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Massively on the Go: How social media and accessibility blew up Animal Crossing
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,...
WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Hunter, Priest, and Mage ability changes
Here we are again, and we've got a new mess of classes that got changed! Although in many ways these are the classes that...
Choose My Adventure: Survive the Disasters 2 is a perfect Roblox game
We close out this month's little sojourn through the world of Roblox with what is easily one of my favorite titles ever created on...
WoW Factor: Everything can be an allied race, but nothing *must* be one
As the alpha builds continue to mount along for World of Warcraft's next expansion, a new debate has begun that is kind of difficult...
Perfect Ten: The categories of all MMO achievements
I remember when achievements were first getting a pop in the MMO space, or at least when I first noticed it concurrent with World...
Massively on the Go: Animal Crossing’s housing islands from an MMO player’s perspective
One multiplayerish game that we've talked about a bit as the MOP team's been quarantined on the Golden Yacht is Animal Crossing: New Horizons....
Fight or Kite: Starborne is the MMORTS I didn’t know I was missing
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s eternal restoration of Ishgard
As of this writing, the Final Fantasy XIV server that has made the most progress on Ishgard restoration is Tonberry on the Elemental data...
Into the Super-verse: Catching up with the big superhero MMOs
With the weirdness of the quarantine and how it's been impacting game development, I thought it might be a good time to take a...
Lawful Neutral: Leakers, trade secrets, and lawsuits in the online gaming world
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...
WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Shaman, Monk, and Druid ability changes
So, here's something you might find funny: My greatest struggle with this particular ongoing World of Warcraft column was deciding the best possible order...
Jukebox Heroes: Lord of the Rings Online’s unreleased soundtrack
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...
Vague Patch Notes: Maintaining MMO anonymity in the age of parasocial bonding
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...
Desert Oasis: How I’m progressing through Black Desert without spending a dime
I've been playing Black Desert for quite a while, and in that time I've made a bit of cash and built up a stable...
Perfect Ten: Sports-themed MMOs
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...
Choose My Adventure: Hexaria is a grindy yet competent Roblox MMO
Another week, another random bit of Roblox adventuring. This time around, I wanted to see just what sort of MMOs this game's community could...
Warframe of Mind: Looking back at Warframe’s lucky seventh year
In our first Warframe anniversary retrospective in 2019, we covered everything from the beginning up through the shooter's sixth birthday. For the lucky seventh...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.25 and the new weapons of choice
I have to admit, part of my reaction to patch 5.25 was simple relief that finally, finally, I had something to spend Poetics on...
Not So Massively: Comparing online ARPGs, from Wolcen and Diablo to Grim Dawn and Path of Exile
A while back in the Not So Massively column, I did a piece comparing the pros and cons of some of the biggest names...
LOTRO Legendarium: Breaking down LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter
It may be a month or two overdue, but the producer's letter for Lord of the Rings Online finally arrived this week. While we...