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Smart Social Gaming: Why people play social games and other topics non-gamers don’t get
While those of us who write for MassivelyOPÂ do try give you all the scientific resources we can to help you fight back against your...
This is how MMO lockboxes manipulate your mind
It is not going to shock you to hear that lockboxes are kind of evil. We here at Massively OP have been beating on...
Are MMOs and video games fulfilling our need for productivity?
Here is a question for you to ponder: Do MMOs make you feel more productive than your main job or school? If so, it...
Discover actual exoplanets and earn EVE Online rewards – without ever leaving the ship dock
Have you heard in passing this "Project Discovery" thing in EVE Online and wondered what it is all about? CCP put together a new...
Scientists say Pokemon Go helps relieve stress in Japanese workers
A new Japanese study in the acclaimed science journal Nature suggests that Pokemon Go players experienced a drop in "psychological distress" because of the game. The paper gives...
A Dota 2 pro was beaten by Elon Musk’s OpenAI bot during this year’s International
Dota 2's The International 7 tournament is over, having concluded this weekend by crowning EU group Team Liquid -- which arrived to the finals...
Video games can grow or shrink your brain, study finds
Does your brain feel a little lighter or heavier this week? It could be because of your gaming habits.
A recent study on video games...
SuperData’s mid-2017 report reflects a wildly expanding gaming industry
Gaming analysis firm SuperData is touting a new report for marketers today, shedding some light on the shape of the industry so far in...
MMO researcher Nick Yee is ‘dispeling myths about female gamers’
Quantic Foundry researcher and long-time MMO academic Nick Yee has an intriguing blog post out this week titled Dispelling Myths about Female Gamers in...
SuperData’s new report suggests multiplayer console gamers are more susceptible to DLC and RMT than ever
Gamers talk a big talk about horse armor DLC and pay-to-win and the evils of cash shops, but y'all keep buying anyway.
That's according to...
Monetization expert: MMOs are dying because of clueless design, not insufficient demand
MMORPG players just love it when somebody declares the MMORPG dead, right? All those games you're playing, all the games we're writing about and...
EVE Online’s July release furthers exoplanet research, revamps T3 strategic cruisers
Happy July patch day, capsuleers! Yep, EVE Online's July release is now live. The patch includes "one of the most extensive and largest rebalances...
EVE Online puts players to work sorting through new exoplanet data
The space explored by players in EVE Online is far beyond our own solar system, but here in the real world we're still struggling...
MMORPG founding father Richard Bartle establishes new unplayer matrix
Dr Richard Bartle, best known to MMORPG players for establishing the research that ultimately led to the admittedly flawed but widely quoted "Bartle test,"...
How Star Citizen uses science to build out its galaxy
This week's episode of Star Citizen Around the Verse sees Cloud Imperium's Chris Roberts and Eric Kieron Davis bookending Foundry 42, Ship Shape, and...
Another study finds Pokemon Go improves players’ physical activity
Yet another academic group has published research suggesting that Pokemon Go can be a useful tool for promoting exercise.
Duke University researchers funded by the...
Leaderboard: Almost half of e-sports viewers don’t even play the games they’re spectating
It may sound crazy, but a huge number of people who pour eyeball time and money into e-sports don't even play the games they're...
University researchers harness Pokemon Go for education
Researchers continue to find new ways to make Pokemon Go dance for science. In a new paper, Iowa State University's Emily Howell suggests that...
Overwatch: Hero leaks, lockbox probabilities, and Korean political humor
As Asian countries are cracking down on online games with lockbox gambling, gaming companies are complying with transparency. To wit: Blizzard's Chinese Overwatch website...
Academics and addiction experts weigh in on ‘pay-to-loot’ gambleboxes and lockboxes
"Pay-to-win" is old news now -- game designers' new plan for hoovering all the cash out of our wallets is "pay-to-loot."
According to IGN's Nathan...
