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Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened was the most full-featured MMO you never played
The sudden and unexpected announcement that Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is being shuttered and taken offline everywhere save the original Chinese servers came as...
The Daily Grind: Do you call your MMO characters toons, chars, alts, or something else?
A few weeks back, the MMORPG sub erupted in a heated discussion about what to call, well, our characters. And it's a legit question...
World of Warcraft previews its super nostalgic fall 20th anniversary event
You World of Warcraft players have finished up The War Within by now, yes? No? Well, all y'all better get on top of that...
Casually Classic: The five World of Warcraft mods I use as a non-modder playing The War Within
Generally, I don't use mods for MMORPGs. Or most video games. It's not that I take some high-minded principled stand against them; I have...
The Daily Grind: What long-term MMO goal are you still working toward?
I once was given the advice that things worth having usually take a lot of effort and work to obtain, so suck it up,...
Last Epoch is getting a ‘full cycle refresh’ with September’s Imperial Uprising event
Looking for a helpful onramp into Last Epoch but are feeling a little behind right now? The playing field should be leveled next month...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic stealth-nerfed raid staples and restricted Max Battles
All good things must come to an end. No, Pokemon Go isn't going anywhere, but after scoring some wins with the community, Niantic has...
Choose My Adventure: Fractured Online offers a perfectly good PvE sandbox, so why am I not in love?
Here we are past the month of August (yes really) and I am left kind of conflicted about my feelings toward Fractured Online. On...
The Daily Grind: Do you think chat toxicity in MMOs is getting worse?
I recently saw a thread on Reddit from an MMO player describing an act of an overt racism he'd suffered in World of Warcraft....
Massively Uplifting: Labors of love, generosity, and grief in Warhammer, Terraria, Conan Exiles, Albion, ARK, and more
Labor Day in the United States is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievement of the American workers. The official Department of...
The Daily Grind: Is there a place in an MMO that you’re sentimentally attached to?
The Psychology of Games podcast recently did an episode on forming attachments to places in video games.
"Have you ever become attached to a place...
The MOP Up: 2008’s Grand Fantasia relaunches with a classic Origin server
Anime MMO Grand Fantasia is relaunching on September 3rd with a classic edition called Origin that harkens back to the title's 2008 era:
"New engine,...
One Shots: Save the teddy bear, save the world
In any other MMO, a child's teddy bear is usually nothing more than a sign of innocence or an environmental storytelling cue. In The...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why haven’t I burned out on LOTRO yet?
None of what I'm about to write is to meant to be self-promotion - just observation. It really hit me the other day how...
WRUP: What was Bree doing with this one edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about times we failed to read the room IRL.
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you partnered up with a stranger in an MMO?
I'm having a pretty great time on Lord of the Rings Online's new progression server, partially because it's keeping the community in the same...
The Stream Team: Taking on the trials of gods in Fractured Online
It's been some time since OPTV had a stream of Fractured Online, but with MOP's Chris closing out his time in the sandbox for...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Max Out season brings a little hype back
The Pokemon Go fall seasonal update, coming September 3rd, is called Max Out, and if you haven't kept up with the main series of...
Tencent’s Blue Protocol Mobile goes into closed beta testing in China (sigh)
Hey, remember when Blue Protocol completely ended the Japanese version and western launch? Yeah, that still really stings, thanks for bringing it up. As the...
The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO player who never does crafting?
This one goes out to all the non-crafters in the house. No, not you oddballs who opt out of the player economy on some...
