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Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
Path of Exile will let players who go offline remain in their party for a limited time
Every MMORPG player has experienced that dreadful moment when their connection to a game decided to get suddenly and randomly severed, followed by the...
Vitae Aeternum: Obsessing over New World’s population numbers is a waste of time
New World is a bit unique in that it is the only major Western MMORPG that is playable only through Steam. The others are...
Dungeons & Dragons’ OGL fiasco ends in victory for third-party content like The Secret World TTRPG
Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro flooped around and found out. As we discussed earlier this month, the stewards of the Dungeons & Dragons...
Vague Patch Notes: Floaty, samey, and janky – a treasury of MMO terms for bad combat
Any time you bring up The Secret World or Secret World Legends's bland, floaty combat, at least one person is going to chime in...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most-played MMOs in 2023?
Last week in Massively Overthinking, we discussed our three most-played MMOs of 2022 - and whether we'd guessed right at the top of that...
Parent puts Roblox on blast for her first-hand experiences of troubling games and failed content filtering
In case you were wondering if the CEO of Roblox was blowing smoke when he talked up "safety and civility," allow one parent's extremely...
Kickstarted adult-only vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss puckers up for early access
If you've been seeking the most murky of smooches and the darkest of nighttime strolls in your MMORPG adventures, Shadow's Kiss would like to...
One Shots: Looking forward to a rainy day
Is there anything as agonizingly tantalizing as receiving a gift that's for a very specific situation? You can't wait to use it, but it...
Vague Patch Notes: Stop taking your released MMOs back to the drawing board
This is not a column about Kingshunt, but it is. It's not a column about Crowfall or Deathverse: Let it Die or even Crucible....
Global Chat: Would Secret World have done better if it had been set in the 1920s?
Thanks to a recent piece by MMO Folklorist, I learned something that I had never known about The Secret World: Apparently, in early development...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming is dying to watch Dead by Daylight
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2022
This has been a pretty challenging year for a lot of reasons, and my 2022 in Choose My Adventure certainly didn't feel any different...
Vitae Aeternum: The uncomfortable truth of New World’s lax monetization
I have a pretty laid back approach to monetization in online games. Bar mandatory subscriptions and a few egregious outliers, I am generally fine...
Vitae Aeternum: A measured response to New World’s 2023 roadmap
When New World released its roadmap for the first half of 2023 a few days back, the initial reaction from fans was... not great....
Guild Wars 2 adds new challenge mode, new skin collection, and promised profession tweaks
Collecting skins might sound like the plot of a horror thriller, but it's actually a completely innocent activity in Guild Wars 2, at least...
The MOP Up: SWTOR spins a Bounty Hunter yarn
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was nearly your bedtime and Star Wars: The Old Republic sat down next...
Vitae Aeternum: The storm clouds on New World’s horizon
New World has improved considerably since launch. I've had a lot of praise for the changes Amazon has made, and I'm looking forward to...
NetEase’s survivalbox Once Human readies a November beta test and projects a Q4 2023 launch window
Back in June we were aimed in the direction of Once Human, a multiplayer survival sandbox from developer Starry Studio and publisher NetEase that...
Perfect Ten: The players you’re likely to meet in MMO hell
We've all met folks in game who leave an unpleasant taste in our mouths for a long time after. With all of the good...
