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The Daily Grind: How young were you when you played your first MMO?
We were remarking in the Massively OP office the other day how weird it was that Club Penguin's shutdown was getting mainstream news attention...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on the ship pipeline and ‘dead body tech’
This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse episode heralds the game's 2.6.1 update, which has gone live for the hand-picked special test crew of...
The Daily Grind: Which no-housing MMORPG needs housing the most?
During our Elder Scrolls Online housing stream earlier this week, Larry and I joked about World of Warcraft's half-hearted and ineffective attempts to satisfy...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is perfect for a snowed-in day?
There are places in the world where you never get a foot of snow dumped on you in the middle of winter. But for...
The Daily Grind: How do you envision your favorite dead MMO coming back?
In the many years that we have been running The Daily Grind, one of the most popular topics has been in daydreaming about the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most cash you’d spend on an in-game MMORPG house?
You guys know I'm a die-hard Elder Scrolls fan, so please understand I'm coming from a place of love when I say this: Elder...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPGs are you no longer anticipating?
Many months ago, an /r/mmorpg Redditor posted up a reverse sort of award list: a list of MMOs he had stopped anticipating.
I hung onto...
The Daily Grind: What’s your shortest stay in an MMO guild?
There are guilds that have lasted for a long time as a group, lasting through a variety of games. There are people who have...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for an explorer?
Sometimes you don't want to tread on the beaten path and be shuttled along by the tight design of the omnipotent developers. Sometimes you...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most notable copycat MMORPG of all time?
A few weeks ago, I logged into Lord of the Rings Online for the first time in what I think is a few years....
The Daily Grind: What holidays don’t make sense for MMOs?
I've seen a lot of Valentione's Day celebrations in Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV, but I'm going to be honest, I don't...
The Daily Grind: Have any 2017 previews sucked you back into MMOs?
One thing I look forward to at the start of every year is seeing all of the producer's letters, states of the game, and...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?
In Andrew's retrospective of Asheron's Call 2 last week, he mentioned that the game had a music system, something I'd long since forgotten, if...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest pet peeve about MMORPG comment sections?
Say farewell to Livefyre, folks: Later this week, Massively OP will be migrating to a new comment system. It's not entirely of our own...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO expansion has the blandest setting?
Expansions are not all created equally. World of Warcraft went from the surreal alien landscapes of Outland and the frozen tundra of Northrend to......
The Daily Grind: Have you ever used MMOs to live out fantasies from other IPs?
One of my absolute favorite parts of City of Heroes was seeing the crazy mish-mash of intellectual properties that players brought to the game....
The Daily Grind: Will Turbine announce something big for Asheron’s Call next week?
Asheron's Call is sunsetting next week -- that much we know. But beyond that, we don't know a whole lot about the rushed circumstances...
The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO patch notes?
I read the patch notes. I've always read the patch notes. When I was first playing Final Fantasy XI and you had to deal...
The Daily Grind: Is there MMO content you dread repeating on alts?
As a habitual and lifelong altoholic, I am quite used to walking a new generation of characters in the footsteps of their forefathers and foremothers....
The Daily Grind: Have you ever participated in a protest in an MMORPG?
Protests in the real world dominated this past weekend's news, and while I surfed around for an in-game equivalent to cover, I couldn't find...
