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MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO rumor we want to be true
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best MMO rumor we want to be true. (If you’re wondering what the heck...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO with the Stormiest Future
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the MMO (or Studio) with the Stormiest Future, which was awarded to Daybreak...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven ways EverQuest reshaped MMO history
To many veteran MMO players, the opening horns of EverQuest's score are enough to trigger vivid memories, violent hallucinations, and an unstoppable desire to...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO troll
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for the best MMO troll of 2020. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Crafting
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded jointly to Final Fantasy XIV and EverQuest...
Jukebox Heroes: Christmas MMO music to loot by!
One of the many reasons that I love Christmas is that it's like everyone gives everyone else permission to just... stop for a day....
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Weirdest thing that tried to be an MMO this year
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for weirdest thing that tried to be an MMO this year. (If you’re wondering what...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Music of 2020
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Music of 2020, which last year wasn't directly awarded; instead, we...
Massively on the Go: Understanding what an MMO community will pay for
Earlier in December, I posted some Pokemon Go news that included player complaints about a recent Mr. Rime paid event. While there was a good...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO post that is actually just song lyrics
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best MMO post that is actually just song lyrics. (If you’re wondering what the...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2020
With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Indie MMO of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Indie MMO of the Year, which was awarded jointly to Villagers & Heroes...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best worst MMO bug
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best worst MMO bug. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is,...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2020
It'd be spectacularly easy -- routine, even -- to look back at the year gone with derision, bitterness, and all sorts of acrid snark,...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Studio of the Year, which was awarded to Grinding Gear Games last...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Most bizarre thing in an MMO this year
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards begin today, now affectionately named the Golden Yachties in honor of that dumb meme about how games bloggers are sailing...
Not So Massively: Looking back at 2020 and ahead to 2021 in the realm of not-so-massively games
So another year comes, and the last one's gone, and we dig deep just to carry on. Musical allusions notwithstanding, I thought it might...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.4 story
It'd be wrong to say that this patch is our first patch back on the Source in Final Fantasy XIV. We've been splitting our...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Story of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Story of the Year, which was awarded to the Blizzard boycotts last...
Into the Super-verse: A heroic year of superhero MMO development
As we get ready to tuck 2020 into the annals of history and venture into the wilds of 2021, it's a good time for...
