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Massively Overthinking: How do you maintain your health while binging MMORPGs?

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Kotaku put out a piece this week on how to game without wrecking your body, something that's probably bound to come up in the...

Making my way through RIFT Prime’s progression server

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It has been a month since that fateful day back in March when the MMO collectively lost its mind by rushing back to play...

Perfect Ten: Why I (grudgingly) put up with Secret World Legends’ reboot

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Less than a year ago, I faced a crisis as a fan and player of The Secret World. Funcom abruptly announced that it would...

Global Chat: RIFT Prime numbers

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RIFT's new Prime progression server certainly has recaptured or recruited many MMO bloggers to the game as of late, and it is all anyone...

Crowfall’s necromancy system would like to place dibs on your body

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In most MMOs, when you hear the word "necromancy," you instantly think of the Coolest Class Ever. One that calls forth zombies, binds skeletons...

Massively Overthinking: How much money spent makes you an MMO whale?

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Several conversations I saw after our report on the new RMT mounts in Guild Wars 2 got me thinking about how the MMO community...

Guild Wars 2 honors dearly departed MMO blogger Zach ‘Ravious’ Best with in-game quest

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Last October, we were devastated to report that MMO blogger Zach "Ravious" Best had passed away at the young age of 36, taken by...

Battle Bards Episode 118: More starting zone themes

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What are your favorite memories of those first few days in a brand-new MMORPG? Chances are that those memories are inextricably connected to the...

The Daily Grind: Are blacklists, quizzes, and threats effective at reducing text toxicity in MMOs?

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Toxicity in online gaming just keeps popping up - specifically as it pertains to chat and commenting. MOP reader Tanek pointed us to a thread about...

Chronicles of Elyria puts constraints on your character’s creation

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"Character creation" is the watchword of the week at Chronicles of Elyria. In addition to a developer livestream that showed off the first iteration...

Bless says its excessive attention to environmental detail is in the service of immersion

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With Bless Online due out on western shores this coming May, players who've never paid much attention to this Korean-born MMO may be wondering...

The Black Death has spawned an actual popularity contest

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If you thought your days of losing popularity contests were over when you left school, think again! Indie survival sandbox The Black Death is...
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Massively Overthinking: Paying for MMORPG emulators, legal or otherwise

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MassivelyOp reader Bryan recently wrote to us with a fun question about emulators, a topic that will simply never die as long as MMORPGs...

Ship of Heroes turns a critical eye to February’s combat alpha

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Last month, Ship of Heroes ran its first alpha combat test with backers, and it was a blast (literally). With enough time to process...
Not happening.

Saga of Lucimia will fight wiki infodumps with sparse patch notes

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You know how when it's patch day in your favorite MMORPG and you're skimming the patch notes trying to figure out what exactly changed,...

MMO designer Raph Koster reveals ‘Trust Spectrum’ research for online games

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If you'll be at GDC this week (we will!), you're in for a treat, as research from MMORPG designer Raph Koster will be on...

Pantropy cancels its Kickstarter, rejects publishing offers, plans a new Kickstarter

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As we've been covering in Make My MMO, the Kickstarter for sci-fi MMO shooter Pantropy hadn't been going as well as developer Brain Stone...

Exclusive: Explore Bless Online’s Hieron races, including elves and werewolves

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Most western MMORPG gamers know about Bless Online's mechanics and visuals thanks to years of watching the game developed from afar. What hasn't crossed...
Boosh.

Massively Overthinking: The war on MMO chat toxicity

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This week, The Ancient Gaming Noob posted up an image of RIFT Prime, where Trion asks people to... play nice. "Just a neighborly reminder...
Try it out.

Battle Bards Episode 117: Destiny

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Two Destinies for the price of one! For this episode, the Battle Bards are gearing up in their favorite space armor to take on...

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