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Massively OP Podcast Episode 154: A Prime experiment

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Justin and Bree discuss Trion's big RIFT and Devilian news, Camelot Unchained's $7.5M investment, Darkfall New Dawn's launch, and layoffs for Albion and Elyria, with a mailbag question on what went wrong with WildStar.
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Trademarks, copyrights, and patents: What they mean for you and for video games

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Has the pace of news moved so quickly that we've already forgotten about Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene's statement that video games lack any IP copyright...

ArenaNet donates $3500 to Guild Wars fan whose game copy survived a deadly housefire

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Howasabout another feel-good story? Let's do it! This one comes from Kotaku, which covered a large donation Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet recently made...

The Daily Grind: Is ‘naming-and-shaming’ MMO cheaters a good idea?

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Last week on Reddit, an EVE Online player begged CCP to organize a wall of shame for botters - essentially an online list of...

One Shots: Poppin’ some bubbly

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We are going to kick off this week's exhibition of player screenshots with a few email submissions (yes, some of you still email them...

Massively Overthinking: Tackling our hoarding problem in MMORPGs

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By coincidence, two articles in my feeds this past week both centered on video game hoarding - not hoarding the actual games but hoarding...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 153: It’s a whole New World

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, DDO, New World, RIFT, Elite, and ArcheAge, with a mailbag question on easing into full-scale MMO sandboxes.

The Stream Team: Saving the city from undead in Guild Wars 2

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There's a new event of sorts happening in Guild Wars 2, and it involves saving the city from undead. The trick is, you don't...

One Shots: Poster perfect

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One of the things that impresses me about the submissions to One Shots here is that so many of these pictures really could be...

LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wish list for 2018

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Ever since I've been writing this Lord of the Rings Online column -- which spans back to 2010, if you can believe it --...
I suppose this is a problem I'm happy to complain about.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 152: Allied races and superhero sprints

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, ARK, Portal Knights, World of Warcraft, Champions Online, Fractured, Ship of Heroes, Black Desert, Elder Scrolls Online, and Life is Feudal, with mailbag questions on teaching MMO teamwork to kids and lockboxes vs. advertising.

Guild Wars 2 overhauls its lockbox mechanics and adds gardening plots

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We don't often cover cash shop updates for MMOs, and lockboxes are not our favorite thing, but Guild Wars 2's cash shop and lockbox...

Flameseeker Chronicles: 2018 Guild Wars 2 predictions

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I adore looking back on last year's predictions about what's to come in Guild Wars 2 in the next twelve months: Even when my predictions...
IT BURNS!

Guild Wars 2 is hiring a writer and narrative designer

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We regret to inform you that while ArenaNet is definitely hiring a Writer / Narrative Designer for Guild Wars 2, it is also a...

One Shots: To new beginnings!

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It's a new year and a new you! Well, probably the old you a few days past the expiration date, but that doesn't mean...

Global Chat: Love the farm, hate the farm

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How do you feel about grinding in MMOs? What about farming? These questions can elicit a wide variety of answers, from shrieks of dismay...
Guns and ships.

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO hopes and wishes for 2018

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One of the frustrating bits about our end-of-the-year content rollouts is that sometimes predictions and story roundups can come across as negative. It’s way too easy...
Throw wide the gates to let us pass once more.

Food and video games, two great tastes together at last!

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If you thought that the World of Warcraft official cookbook was a stupid idea, then you may not be the target audience for the...
Some day, I will be good about screenshots. That day is not today.

Choose My Adventure Year in Review: DC Universe Online, Shroud of the Avatar, Guild Wars 2, and Secret World Legends

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As our review of the past year of Choose My Adventure rolls onward (a bit longer than originally planned), we enter what I think...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2017

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Last year was positively stuffed with updates, expansions, and cool stuff. A lot of years I struggle to remember which major updates happened in...

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