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The Stream Team: Chopping off The Head of the Snake in Guild Wars 2
It's time to chop off The Head of the Snake in Guild Wars 2! Massively OP's MJ will be infiltrating Confessor Caudecus' manor with...
The Stream Team: Eyes on Lake Doric in Guild Wars 2
Finally, a quest tailor-made for Massively OP's MJ! She has been tasked with exploring every corner of a new-to-her area in Guild Wars 2....
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s The Head of the Snake
Massively OP's MJ has certainly taken her sweet time playing through Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 3. After all, it did release nearly...
The MOP Up: Marvel Rivals players go on strike over under-supported role
Marvel Rivals players are on strike until the Strategist role is improved -- and they may get their way according to a new blog...
Bellwright’s devs explain the vision behind their medieval simulator
As the medieval survival sandbox Bellwright celebrates its first year of early access, studio Donkey Crew is taking a well-deserved pause to reflect upon...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 adventure hodgepodge
Now that the latest bit of Guild Wars 2 main story is done, Massively OP's MJ has multiple different things she can focus on....
The Stream Team: Into The Bitter Cold of Guild Wars 2 with Twitch drops (and no spoilers!)
Want to watch some Guild Wars 2 for the Twitch drops but don't want any story spoilers of the new content until you can...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online lays out its March plans
Elder Scrolls Online published its schedule for March activities, which includes a set of PvP-focused login rewards, new endeavors, a Deathmatch weekend, the Jester's...
The Stream Team: Egg-xamining the Guild Wars 2 dragon egg
First she was teased with the idea of a circus, then Massively OP's MJ discovered that there actually was a circus on the volcano...
The Stream Team: A Guild Wars 2 Trip to the Circus
There are times when a quest or story chapter name taken out of context can really lead one's imagination in a very different direction....
The Stream Team: The joys of Rising Flames in Guild Wars 2
What's the best way to get Massively OP's MJ pumped for a story chapter in Guild Wars 2? Name it Rising Flames! Having just...
Massively Overthinking: Has an MMO cadence switch-up ever actually worked out for the best?
When I was going through our historical awards for the debrief earlier this month, I had a little chuckle looking at the awards for...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with creative idea hooks
There's so much blatant -- and lazy! -- copying in the world of entertainment and arts that anything novel is to be cherished. I've...
The Stream Team: Journey into the Bloodstone Maw in Guild Wars 2
Having just finished the mastery that was blocking her story progress, Massively OP's MJ is now able to continue Guild Wars 2's Living World...
The Stream Team: Investigating Guild Wars 2’s Bloodstone Fen
After Eir's memorial, Massively OP's MJ boarded an airship... like anyone thought that was a good idea! After all, airship is synonymous with explosion...
The Stream Team: Living the Guild Wars 2 Season 3 life
With holiday events over, Massively OP's MJ can return her focus to finishing up the Guild Wars 2 story. And to do that, she...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
Vague Patch Notes: Going solo isn’t a problem in MMORPGs
So I'm wrapping up a month of talking about how MMORPGs are by necessity social games. These are games in which you need other...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank
Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...
Here’s how the ‘cellular automata simulation’ in Raph Koster’s new sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach works
In the wake of the announcement of Stars Reach, Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has been making the rounds of Reddit and the gaming blogosphere...
