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Storyboard: Stop whining and accept your MMO plotline

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I'm going to let you in on a very big and also very obnoxious secret. All right? No one is going to like hearing...

Lawful Neutral: Is it safe to play on City of Heroes’ inevitable rogue servers?

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You CAN play on the City of Heroes rogue servers you're about to see springing up. But should you? Our law columnist looks into the legalities of the City of Heroes emulation situation.

The Daily Grind: What do you think about player-vs.-developer content in MMOs?

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Launching into early access today is a new hardcore fantasy MMORPG called Astaria, as we've lightly covered before. (Edit: Apparently it's been delayed -...

Perfect Ten: MMOs for puzzle lovers

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Ever find yourself complaining that all of the PvE content in your MMO is nothing but shooting something in the face or chopping down...

Not So Massively: First impressions from Pagan Online’s early access launch

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Today, Wargaming's ARPG Pagan Online launches into early access on Steam. Just before this launch, the developers were kind enough to provide us with...
It feels faintly telling, yes.

The Daily Grind: How long does it take for wipes to bother you in an MMO?

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This is not a question about wipes in general. If the first wipe in a Final Fantasy XIV dungeon happens with a veteran party with...

Hyperspace Beacon: Why we’re excited about the SWTOR Onslaught announcement

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Before the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina, millions of voices were crying out in terror: "We are never going to get any...
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Tamriel Infinium: Are Elder Scrolls Online’s events too much of a good thing?

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The Elder Scrolls Online players are suffering an embarrassment of riches at the moment. The 25th anniversary of the Elder Scrolls franchise coincides almost...
It's gone.

Into the Super-Verse: The death of the City of Heroes community

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Kingdom Come is a 1996 DC Comics miniseries by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. The central conceit of the story is that it takes...
Yes, this is a thing.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO minipet?

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Minipets: Either you love 'em and collect 'em like crazy, or you don't care for 'em and resent that I've been shortening "them" for...

Choose My Adventure: The Slayer skill and the power of cabbage in RuneScape

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Talk about a landslide decision. This round of adventuring for CMA saw my husband and I take up the Slayer path in RuneScape, which...

Flameseeker Chronicles: A PvE carebear’s guide to Guild Wars 2 WvW and the Warclaw

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By now, you’ve probably seen this hulking, armored cat bounding around Tyria. No, not my Charr warrior; I mean Guild Wars 2's new Warclaw...
Collide.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood in review – The main scenario

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All right. It's all over but the waiting, and that means it's time to start picking apart the Final Fantasy XIV expansion we're now...
House of skulls.

Not So Massively: Five things I love about Anthem

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It is by now clear that Anthem had a fairly tortured road to launch. I don't wish to condone the clearly appalling conditions BioWare...

The Survivalist: Why I love survival games but refuse to touch Atlas

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I love survival sandboxes. They give me that virtual world experience I'm missing from most MMOs. And I can build! So, why won't I...
Not scary any more.

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the absolute worst official site?

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Every so often I'm reminded of how hopelessly bad the Final Fantasy XI site actually is. I don't entirely blame the designers; the site was designed...

Into the Super-verse: Trying DC Universe Online for the first time

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While this column will no doubt be looking at the superhero MMO releases that are currently in development, it's also here, as we said,...

The Daily Grind: What makes you dismiss an MMO without ever trying it?

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I would say that I'm generally -- generally -- a fairly open person when it comes to trying out MMORPGs and other games. I...

Jukebox Heroes: The best of Astellia’s soundtrack

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One of the more promising MMORPG imports that should be arriving in the west this year is Astellia, and we here at Massively OP...
Do you really want to hurt me?

WoW Factor: The level squish isn’t the whole solution for World of Warcraft

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To be entirely honest, you might have expected this column a little bit earlier because it's been a hot minute since Ion Hazzikostas once...

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