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I spend a lot of my time thinking about MMO PvP. You might not realize it, but I'm actually a really big fan of...

The recent E3 hubub about The Elder Scrolls Online new level syncing mechanics being extended has got me thinking all about the mechanics behind zones in MMOs,...

As with mainstream movies, it seems that the MMORPG industry has settled comfortably into the PG-13 zone for its approach and themes. Sure, there's...

"Dad, can I pilot your ship tonight?" I turn around to see my seven-year-old son giving me Bambi eyes with his hands clasped because, somewhere...

Given the choice, I am always going to pick a game with stylized graphics over realistic ones. This is for many reasons; it's partly...

Not everyone is into creating alternate characters -- alts -- in MMORPGs. This is understandable: Some people don't have time to play more than...

Every MMO has character classes. Every single one. You might rail against this by pointing out that there are several games out there with...

This week's Massively Overthinking was inspired by a reader who decided to go by Sandboxless in Seattle when he penned this note of frustration to us. I...

"This is how the world ends," T S Eliot wrote in his famous poem, "not with a bang, but with a whimper." That might well...

Not too long ago, there was all but one way that you would pay for an MMO, and that was as a monthly subscription....

Today, City of Heroes turns 12 years old. Except it doesn't; the game shut down three years ago, it never lived until it reached twelve,...

I noticed two strange things in the comments section of our lengthy Exploring the Video Game Debate series: People were angry at research that...

Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...

Aztecs. Chronomancers. Mounts. Halberds. Golems. Dual wielding. These are all but a hint of what a fourth Guild Wars campaign could have been, a campaign...

After talking with Mark Jacobs the other week about the difficulty of balancing Camelot Unchained's 30 classes, it got my mind thinking of MMOs...

Dungeon runs in MMOs can be a socially terrifying situation, especially for those of us who are quite comfortable in our solo-centric playstyle or...

The recent news about EverQuest Next's cancellation has renewed the debate about whether or not MMOs should get sequels, which have given me plenty...

One thing I've realized from my time in Black Desert so far is than even for a die-hard sandbox fan, the introduction is pretty...

It used to be that hunting for a console MMORPG was one of the most fruitless endeavors known to gamers. The PC was where...

I don't think I'm exaggerating to say that this past weekend was a strange one in the MMORPG community, when gamers across the wide expanse...