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‘Magic through serendipity’: Raph Koster on the glorious mess that was Ultima Online
I was a wide-eyed, naive kid when I first stepped into Ultima Online in 1997, and as it turns out, the developers were too.
That's...
Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMORPG Rogues
Sometimes I know that I may be a bit too old-school because there's a little twitch in my eye whenever I have to refer...
The Daily Grind: How do you handle content lulls in MMORPGs?
MOP reader Joel recently wrote into us with a link to a Dark Legacy Comic (#634) that succinctly captures the problem of content lulls...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Discussing Guild Wars 2 content voids and cadence disruption
Waiting for a Living World release you know is coming eventually is one of the more frustrating parts of playing Guild Wars 2 for the...
One Shots: Rave on Risa
I love how in the Star Trek universe, the universal consensus on what makes for an ideal vacation spot is a planet that looks...
Massively Overthinking: Why is no one meeting the obvious player demand for big MMORPGs?
Massively OP reader ichi_san has a burning question about the state of the industry.
"Lots of people seem to be looking for an MMO they...
Guild Wars 2 fans grow impatient for episode 3 while Pride Month commences
The slow rollout of Guild Wars 2's season 4 is starting to severely tax the patience of the MMO's community and content creators. It's...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
Guild Wars 2 fans find evidence of ‘awakened’ mounts incoming
Possibly due to the delay of the next Guild Wars 2 living world update, certain store assets have been added to the game's files...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a new Guild Wars 1 expansion?
With all of the talk and revival of interest in classic Guild Wars, it's certainly been a great time to celebrate this beloved MMO...
Apple’s OpenGL deprecation could spell trouble for some MMOs on Mac
Get all the "haha people game on Macs?" out of your system right off the bat because this one isn't funny. MOP tipster Apparition...
Guild Wars 2 runs a deadly bonus World vs. World week
The weeklong bonus for World vs. World content in Guild Wars 2 starts on June 8th, and it's all about high risk and high...
Pokemon-inspired ‘massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure’ Temtem is about to break $100K on Kickstarter
In this past weekend's Make My MMO, we noted we were keeping a close eye on Temtem, a clearly Pokemon-inspired "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure."...
Grab Guild Wars 2’s expansions for 30% off this week – Bless refugees, they’re talkin’ to you
You might think that it's a little weird to assume folks who bought Bless and refunded it have never tried Guild Wars 2, but...
How a server explosion – and two epic devs – help keep Classic Guild Wars alive
Sometimes things going wrong lead in good directions. According to a new interview on Kotaku, there are actually two developers keeping Guild Wars afloat...
The next episode of Guild Wars 2’s living world season has apparently been delayed
You might have noticed it's Tuesday, and there's been no big trailer drop for the next Guild Wars 2 living world episode. That's behind...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s A Bug in the System (part 2)
I have had plenty of time to digest the rest of Guild Wars 2's A Bug in the System since the first part of my...
ArenaNet answers a slew of classic Guild Wars questions
Guild Wars 1 may have been supplanted and largely deemed obsolete by its sequel, but rest assured, there still exists a multitude of fans...
Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization
Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...
Guild Wars 2 posts small patch, plans Classic Guild Wars retrospective Q&A
Guild Wars 2's patch this week isn't a whopper like the balancing patch, but it does fix the nasty event bug in Bugtide Coast...
