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The Daily Grind: Does playing MMOs with your kids ever frustrate you?
I love my kids, and I love that my kids are growing up to be smart and healthy people and gamers, but man, there...
Guild Wars 2 explains the design and mechanics behind Secrets of the Obscure’s new relic system
While the next expansion for Guild Wars 2 is titled Secrets of the Obscure, the ArenaNet developers clearly do not want the mechanics coming...
The Soapbox: Why The Secret World really failed
We're back with part two of my long-overdue post-mortem of The Secret World, my favourite MMORPG of all time. In the first part I...
The Stream Team: Blowing through Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds
What? Massively OP's MJ sidetracked by another Guild Wars 2 festival? Well, can you blame her: It's the Festival of the Four Winds! And...
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds breezes back into town
Hope you're not afraid of heights or mild atmospheric disturbances, for Guild Wars 2's Festival of the Four Winds has returned to the realm...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Secrets of the Obscure has me concerned for Guild Wars 2’s future
If you haven't picked up on it by now, I really like Guild Wars 2. It is my favorite MMORPG of all time and...
Massively Overthinking: Old zones vs. new zones in MMORPGs
I've been playing a lot of Lord of the Rings Online lately, in both very old zones from Moria and earlier and some of...
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds is back starting July 18
While the Guild Wars 2 community is currently and understandably bubbling over about the launch of Secrets of the Obscure expansion next month, ArenaNet...
The Stream Team: Through the hourglass in Guild Wars 2
Last week, Massively OP's MJ lost herself in the library of the Priory (and loved every moment of it!). Once she reached where she...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever run MMO dungeons with a one-class group?
A few weeks ago, MOP's Colin mentioned that he's fond of Guild Wars 2 strikes specifically because there's no gear requirement or meta rules,...
One Shots: The hero of your story
No matter how legendarily humble you are, it's hard to escape games trying to make you the central hero. When a cutscene literally shines...
LOTRO Legendarium: Hobbits (and River Hobbits) are the heart of Lord of the Rings
I don't care if you want me to be objective when it comes to Lord of the Rings Online's races, because in my book,...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we wanted a decade ago
Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...
Vague Patch Notes: The power of the middle bit in MMOs
I knew that Tales of Arise wasn't really working for me like its immediate predecessor when I started kind of avoiding combat.
Now, to a...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s skyscale changes are great
So here's a funny story: I was literally in the middle of writing an article titled "The time to make the skyscale more accessible...
The Stream Team: The end of Echoes of the Past in Guild Wars 2
After a short break for some therapeutic piñata bashing, Massively OP's MJ is ready to dive back into Guild Wars 2's Living World Season...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 428: Guild Wars 2 spills its secrets
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure, WoW Classic hardcore mode, Tarisland, and The Sims 5 multiplayer, with adventures in LOTRO, Diablo IV, SWTOR, and truck sims, plus a mailbag topic on starting out in LOTRO.
The Stream Team: Returning to the crucible of Elementalist combat in Guild Wars 2
MOP's Chris is feeling the buzz of an expansion's arrival once again as Secrets of the Obscure looms in Guild Wars 2. And while...
Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?
MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...
Steam’s Summer Sale 2023 is live through July 13 with deals on FFXIV, GW2, New World, ESO, and more
Valve has revived the traditional Steam summer sale this afternoon, with gobs of good deals running well beyond the 4th of July. Perhaps the...
