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Massively Overthinking: Morality and compelling choices in MMOs
The most recent episode of The Psychology of Video Games podcast touches on a subject we don't tackle very much: moral choices. It's an...
Vague Patch Notes: Random thoughts on randomness in MMOs
Here's a fun little trivia fact that you probably already know: Computers can't really do randomness. A random number is usually generated by pulling...
The Stream Team: SWTOR’s pirate inclusion
As you might expect, pirates never stop! And they just keep causing problems on Dantooine, so Massively OP's Larry and MJ are back to...
Anthem just stealth-launched the massive Cataclysm update today
It's patch day for Anthem! What, you didn't see that coming? Nobody else did either. BioWare just stealth-launched Anthem 1.30 Cataclysm today without any...
One Shots: Indulging in nostalgia
When an MMORPG recedes into the rearview mirror of life, all you are left with are memories, music... and screenshots. It's amazing how a...
Star Wars: The Old Republic offers a peek at how the Mercenary class is changing in Onslaught
We all know that things are due to shift in Star Wars: The Old Republic, especially in the face of several class adjustments. But...
Perfect Ten: Why people create alts in MMOs
I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV. This is absurd for two reasons. First, the statement makes it clear that I have alternate characters...
Star Wars: The Old Republic talks about the visual direction of Onderon
Star Wars: The Old Republic's incoming Onslaught expansion is certainly bringing lots of new things to the table, and one of those is the...
The Stream Team: SWTOR fleet datacron 1, MOP Team 0
Well that didn't quite work out as planned -- assuming there was a plan. Massively OP's Larry and MJ made an attempt at SWTOR's...
One Shots: Dark beauties
I think that there's a lot of dark beauty to be found in MMORPGs, but hey, when I ask the One Shots community to...
The Stream Team: The leet Fleet datacron week in SWTOR
Massively OP's Larry and MJ may not have succeeded in obtaining all seven SWTOR datacrons on Taris last week, but surely they can manage...
SWTOR offers rewards and a mount for Onslaught expansion testers
With September just a shade over a month away, Star Wars: The Old Republic's expansion is starting to pretty herself up for the big...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 230: A tale of geeks and gamers (and the Legends of Aria interview)
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann for a deep-dive into the launch patch, plus we discuss Villagers & Heroes, SWTOR, Neverwinter, DCUO, and WoW, with a mailbag topic about City of Heroes' spiritual successors.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Why Guild Wars 2 is the ideal starter MMO
When I met my wife, she was a console gamer, but she had never played an MMO. She was interested in giving some of...
SWTOR shows Onslaught pics, announces more free expansions for all players
This weekend's Star Wars: The Old Republic community cantina in San Diego proved to be a font of information about this fall's Onslaught expansion,...
Storyboard: Never forget that all MMO lore is made up
Let's take a trip back to the dewy slopes of June 2006, when Chris Metzen addressed the question of how the lore of the...
The Stream Team: Taking the Taris datacrons in SWTOR
Once again, Massively OP's Larry and MJ must venture into both Republic and Imperial territory in SWTOR to try to take all the datacrons....
Anthem players get excited for Cataclysm precursor event that turns out to be a bug
Following its delay back in April and a month-long stint in testing, Anthem's long-awaited Cataclysm event finally appeared to be ramping up in the...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s gives love to non-subbers in today’s update
It's a big day for Star Wars The Old Republic - well, maybe a medium day. Though today's patch comes emblazoned with the forgettable...
Global Chat: Sucked into Shadowbringers
It's hard to deny the fact that this July, half of the online gaming population seems to be immersed into FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion. And...