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Massively OP Podcast Episode 183: Battle for Battle for Azeroth
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Battle for Azeroth, Fallout 76, WildStar, NCsoft, Ashes of Creation, MMO Kickstarters, FFXIV, and SWG, with more haiku and mailbag entry on rating WoW for kids.
WRUP: Our 2018 character poll edition
As we near the end of the year, it's time for us to start figuring out which characters to include in next year's cast...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 182: Follow the Torchlight
Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, LOTRO, Torchlight Frontiers, Diablo, RuneScape Classic, Trove, and No Man's Sky. And also haiku!
WRUP: Reviews of some movies I saw recently whilst paying attention to Granblue Fantasy edition
Some Disney thing or another: A young kid goes on a life-changing journey and gets home in time for dinner. This was one of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 181: Some devs just want to watch the world tree burn
Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft's lore drama, Star Citizen's stockpiling controversy, DDO's new expansion, Riot's MMO tease, Albion's Merlyn, and TESO's DLC, with mailbag entry on the Horde impact and SC's pay-to-win.
The Daily Grind: Have you ever had an MMORPG-related dream?
A real dream, not just a dream to top the raid leaderboard.
MOP reader CamelotCrusade submitted today's whimsical Daily Grind topic. "The other night I...
WRUP: We went to the zoo and I saw a kitty edition
And also I saw a monkey and another monkey and a gorilla and another kind of monkey that was little that could ride on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 180: Superstoked for heroic MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss the influence of City of Heroes (Paragon Chat, SEGS, Valiance Online, Ship of Heroes, and City of Titans), plus WoW, No Man's Sky, SWGemu, Camelot Unchained, STO, CCP's new MMO, and Rend, with a mailbag entry on comments negativity.
WRUP: The narrator is inside the car edition
You think that you've gotten away at long last as you get into your car, blood oozing from the wound on your leg, but...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
WRUP: Introducing the Not-even-good-at-one-formers edition
Introducing the hottest toy line to debut near SDCC (not at, we don't have money for a booth there), it's the Not-even-good-at-one-formers! They're less,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.
WRUP: Offending the God of Rabbits has worked out pretty much fine edition
So as you know, last week we managed to direly offend the God of Rabbits, which is remarkable partly insofar as I had expected...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.
WRUP: Moving forward, there are going to be some changes around this prison edition
New prison rule #1: No one is to use "shiv" as a verb any more. Last month there was a big debate over whether...
Perfect Tenception: Our ten perfectest Perfect Tens (since last year) – 2018 edition
Last year on the Fourth of July, I posted up a Perfect Ten that was a list of my favorite Perfect Tens Justin and...
Enjoy the Fallout 76 experience in Fallout: New Vegas… in a way
As people who are intimately familiar with the online game space (source: you read this site), most everyone here can imagine the worst excesses...
WRUP: House evaluation edition
11:43 (User NVT): Team on-site and beginning inspection.
11:44 (User JPE): Taking half of the team for upper floors.
11:44 (User TTB): JPE is reminded that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too
Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.
WRUP: Tips to having a great date when you’re both just sitting in your car for four hours edition
So actual dates are stupid and gross, right? Not necessarily! You can trick your date into having a great experience when the whole night...