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Storyboard: On the art of verisimilitude in MMO roleplaying - Those of you who remember this column from Massively-that-was are invited to take a shot, as was the running joke. Because it turned out I said the word verisimilitude a…
Wandering Wraeclast: A class guide to getting started in Path of Exile - Just because Path of Exile is more than five years old doesn't mean the influx of new players has dwindled. In fact, for quite a few leagues now the player…
Massively Uplifting: Bethesda’s gift to gaming granny, friendships forged in EverQuest and Guild Wars 2 - It is no joke: There is plenty that's good going on in the gaming world, and we want to share that with you. You may have to be wary of…
Warframe of Mind: Celebrating six years of Space Ninja history - Happy birthday! Warframe commemorated its sixth anniversary this week (or last week, depending on which date you go by), and that means it's time for an anniversary retrospective! Usually my…
Reverse Engineering: The super scientific dangers of capturing Pokemon with your phone - I don't mean to alarm anyone, but there is a chance that capturing Pokemon could be the end of civilization as we know it. It could likely bring the apocalypse…
Into the Super-verse: Five reasons to be excited for City of Titans - When NCsoft closed City of Heroes' doors in 2012, it was anything but a normal MMO closure due to a lack of interest and population. On the contrary, the thriving…
Warframe of Mind: Can we catch up in Warframe’s story before TennoCon? - I have mixed feelings about TennoCon 2019. Don't get me wrong -- I am excited as all get out and look forward to going! TennoCon is always an amazing experience;…
Hyperspace Beacon: Which Star Wars Galaxies emulator should I try first? - As a longtime Star Wars fan and former Star Wars Galaxies player, I've known there were plenty of emulators out there ripe for playing on. The code for the game…
Wandering Wraeclast: First impressions of Path of Exile’s Synthesis - [AL:POE]Something's different about Wraeclast. The air, the ground... it's changed. What could it be? If I could just put my finger on it before it disappears into the blue mist…
Massively Uplifting: Black Desert’s lantern memorial, a gift of sight in Wizard101 - Gamers get a bad rap. Studios are seen as heartless villains. Mainstream media is quick to demonize us, and we can be quick to do the same to developers. But…
Into the Super-verse: Taking a closer look at City of Heroes’ Paragon Chat - Welcome to Massively OP's brand-new column covering superhero MMORPGs -- past, present, and future! One might even say it's a continuation of our past columns on this subgenre like A…
Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science! - It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up to what some people are calling…
Reverse Engineering: The science of Elder Scrolls Online’s dragons - I don't think I can express how excited I am to bring this column to life on Massively Overpowered. Reverse Engineering covers the one thing I do most in every…
Storyboard: Can you diverge from lore in MMORPG roleplaying? - All right, this is new for me because most of my titles do not contain dirty lies right in the question used to kick off the column. But that question…
Storyboard: What makes an MMORPG a good home for roleplaying? - Guess who's back. I gave Star Wars: The Old Republic a lot of grief over the course of 2018 for the fact that its server merges outright demolished the game's RP…
Progress Bar: The bullet hell of Survived By - Welcome to the inaugural edition of Progress Bar! This monthly column will be my personal look at early access MMO, MMO-like, and multiplayer games to offer some thoughts on where…
