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In these trying times, I think we're all dealing with a certain degree of anxiety and loneliness. For some of us, feeling worried and...

The year was 2013. Sony Online Entertainment was still a functioning and seemingly robust MMORPG studio, and its yearly SOE Live convention was a...

When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...

On this week's podcast, I mentioned that I'd just finished off Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, something that superficially seems unrelated...

Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....

WildStar was a really neat game that was run by people who had no idea what was good about it. I'd apologize for that...

A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...

So, hey, the ESRB is taking action about lockboxes! Well, sort of. It's adding a notification about lockboxes that doesn't expressly mention or clarify...

Guild Wars 2 is not a perfect game, but then again, no MMORPG is. I've had a pull-and-push relationship with the game since its...

By now you all know that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a thing. A popular thing, one that's been invading your feeds, your Discords,...

Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...

I remember when achievements were first getting a pop in the MMO space, or at least when I first noticed it concurrent with World...

For about 15 years, I’ve had an MMORTS shaped hole in my heart. I didn’t even realize it was there. I used to play...

In recent years, you might have noticed a new type of lawsuit coming out of game companies, as some of the more litigation-happy studios...

Lord of the Rings Online's soundtrack is well-loved by many who have played the game, tying in memorable tunes to specific locations to where...

In an author's note at the end of the novel The Dark Tower, Stephen King writes frankly that some people will not like how...

Here's something we don't talk about much here on Massively OP: sports games. When we think of "MMOs," we tend to run right toward...

A while back in the Not So Massively column, I did a piece comparing the pros and cons of some of the biggest names...

Professional wrestling is not my thing. I say that with absolutely no ill will or judgment; much like the Lord of the Rings, the...

In the MMORPG genre, April Fools' Day is especially relished as a time in which developers and studios can get a bit wacky and...