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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the horror of the Live Letter
It's easy to miss one of the worst bits of news about the next Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter because it's tucked in the...
PAX East 2018: Talking superhero MMOs with Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever
At this year's PAX East, I discovered that my mental picture of Casey McGeever did not match the actual man in person, but that...
The Daily Grind: Do you get grumpy over MMO events on repeat?
I'm a huge fan of Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box, even if I am not the best jumper in the world. My kid...
Pokemon Go is mustering players to clean up the planet for Earth Day
In all my years working for Massively and Massively OP, we've never had enough Earth Day events for a proper roundup. That isn't changing...
One Shots: Fun with filters
You know all of those weird filter effects that you have in your photo editing software? There always seems to be a stigma against...
The Daily Grind: What do you consider ‘meaningful’ MMO content?
Massively OP commenter DK went on a Twitter tear last week that caught my eye. He was criticizing the way some MMORPG players use...
RIFT throws out second progression server challenge
While the wait continues to hear what RIFT is going to do with its Prime progression server, Trion Worlds has kicked off a second...
WRUP: Advertising products we will not sell you edition
Friends, this week's What Are You Playing must highlight the most baffling marketing move I've ever seen. PAX East has often featured some baffling...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMO mobs you feel bad about killing?
Call me a softy, but I always cringe when I am sent in to slaughter the small, the fluffy, and the cute in MMOs....
Crowfall’s 5.5 pre-alpha is live with female centaurs, player vendors, and a new map
Crowfall is ready to push its pre-alpha testing phase to the limit. A new dev video from ArtCraft this week shows off some of...
EVE Online preps for Fanfest 2018, puts a bounty on the head of Twitch streamers
Twitch streamers are ready to rumble in EVE Online! "Twitch vs. EVE 2" is taking place today at 5:00 p.m. EST, as four fleets...
Massively Overthinking: How do you maintain your health while binging MMORPGs?
Kotaku put out a piece this week on how to game without wrecking your body, something that's probably bound to come up in the...
Making my way through RIFT Prime’s progression server
It has been a month since that fateful day back in March when the MMO collectively lost its mind by rushing back to play...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with muscle memory when playing multiple MMORPGs?
I've been playing two games that focus a lot on jumping lately: Trove and Guild Wars 2, specifically Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box...
Ultima Online’s F2P conversion, Endless Journey, is officially live with new ‘deluxe starter pack’
At 20 years old, Ultima Online is finally doing what its EA-backed handlers at Broadsword once said it would never do: It's going free-to-play.
Game...
Choose My Adventure: Warframe in review
It's funny how presentation problems can have such a huge impact on the same product.
Warframe, as a game, is almost crippled by its lack...
ArcheAge players fear pay-to-win practices will infect new progression server
With ArcheAge's new progression fresh start server going live today, players are raising concerns that Trion Worlds has slipped in pay-to-win elements in its...
SWTOR teases its new expansion, Cartel Market updates, and more coming by year’s end
With all the April Fool's updates and misinformation that were flying around this weekend, it was a little difficult to tell what was a...
World of Warcraft is retiring its remote auction house — but don’t panic just yet
If you've gotten used to perusing and trading on World of Warcraft's auction house from the mobile app, brace yourself for some slightly shocking...
Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR prank that revealed so much about the hungry fanbase
With April Fool's Day falling on a Sunday, Passover, and Easter, I didn't actually spend a lot of time on the internet watching the...
