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Tabloid muckracking, moral panic, and the mainstream media’s fuss over Fortnite coaching
With every huge online game, there's an accompanying rush of mainstream fuss over it - it's in the rules.
For example, Polygon has a piece...
Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club
What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...
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.
Wizard101’s main city gets a magical makeover
When you've got magic on your side, renovation on a grand scale should be a snap, right? It was probably a little more difficult...
Tamriel Infinium: The bizarre lore of the Hist in Elder Scrolls Online – and how it could matter in Murkmire
Although our next Elder Scrolls Online venture into Black Marsh is still many months away, I thought I would take a moment to talk...
Sea of Thieves’ devs have realized that community comes from not constantly fighting each other
Hey, kids, did you know that players feel more like a community when they're working together rather than constantly fighting one another? Of course...
What made Fortnite so ridiculously popular? Anticipation is baked into both the loot and the gameplay, says one psychologist
Over the weekend, I was chatting with the mom of my son's friend and let slip that I'm a video game blogger. Her reaction?...
Today in why we can’t have nice things: Roblox players were banned after ‘raping’ little girl’s avatar
Please note, this article covers a sensitive subject - please skip it if the title is already crunching up your stomach.
If you've got kids,...
Battle Bards Episode 124: Old MMOs, new music
It’s a catch-all, catch-up episode for the Battle Bards as they dig through new soundtrack releases from MMORPGs that they’ve covered in the past!...
Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry
Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...
The Stream Team: Friday is giveaway day with Wizard101!
Friday is giveaway day with MOP and Wizard101! Massively OP's MJ has come in possession of some nifty new Accursed Play Gauntlet packs, and...
Hyperspace Beacon: Memorable moments in Star Wars Galaxies, the original Star Wars MMORPG
Yesterday, the game that solidified my place in the MMO space would have turned 15 years old, and MJ, Bree, and I took a...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Pokemon Let’s Go
You know with my being the one at this year's E3 that this would happen. A console Pokemon game that also connects to Pokemon Go?...
The MOP Up: The Black Death improves its profession system (June 10, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: Rave on Risa
I love how in the Star Trek universe, the universal consensus on what makes for an ideal vacation spot is a planet that looks...
Legends of Aria overhauls its combat system, adds better fast travel
Fight for your right to party, kids! Or at least for your chance at loot assigned by an unfeeling, uncaring random number generator. Legends...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth tours Nazmir, promises global simultaneous launch
Who's excited to romp around in some swampland! Woo! Battle for Azeroth really knows how to bring the fun that will get all the...
Marvel and Nexon team up for new online TCG Marvel Battle Lines
Missing Marvel Heroes and Super Hero Squad Online? Today's newly announced Marvel game isn't going to bring those back, but it might rekindle the romance,...
Hyperspace Beacon: The sorry state of roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Since the server merges, the Star Forge server has unofficially become the roleplay server for Star Wars: The Old Republic. And roleplaying's fight to...
The Stream Team: Win a Wizard101 Battlemage Keep bundle
It's time for another MOP giveaway of awesome Wizard101 goodies! Massively OP's MJ has gotten her hands on a few Battlemage Keep bundles and...
