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Perfect Ten: More time traveling adventures in MMOs
Writers and geeks alike can't seem to get enough of time travel -- and neither can I! Back in 2017, I wrote a list of...
Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored elf rainbow
Remember how I managed to get an entire column out of all the different flavors of troll within World of Warcraft? Except I kind...
Perfect Ten: What makes me feel welcome when trying out your MMO
While it's not "standing in front of your high school in your underpants and reciting a difficult Shakespeare passage" level of anxiety, there is...
Perfect Ten: The big book of MMO death mechanic rationales
In the ancient Before Times (so, you know, two years ago), I wrote a column all about the different mechanics that hit you when...
Perfect Ten: The most fun pre-launch MMO runs
You know what's really fun? The build-up to an MMO's release, especially when you're really invested in that particular game. Some of my fondest...
Perfect Ten: An entirely accurate and unassailable history of pet classes in MMORPGs
Pet classes! They're a very important part of MMORPGs, the opportunity to not just go into combat alone but to march in alongside a...
Perfect Ten: Unconventional MMORPG magic classes
Earth. Fire. Air. Water. These elements are all well and good if you want to summon Captain Planet for some reason, but they make...
Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored troll rainbow
Trolls have been a part of World of Warcraft since it launched. No, I'm not talking about the jerks who make playing the game far...
Perfect Ten: Actually useful World of Warcraft toys
Pretty much since its inception, World of Warcraft has made a point to include just-for-fun items that were more about personal expression and enjoyment....
Perfect Ten: The top 10 things we loved about WildStar
WildStar was a really neat game that was run by people who had no idea what was good about it. I'd apologize for that...
Perfect Ten: Underappreciated Guild Wars 2 features
Guild Wars 2 is not a perfect game, but then again, no MMORPG is. I've had a pull-and-push relationship with the game since its...
Perfect Ten: The categories of all MMO achievements
I remember when achievements were first getting a pop in the MMO space, or at least when I first noticed it concurrent with World...
Perfect Ten: Sports-themed MMOs
Here's something we don't talk about much here on Massively OP: sports games. When we think of "MMOs," we tend to run right toward...
Perfect Ten: How World of Warcraft is like professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is not my thing. I say that with absolutely no ill will or judgment; much like the Lord of the Rings, the...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that were ahead of their time
Timing is, as they say, everything. A good idea presented at the wrong time (and perhaps in the wrong way) might fizzle hard when...
Perfect Ten: The stages of the MMO life cycle
To this day, no one has a quote as useful on the subject of life and death as E. B. White: "We're born, we...
Perfect Ten: Original MMOs that never came to be
"What could have been" is a path that I travel frequently, especially when I write The Game Archaeologist column. It genuinely haunts me that...
Perfect Ten: Son of conversations with anthropomorphic MMO studios
It has been a while since I've had any more conversations with anthropomorphic representations of MMO studios. Why? Because it's not fun for me. Come...
Perfect Ten: Pet peeves of doing MMO journalism
In many ways, Massively Overpowered is a dream (side) job for us. We get to write about something we love and have it published...
Perfect Ten: Neat things that Star Trek Online did with Star Trek lore
I've been getting back into Star Trek Online recently, which really means that I've been scratching the surface of the game again for a bit...