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City of Heroes Homecoming marks the original MMO’s 21st anniversary with a badge and event
Badgers of City of Heroes: Homecoming, rise up! Today marks the 21st anniversary of the original MMORPG's release, which is reason enough for the...
Storyboard: Dealing with the things your MMOs characters can’t do (but still can)
In the middle of Final Fantasy XIV's post-Stormblood patches, there's a scene where the characters need to purchase a specific katana. An exact price...
The Daily Grind: What are the tipoffs that mark gamers out as veteran MMORPG players?
Back during the first weekend of the Lord of the Rings Online transfer mess, I spent an inordinate amount of time in the game's...
Massively Overthinking: The eternal granular squabbles in our pet MMORPGs
So if you don't play a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server - and chances are that you don't - you probably have no idea...
One Shots: That’s a whole lot of WD-40
Let's be real: A giant, city-destroying robot is going to require lubrication by the tankful. And some poor sap is going to have the...
Vague Patch Notes: Level scaling in MMOs with the lateral spread and the temporary shrink
Last week I talked about how MMORPGs use level scaling to accomplish actually useful and important goals. In short, there is an issue with...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
The Daily Grind: What are the most challenging upgrade systems in MMORPGs?
The thing I love about City of Heroes is that it scales remarkably well. If I want to just play the game or a...
Massively Overthinking: The one about open-world randos in MMOs
MOP's Chris is fast becoming my muse: It was his remark about Marvel Heroes that inspired this week's Massively Overthinking.
"Some of the best fun...
Perfect Ten: The accursed MMORPG dungeons of no return
So it came to be that I did face my Judgment, and I sat between that greatest of all Game-Masters o'er all the online...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 513: The MMORPG PvP theme show
Justin and Bree sit for a special themeshow all about MMORPG PvP in its many (many) forms, in addition to adventures in the LOTRO housing chaos.
The Stream Team: A quick jaunt in City of Heroes Homecoming just for the heck of it
Sometimes there are reasons why OPTV focuses on a game. Maybe it's the "it" title for our streamers. Maybe it's gotten a big update....
Whatever happened to superhero MMO Valiance Online? (2025 edition)
It's been a couple of years since we heard much out of Valiance Online, one of the original superhero MMORPGs that spawned in the...
Battle Bards: The Final Refrain
It’s been a very long while, but the Battle Bards haven’t fully abandoned you — at least not without a goodbye! In the grand...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs
As I type this, we've been watching the Lord of the Rings Online transfer situation unfold for over a week now, and I've personally...
One Shots: Clean up on aisle everything
If you came here hoping to find beauty and wonder encapsulated in a single picture, look away, for Minimalistway is bringing you nothing but...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite villain group in an MMORPG?
I admit the temptation to talk about Star Wars Galaxies' Meatlumps today because they are fun and weird and such a fun little piece...
City of Heroes Rebirth shares footage of Issue 7’s new streetwear-styled costume options
It's been a couple of months since rogue server City of Heroes: Rebirth announced a delay of Issue 7 into sometime in 2025, though...
One Shots: A happy birthday for a death idol
You never stop to think about it -- because seriously, why would you? -- but even lonely cave idols celebrate their special birthdays. Their...
