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WRUP: A brief and entirely incorrect history of CCGs edition
The first CCG (which originally stood for "Concerted Card Gouging" but was later changed to "Collectible Card Game" after the Great Acronym Wars of...
Perfect Ten: What your MMO racial pick says about you
In real life, we can't (usually) pick our race; we kind of get assigned one at birth, thanks to our parents, and we go...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 54: Something fishy is afoot
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Path of Exile, Guild Wars 2, No Man's Sky, World of Fishing, and AdventureQuest 3D, with a mailbag question on broken dev promises.
WRUP: Is your house robot-proof edition
Is your house robot-proof, dear reader? No. No, it isn't. Of course it isn't! You have never given a single thought to robot-proofing your...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 53: The MMOs of winter 2016
Justin, Bree, and Matt discuss Blade & Soul, The Division, Black Desert, WildStar, Final Fantasy XIV, and a mailbag question on Destiny 2.
WRUP: Pamela, my love edition
Pamela, my love! I wrote you this missive on this "web-site" so that everyone may see it, especially the numerous men whose homes you...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 52: Horror sloth!
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert 's cash shop, H1Z1, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge's laundry, Devilian, Grim Dawn, FFXIV, and TSW, with mailbag questions on voiceover localization.
WRUP: Pace out the halls of your lineage edition
Picture a moment in time, if you will. Imagine it as a place, as a thing with structure. That point is fixed in space...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 51: Unsavory deeds
Justin and Bree discuss V-Day, MMO finances, Blade & Soul, The Division, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, The Secret World, Ultima Online, and Devilian, with mailbag questions on IP blocking frustrations and MMO innovation.
The Daily Grind: What untapped survival sandbox theme needs love?
Zombies. Dinosaurs. Other people. Pygmies, for some reason. They've been done. But plenty of themes haven't been tapped for survival sandboxes.
Joking in the Massively...
WRUP: The costumer’s lament
With all of the antics that have gone on in my life over the last week alone, I somehow forgot that my random alliance...
Sword and Bored special edition birthday comic: ‘Anniversary gifts’
Mo helps us celebrate the site's birthday by opening an anniversary gift inside his MMO.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 50: Happy birthday MOP!
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and Bree discuss MOP's first birthday, DUST 514, H1Z1, DCUO, Hearthstone, Anarchy Online, Diablo III, and TSW, with a mailbag question on the return of MMO subs.
WRUP: Entropic triage edition
This week, I got some good news on Tuesday and Monday, but most of the week has been things breaking. My car has issues...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 49: Marvel Heroes 2016 interview
Justin and Bree are joined by Marvel Heroes devs discuss Marvel Heroes 2016. We also talk The Repopulation's engine switch, The Division's beta, and business model shenanigans in RIFT, Trove, SWTOR, and The Secret World.
WRUP: Things I am afraid of edition
Rottweilers left in a yard without proper leads who are trained to jump, growl, and bark. The idea that there is a secret second...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 48: Blade & Soul runner
Justin and Bree discuss Blade & Soul, Black Desert, Hero's Song, City of Steam, NCsoft, Diablo III, and FFXIV, with a mailbag question on global chat jerks.
WRUP: Marvelous true facts about something other than bees edition
Today, we're going to reveal some marvelous true facts about - wait, what the heck is going on with that header? What is this?...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 47: The sky’s the limit!
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Elder Scroll Online, TERA, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on a LOTRO reboot and volunteer worlds.
WRUP: Accidentally making Optimus Prime edition
It will probably come as no surprise to those of you reading that I've been taking part in a weekly tabletop roleplaying game for...