daily grind

Playing MMOs puts you on a certain power trajectory, one that curves forever upward. Over time, you gain more and more power and abilities....

It occurred to me the other day that I honestly have no idea how much time the average MMO player gets to indulge in...

At the end of every year for almost as long as I can recall, we've delivered our "most anticipated" award. The winners in 2019...

Let's be honest, most gamers are not in fact made of money, and so we spend a lot of time thinking about (and arguing...

There hasn't yet been time for any major updates or changes to hit most games in 2021. That's just the reality; we've only been...

Congrats! You've managed to survive one of the toughest years of your life, and you looked amazing doing it! In fact, how do you...

There's going to be no shortage of major updates to MMOs in 2021. The Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2 already have expansions announced, everyone...

This terrible year is almost behind us, and that means it's time to start thinking about the next one. Which brings to mind resolutions...

Not all winter zones are alike, although there are many that exist. Some look downright warm and cozy, an afternoon stroll down the streets...

We have a rule at MOP: "Save your recordings." This is specifically because studios have said things to us on the record and then...

Years ago, it was a MOP tradition around the end of the year to speculate on which MMORPG that hadn't yet gone free-to-play would...

I thought 2019 was a big year for console thanks to Black Desert's multiple console launches, but 2020 was far from shabby itself. The...

Happy Llama is happy! Happy Llama is sleeping in after a fun-filled day of gift opening, eggnog drinking, and overdosing on the ol' holly...

So here's a fun Daily Grind we've been doing for the last few years, and it seems fitting to bring it back around today,...

Normally, the holidays are a time with stuff happening. There's traveling to be done usually as you see members of your family, there's stuff...

I'll admit that there's a shade of vanity that prompts me to bust out my best and most noticeable skills whenever I'm in an...

A Massively Overthinking roundtable about MMOs with bright future that we did a few years ago was so popular that we decided to make...

As is tradition around MOP, we always follow up our award for best gaming trend with a discussion of the worst trend too because...

Last year was the year when rogue servers became an even bigger deal for many veteran MMO players than usual, due in no small...

I always find it interesting to look back over the gaming journey that I took during the year. If I rewind the calendar all...