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Jukebox Heroes: The best of Otherland’s soundtrack
Despite being an adaption of Tad Williams' enormously popular sci-fi novels, the MMO Otherland was a flop in both of its incarnations. Mismanaged, underdeveloped,...
Into the Super-verse: What superhero MMOs offer that other games don’t
When I was in high school, the Console Wars were heating up between SEGA and Nintendo. I'm afraid to report that many of my...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2019
The good news is that our sunsetted MMO list from 2019 is shorter than in most years. The bad news, of course, is that...
Storyboard: The future of MMO roleplaying in the new decade
Here we are in a brand-new decade! (If you feel the urge to pedantically correct this, you are wrong, it's a new decade, hush...
Desert Oasis: Fun things to do in Black Desert in 2020
With the new decade upon us, I think it's a good time to do some goal-setting for the upcoming decade. I might be biased...
Vague Patch Notes: How to make your corner of the MMO space more pleasant
It's 2020, people - let's do this. What do I mean by this? Unscrew our MMO living space. That one's a lot more fun...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019
The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...
Lawful Neutral: A look back at the MMO industry’s law dramas of 2019
It's hard to believe that 2019 is almost over. Not necessarily unwelcome, but hard to believe. 2019 has been a year in more ways...
Choose My Adventure: The perfect sandbox MMORPG already exists in Project Gorgon
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever delighted in being so lost in an MMORPG before.
Most of the time, being kicked out into the...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Schlag meme of the year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards end today with our pick for Schlag meme of the year. For those who never dip down into the comments,...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best MMO apology
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best MMO apology. If you're wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is, you...
Wisdom of Nym: Yes, Final Fantasy XIV’s Empire is just plain bad
All right, let's be totally clear about something that... feels like it should already be obvious, but seems to not be. The Garlean Empire...
Fight or Kite: Totally reasonable expectations for PvP MMORPGs in 2020
A new year is upon us, and I am especially excited this time around. The past few calendar swap-outs have been pretty stale from...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best MMO April Fools’ joke that wasn’t a joke
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best MMO April Fools' joke that wasn't a joke. If you're wondering what the...
MMO Cartographer: Reminiscing on the MMOs we toured in 2019
It is that time of the year when retrospectives abound and people set their resolutions for the upcoming year. That seems like exactly the...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: MMO mascot of the year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for MMO mascot of the year. If you're wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best worst headline
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best worst headline on MOP in 2019. If you're wondering what the heck a...
MMO Cartographer: Gamigo’s voxel MMO Trove is a blocky treasure
Trove was not entirely new to me when I decided to return to its shores for MMO Cartographer this fall. I'd toyed with it...
WoW Factor: A quick glance back at 2019 for World of Warcraft
So how did this year go for Blizzard Entertainment? Well... badly. You cannot have missed all of that. But it also went badly in...
Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: MMORPG of the Year
Massively Overpowered’s formal end-of-the-year 2019 awards draw to a dramatic close today with our award for MMORPG of the Year, which was awarded to Final Fantasy XIV last year. Longtime...
