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Final Fantasy XIV brings out patch 4.15 on November 21

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At long last, Final Fantasy XIV Bards can put on a show with patch 4.15. The patch is slated for November 21st according to...
Yep.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 143: BlizzCon strikes back

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Justin and Bree discuss BlizzCon, WoW's Battle for Azeroth expansion and legacy servers, Marvel Heroes' drama, the fate of Motiga and Runic, DCUO, WildStar, Kritika, and Wild West Online, with a mailbag question on MMOs that lock classes and races behind paywalls.
Race!

WRUP: Is this what I wanted edition

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So, for a very long time, I was one of the people crying out for making some of the many racial variants in Azeroth...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
just come back

WRUP: World of Warcraft: The We Just Want Eliot To Come Back Expansion edition

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Well, here's our World of Warcraft expansion leak. Apparently, it's titled World Of Warcraft: The We Just Want Eliot To Come Back Expansion. I...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 141: Mouse invasions and elf butts

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Justin and Bree discuss MMORPG Halloween, Trove, World of Warcraft, EverQuest II, DDO, Life is Feudal, Bless, Destiny 2, and Project Gorgon, with a mailbag question on how and whether we should all be supporting struggling MMOs.
lizards

WRUP: Of balls and pins thereof edition

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Why are pinball machines so expensive? All right, that one's obvious, they're rather elaborate things with lots of moving parts all wired up to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
Vengeance.

WRUP: Names I have used for MMO zones other than their proper names edition

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Boregrimmar. Dorkshore. Strangle-me Vale. Dun Moron. Ironfudge. The Kvetchlands. Hillsbad Footfails. Poorgrimmar. Zangrymarsh. More Donuts. Fishguard. Palaran. Nar Shady. Lomsa Lemonsa. L.A. Nausea. Goopstaberg....
Everyone comes to our house.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria

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Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
Mildly irate machine.

WRUP: Pacing issues edition

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The series is 52 episodes long, and it promises to be the world-shattering story of giant robots fueled by ghosts. The first nine episodes...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 138: Mystery MMOs and the mobile revolution

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, the mobile MMO avalanche, in-development MMOs from AAA studios, Black Desert's Kamasylvia, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on the MMO industry going backwards and the small touches in MMOs.
Lord

WRUP: So crazy and random edition

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Hey, folks, I'd like to announce for the record that I am just so crazy and random! I surprise people with my completely insane...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 137: Hotfooting down the Path of Fire

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Justin, Bree, and Tina discuss Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire, Guardians of Ember, the EverQuest franchise, Villagers & Heroes' Starfall, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, and Ultima Online F2P, with mailbag questions on the best time to join a guild and deal-breaker MMO features.
HOT TIMES, SUMMER IN THE CITY

WRUP: Can talk, Path of Fire edition

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Welcome to another installment of What Are You Playing and... oh, jeez. Where are all of you? See, this is what I was worried...
And we shoot the varmint.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 136: Westward ho!

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Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Black Desert, Phantasy Star Online 2, FFXIV, DDO, Neverwinter, Ultima Online, and of course Guild Wars 2, with mailbag entries on Star Citizen's monetization and solid free-to-play side MMOs.

The Hive Leader looks at Absolver and Legends of Equestria

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Have 10 minutes or so and want some serious, hard-hitting analysis of a pair of online RPGs? You best go elsewhere, because we are...
AHHH MOTHS

WRUP: A review of Titans Return Magnus Prime with every noun replaced with moth edition

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I had no real use for Moths Return Powermaster Moth when the moth was first announced, because while I liked the previous version of...
How do I start to say goodbye.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 135: PAX in the P.M.

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Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.
There are no bees!

WRUP: Anyone could have caught fire edition

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Last but not least, I want to close out this meeting by addressing the elephant in the room. Yes, I am your boss, and...

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