next for Blizzard under Microsoft?
So the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard is basically a done deal. Oh, sure, the FTC is still fumbling around with hapless appeals, but look,...
Vague Patch Notes: Pivots don’t work with MMOs
So we can pretty much confirmed now that Pantheon's goose is thoroughly cooked. Yes, I know, the folks at Visionary Realms are claiming that...
Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s leveling journey shows how much retail has lost its way
In the past six months, I've been tracking a very interesting conversation that's arisen over what the MMORPG genre as a whole has lost...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever try out MMOs that aren’t MMORPGs?
It's not an exaggeration to say that most of our staff and the majority of our readers are here because they care about MMORPGs...
Perfect Ten: Myths about balance in MMOs
For some MMO players, "balance" is a dirty word. And I'm not going to lie, I can hardly blame them. If you're not a...
The Daily Grind: Do you worry about getting too old for MMORPGs to release?
As I start to give the oncoming approach of the age of 50 a long, hard stare, I've had a new, weird concern arise:...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 441: A Blizzard trick or treat
Justin and Bree discuss MMO Halloween events, Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard acquisition, WoW Classic's LFD, Embers Adrift, and Ship of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on the potential for WoW on console and Gamepass.
EVE Evolved: Is it too late to start playing EVE Online?
Sci-fi MMO EVE Online reached a special milestone this year with its 20th anniversary, and for many people, it raises an interesting question: Is...
Choose My Adventure: Amrine Excavation and other flail-based New World adventures
I wasn't sure that I was going to be playing with others this week in New World. That's not to suggest that I've been...
The Daily Grind: Does playing MMOs ever feel like a job?
MOP reader HotPinkGoblin recently remarked that the march of time had changed their attitude about playing MMOs - in what I would consider a...
Pokemon Go is introducing a new multiplayer feature called Party Play
When Pokemon Go first announced the Buddy System in 2016, we thought it would be a true multiplayer system. It wasn't, but maybe we're...
