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One Shots: Walk of shame
From Zulika Mi-Nam's Adventures in Tale of Toast:
Log into a game to do some play testing.
"Hey, look at these cutsie graphics and...
The Daily Grind: Are social hubs and chat windows enough for your MMO needs?
The other day I was reading up on how the upcoming Dauntless will feature a social hub where players congregate en masse and do...
Guild Wars 2’s WvW update and the first chunk of the ‘Competitive Feature Pack’ are live
As announced at the tail end of May, ArenaNet is spending June upgrading Guild Wars 2's PvP scene, beginning with today's update, which patches up the...
One Shots: The 3:15 giant flea is on time
When it comes to public transportation, I can think of no better way to get from point A to point B than by climbing...
Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons
It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...
Massively Overthinking: 2017’s MMORPG zeitgeist
This time last year, I polled the Massively OP writers for their opinions on which MMOs had had the best year, or half year,...
Here’s how ArenaNet is improving Guild Wars 2’s WvW
As announced yesterday, ArenaNet is taking the month of June to patch the crap out of Guild Wars 2's PvP scene, and these are...
Guild Wars 2 signs on Wizards of the Coast dev as narrative designer
What is Wizards of the Coast's loss is ArenaNet's gain.
Michael Yichao announced on Twitter yesterday that he was leaving the Dungeons & Dragons company...
Guild Wars 2’s June feature pack is all about PvP and WvW
So here's a new one for Guild Wars 2: The game's getting a "competitive" feature pack patch in June. The blog post was tweeted out...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 season 3 finale predictions
I've had enough time to fully reflect on my Guild Wars 2 Living World season 3 experience to date and wanted to circle back through...
The Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry
When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...
Perfect Ten: Understanding MMORPG Warriors
There is always a Warrior. Every game has a Warrior. No matter what other class options it has, a Warrior is in that list....
One Shots: Head of the class
What do you do if you're a sentient stone head who has been tasked with centuries of guard duty? You probably do a lot...
Check out Bog Otter’s guide to returning to Guild Wars 2 as a Heart of Thorns noob
So let's say you're somebody like MOP's Justin -- somebody who liked Guild Wars 2 way back in the day but didn't consider picking...
Boot up your Age of Conan account for a free level 80 toon on its ninth birthday
So, Age of Conan players. Let's talk. I know this year has been kinda rough on you. You found out, as we did, that...
Guild Wars 2 drops extensive class balance patch
Players logging into Guild Wars 2 yesterday might have found that their classes were changed quite a lot, thanks to a rather extensive balance...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Flashpoint
I've managed to calm myself enough after finishing my Guild Wars 2 Flashpoint initial impressions piece two weeks ago to bring you a much more detailed...
NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal
NCsoft's first quarter financials for 2017 have released, and... well, let's get the bad news out of the way. While sales dropped only slightly...
Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list
One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...
