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PAX East 2015: A chat with SOTA’s Richard Garriott
Richard Garriott casts a long shadow in the MMO industry, with Ultima Online serving as the first fully graphical MMO and ushering in the genre...
WRUP: Ninja WRUP
Welcome back to What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you cackle madly with me, for I...
Fan leads the charge to revitalize Graal Online
Graal Online is not a game that gets much press at all -- nor ever did, sadly. And it's perhaps because of this that...
One Shots: Riding railroad
Superhero MMOs really make for some spectacular screenshots, you have to agree. And if you don't agree, you might be on the receiving end...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a good grasp of your MMO’s history?
As someone who's played his fair share of both Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 over the years, I have to confess that I've...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten facts of EverQuest life circa 1999
MMOs change. We know that, but we also tend to forget it as well. The games that we play today can often be light-years...
WRUP: Guess who’s back edition
At the start of the week, I journeyed far across the land, venturing into the wilds of the northwest armed only with my wits...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best sound design?
We pay a lot of attention to what we're seeing in MMOs, but have you ever stopped to really process what you're hearing? Sound...
The Daily Grind: Are you still on board with EverQuest Next?
The Daybreak buy-out. Mass layoffs. No more Storybricks. And it might not even be free-to-play!
There are plenty of reasons to go all Chicken Little...
You’ve only got 77 candidates to choose from in EVE’s CSM election
Are you voting in this week's EVE Online Council of Stellar Management election? If so, you'd better do some research, because there are 77...
One Shots: Dragons can be heroes, too
I've given dragons a lot of flack over the years for being overused, underwhelming stock MMO bosses when bears deserve top billing. But what...
The Daily Grind: How do you rate Guild Wars 2’s season 2?
As I write this, I'm almost finished with the second season of Guild Wars 2's vaunted living story. Without any specific spoilers, I have...
Hyperspace Beacon: Eight reasons to return to SWTOR
In the midst of this rebirth of Massively, I found myself suddenly placed in charge of my Star Wars: The Old Republic guild. We are on...
The Daily Grind: Do you see hate speech in your MMO?
The other day one of our readers, Joe F., pointed us at a conversation between Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman and an ArcheAge customer...
One Shots: A new hope
Welcome back to One Shots, Massively OP's weekly salute to excellent and interesting player screenshots! It feels good to be in our new home...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite winter zone?
In the northern parts of the US, we are currently in the grips of a particularly brutal winter. Snow, ice, frostbite, polar bear attacks,...
The Daily Grind: Do you find some MMOs more relaxing to play solo?
You know, folks, I am all about getting my dungeon ride on in Final Fantasy XIV. I'm a roleplayer, to boot. I like being...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about Daybreak Game Company?
You know, for some reason we didn't have a whole lot of discussion about the Sony Online Entertainment buyout and name change when it...
The Daily Grind: What’s your one wish for Massively Overpowered?
Just over two weeks ago, I found out that Massively.com was being shuttered along with the rest of the Joystiq network. It's been a convoluted...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 1
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns, and the forming of Massively Overpowered, with mailbag questions on MMO pet AI and subs as the new early access in disguise.
