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The Daily Grind: What old favorite MMO has lost all its flavor for you?
I use an odd chewing gum metaphor when I relate to varying levels of interest in MMOs. When you first start playing a good...
Choose My Adventure: The highly engaging start of a Necromancer’s journey in RuneScape
I did not expect that this old dog of an MMORPG would be capable of learning such new tricks. As requested by the Choose...
Interview: NCsoft America’s new CEO, Jeonghee Jin, on awakening the ‘sleeping giant in the West’
A few years ago, I attended Black Desert Online's Heidel Ball, one of the yearly events that Pearl Abyss holds to make major announcements for...
First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery
Cozy survival sandbox Aloft has been on our radar since last year, and as of tomorrow, it's officially moving from its public demo stage...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever let someone else level your MMO account? You know, like Musk did in Path of Exile 2
Claims that tech tycoon and Twitter mismanager Elon Musk is some sort of Diablo and Path of Exile savant gave way last week to...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s story does not know you are playing a video game
In Rich Burlew's long-running webcomic Order of the Stick, there's a moment early in the comic when a fire has engulfed the inn the...
The Daily Grind: So… are you going to Kickstart Stars Reach?
Over the weekend, Raph Koster's studio formally announced that it's going to do a Kickstarter for Stars Reach - you know, the spiritual successor...
The Daily Grind: When has a character option in an MMORPG been more fun than you expected?
We've all gotten hyped about new classes or weapon options or whatever in an MMORPG before. It's just to be expected. But what's even...
WoW Factor: Ranking all 10 of World of Warcraft’s expansions from worst to best
Now that I've played through the entirety of The War Within, I have some strong opinions where this expansion lies in the grander tapestry...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever regretted deleting an MMO character or account?
The other day I was cleaning up my World of Warcraft roster by getting rid of several alts that were being too distracting for my...
WoW Factor: The ‘tactical era’ of World of Warcraft dungeons kind of wasn’t
One of the things that I like to do, in both this column and elsewhere, is push back against myths that have grown up...
MassivelyOP’s complete MMO 2024 awards recap and debrief
As we did in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, today we're going to recap our annual awards and other articles from...
The Daily Grind: What was the biggest MMO trainwreck nobody noticed last year?
Every year, we elevate certain stories with awards - we pluck out the biggest surprise, the most exciting story, the story we wish we...
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2024?
It's pretty much a given that every year when we announce our MMO of the year, someone's going to hop into the comments and...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2024
Welcome to the worst article I have to write every year. I mean, nobody is really making me do it. But I still feel...
Vague Patch Notes: No, authenticity does not make video games successful
On December 12th, 2024, The Game Awards had its annual awards show, and the award for Game of the Year was presented by Larian...
The Daily Grind: When has an MMO developer ruined something silly and fun in the community?
I am honestly glad that World of Warcraft's developers no longer seem to remember Captain Placeholder. The thing about Captain Placeholder is that he...
Leaderboard: What was the (next) best *new* MMO or MMO-adjacent game of 2024?
Longtime readers of MOP will know that when we give out our MMO of the year award, we do not limit it to just...
MMO Hype Train: Could 2025 be the Year of Dune Awakening?
I'm going to lay out my cards on the table because I think that honesty is germane to what we'll be talking about today:...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond
As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...
