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Choose My Adventure: Learning to appreciate Black Desert
First and foremost, I'd like to thank the many people who informed me about how to hide the UI in Black Desert. I shouldn't...
The Survivalist: Massively OP’s guide to survival games, single-player and beyond
As Massively OP is centered on the "massively" part of gaming, it makes sense that my first guide to survival games was focused on...
Perfect Ten: Conversations with anthropomorphic concepts of MMO studios
Every so often, a man needs to have a conversation with some anthropomorphized concepts. I do that every few years. In the past, I've...
Tamriel Infinium: Am I playing Elder Scrolls Online wrong?
Elder Scrolls Online and I have had an on-again-off-again relationship for the last several years. A lot of that relationship stemmed from my being...
EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Online plans amazing new PvE gameplay
Today's EVE Online is a far cry from the empty but hopeful sandbox released back in 2003, having constantly re-invented itself for over 14 years...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top six favorite MMO music themes
After over a month of voting and counting down, we've arrived at the final six picks for your favorite MMORPG theme songs of all...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward in review – side stories, part one
Here's a fun fact: I don't actually know how long this series of columns is going to be at this point. That shouldn't affect...
LOTRO Legendarium: Playing second fiddle to the Fellowship
Back when Lord of the Rings Online was being developed as Middle-earth Online in the late 1990s, the original concept was to plop players...
Guild Chat: Should I quit my MMO because of in-guild bullying?
Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively OP community can both offer pearls of wisdom to...
EVE Fanfest 2017: Hands-on with competitive VR sports game Sparc
At the end of February, CCP Games announced a new game that has nothing to do with EVE Online or even the EVE IP. Named Sparc,...
EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Online joins the hunt for exoplanets through Project Discovery
The scientific community has been buzzing lately with the incredible news that a star system less than 40 lightyears away named TRAPPIST-1 was found...
The Survivalist: ARK’s big bird nerf
I know I said part two of the survival guide, containing a host of single-player survival games, would be the next entry in this...
Hands-on with TERA’s new Valkyrie class
Last month, TERA's community chose the name of its new class, and next week players will get to not only see that Valkyrie in action...
Choose My Adventure: Muddling through the start of Black Desert
After my first week of playing, I don't know if I actually like Black Desert very much. I also don't know entirely if it's...
Tamriel Infinium: Examining the gods of Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind
As we all wait patiently for June 6th to come around so that we can play through Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind, players might realize...
Perfect Ten: 10 little things that I love about LOTRO
I'm a details man. I like to stop and check out the small things, to drink in my environments, and to notice how all...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Bastion of the Penitent raid lore
As promised, I'm making a return to the lore found within Guild Wars 2's newest raid Bastion of the Penitent now that we've summarised the...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s moon mining overhaul and the future of conflict
Just under four years ago at EVE Fanfest 2013, EVE Online's Executive Producer Andie Nordgren took the stage and delivered an epic long-term vision for the...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward in review – the main scenario
I never really had a chance to explore Final Fantasy XI expansion by expansion. By the time the game launched in North America, the...
The Game Archaeologist: Rubies of Eventide
I can't say that Rubies of Eventide has been on my radar, like, ever. And yet practically every time I've asked for suggestions of...