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Massively OP Podcast Episode 123: Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif
Justin sits down with Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif to talk about the game’s successful Kickstarter, handling a wild community, and the next steps for this up-and-coming sandbox MMORPG.
WRUP: This is the train to your backyard edition
This is the through train to your backyard, making stops at your neighbor's backyard, the creepy alley behind the convenience store, the old field...
Shot Online Golf’s closed beta test has begun
BREE: I can't believe neither of you pranksters has taken the golf thing to make fun of yet.
JUSTIN: Just par for the course for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 122: This Stormblood’s for you
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Stormblood launch, Destiny 2, ESO Morrowind, Anthem, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on patch numbering, fencing, and non-combat MMO progression systems.
WRUP: Can’t talk, Stormblood edition
Can't talk. Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is in early access.
Blah, blah, What Are You Playing, comments. Stormblood.
​Andrew Ross (@dengarsw): ​I have E3 homework to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 121: Tap for Magic MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss the Magic: the Gathering MMORPG, Fractured, Bless, WoW, Secret World Legends, Wild West Online, and MMO inventory mechanics.
WRUP: Don’t act all high and mighty because you have a face edition
Carol, listen to me, I'm tired of having this argument. We keep going back and forth over it, and it always comes down to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 120: Steaming into summer
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, FFXIV, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Ashes of Creation, Neverwinter, Shroud of the Avatar, and Black Desert, with a mailbag question on "don't give a fudge" gaming.
WRUP: Answering the greatest science mysteries edition
Man, science is so simple. All we really have to do is stop entrusting all of it to the scientists, right? We can just,...
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind has a new trailer, and it’s all about bears
Let's be real, here: The real new class being added for The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind is the War Bear. The Warden is just...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 119: Finalest Fantasy
Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV, FFXI, Black Desert, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, EverQuest, Allods, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on MMO role homogenization, PvP pay-to-win, and the Marvel Heroes uproar.
WRUP: Reasons to order your badger through the mail edition
Lately, we've gotten a lot of questions about our new mail-order badger system. "Why should I order a badger through the mail," you ask,...
Perfect Ten: Understanding MMORPG Warriors
There is always a Warrior. Every game has a Warrior. No matter what other class options it has, a Warrior is in that list....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 118: Crowfall breaks up the band
Justin and Bree discuss ESO Morrowind, Crowfall, Wild West Online, Destiny 2, Funcom financials, Star Citizen, SWTOR, Dreamfall Chapters, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on dating in MMOs.
WRUP: The field guide to fighting skeleton dinosaurs edition
Allosaurus fragilis: Make sure to only engage these skeletons when you have both the hookshot and the double-jump, as otherwise you won't be able...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
Erectus stiffens up its competition with the launch of its endgame
While everyone would like to be the great shaft at the heart of progress in Erectus the Game, the stiff backbone around which all other...
Diablo III turns out to have lore, summarizable in a minute
Confession time: I have spent an absurd amount of time in the Diablo universe over the years (ask me about that time a Best...
WRUP: Gotta go fast edition
Go, go, go, go, gotta go fast. No, fast. I said fast. You call that going fast? You're going slow. Stop slowing down. You...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.