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One Shots: Hey Hobbit, what’s ursine?
Lord of the Rings Online's recent loosening of class/race restrictions is either the greatest or the worst thing that's happened to the game, depending...
One Shots: Postcards from the galactic rim
While most of you toil and adventure away in the gravity well of a single planet, some daring MMOstronauts (is that a term? It...
One Shots: Zen and the art of motorcycle flying
As we all well know, motorcycles are among the safest forms of transportation ever devised. This is especially true if you careen off-road without...
One Shots: A line-up of champions
You know that you've finally made it as a bona fide hero when you are asked to line up in a dramatic group pose....
One Shots: Where’s Utakata this week?
Part of the sublime joy of One Shots is being able to follow around different Massively OP readers in their adventures through MMORPGs. Out...
One Shots: Tower of Final Phantasy
When a popular game comes out, expect to see a whole bunch of pictures of it slathered across the One Shots comments section! That's...
One Shots: A salute to the world’s pylon-proppers
Heroes come in many shapes, forms, and professions. While nobody typically thinks of them, the pylon-proppers are always selflessly keeping virtual world docks from...
One Shots: I’m lost in her eyes, send help
Today we need to issue a serious warning about our first One Shots: Those who scroll to the full color image may find themselves...
One Shots: You’ll never be this exalted
For your average farmer or scribe in Guild Wars 2's world, they'll never find themselves in the presence of so much swirly, sparkly awesomeness...
One Shots: A face only a mother could love
One does have to consider that even the ugliest critter or most disgusting raid boss had a mother who, at one time, cuddled and...
One Shots: Under an alien sky
There aren't many MMOs that genuinely make you feel like you're on some sort of unknown planet instead of an analogue to Earth, but...
One Shots: Songs for a sinking ship
Maybe it's just me, but whenever I see a screenshot with a Dutch angle, I naturally assume that either a ship or the entire...
One Shots: This griffin knows what you did last summer
Greetings! We'll kick off today with this Guild Wars 2 pic from reader Don, who said, "I took this screenshot of my Human Engineer...
One Shots: You don’t belong here
Oh man. Oh boy. You've stumbled into the wrong fantasy tavern, bub, and now you're in for it. Everyone's looking at you. Knives are...
One Shots: High times in the High Isles
Are you venturing into the Breton Isles in Elder Scrolls Online this month? If so, you'll find yourself in good company, as Joey49 is...
One Shots: Wait, when did you get your mech pilot license?
As we cruise into this week's One Shots exhibition, Scott brings up a good point about the weirdness of jumping into the seat of...
One Shots: Modern vampire home decorating
Forget the dusty castles and damp basements of your father's Transylvania; the modern, on-the-go vampire has a refined taste that apparently includes neon caskets...
One Shots: That time when the Matrix discovered that it was in another Matrix
As we all know by now, the Matrix is everywhere, and we've consigned ourselves to a lifetime of being a battery for robots. Which...
One Shots: Ideal locales for tourist traps
Sometimes I wonder if our adventurers in these virtual worlds stumble upon locales so pretty and arresting that they pause and go, "You know...
One Shots: Chicken wing delivery
Sometimes the craving hits you. You don't need no potato chips or macaroni salad; you need to be satisfied by a pile of delicious...