2023 eoty column
WoW Factor: What World of Warcraft needs to accomplish in 2024
On October 12th, 2023, the YouTuber SuperEyepatchWolf put out a video running just over one hour nine minutes titled "The Simpsons Is Good Again."...
Tamriel Infinium: Rounding out Elder Scrolls Online’s ninth year of adventures
No matter what your predictions may be, how a year turns out often involves unforeseen twists and turns. Even the world of Tamriel was...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon
Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...
WoW Factor: Evaluating World of Warcraft’s 2023 progress and performance
So 2023 is not completely in the rear view yet, but at least in terms of major developments for World of Warcraft we can...
Vitae Aeternum: Predicting New World’s 2024 roadmap
Every year, the Massively Overpowered staff gathers to make predictions for the year to come in MMORPGs. But I have so many thoughts on...
LOTRO Legendarium: Recapping Lord of the Rings Online’s crazy-busy 2023
Sixteen pages. Sixteen pages is how far back I had to flip through Lord of the Rings Online's news feed here at Massively OP...
Casually Classic: The seven most important things that happened in WoW Classic this year
What did Blizzard assume would happen with WoW Classic when it rolled out this legacy version of the MMO in 2019? I honestly have...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s strange and fascinating journey through 2023
There's a shot right at the end of Empire Strikes Back that's always struck me as the most profound in the entire franchise. The...
Why I Play(ed): Remembering WildStar’s sunset, five years later
Time shouldn't zip along as quickly as it often does, especially when it taps us on the shoulder to look back and see how...
Warframe of Mind: Reflections on TennoCon 2023 and Warframe’s 10 years of Tenno
TennoCon 2023 may be long over, but that doesn't mean it's out of mind. This year's convention was significant in a number of ways;...
Why I Play: Five years in, Fallout 76 has become expansive, flawed, and engrossing
War might never change, but Fallout 76? That sucker has changed a whole lot since its debut five years ago.
For as long as I've...