Massively Uplifting is a monthly feature column covering our favorite community warm-fuzzies and feelz, helmed by MJ Guthrie. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]
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Massively Uplifting: Labors of love, generosity, and grief in Warhammer, Terraria, Conan Exiles, Albion, ARK, and more
Labor Day in the United States is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievement of the American workers. The official Department of...
Massively Uplifting: Dragon Con and The Game Awards demonstrate the rise of awareness, accessibility, and inclusion
It is not uncommon to spend the beginning of a year reflecting back on the old while looking forward to the new. That's something...
Massively Uplifting: MMO gratitude, goodness, and giving, from Elder Scrolls Online to Guild Wars 2
Today is a big day for your belly! If you celebrate Thanksgiving, chances are you'll have/have had a table overflowing with delectable dishes today...
TennoCon and DragonCon raised over $200K apiece for charity this summer
Two of my most favorite gaming conventions of the year have one great thing in common: Both TennoCon and Dragon Con raise money for...
Massively Uplifting: Spring and summer philanthropy and farewells in MMOs
'Tis the season! What season? Why, spring and summer! Spring is a time of growth, and our gaming-verse certainly saw growth of the generous...
Guild Wars 2’s ArenaNet named Extra Life Partner of the Year for its 2022 April quest and $253K fundraise
File this one under Massively Uplifting in the best way: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet was named as the 2022 Extra Life Partner of...
Massively Uplifting: A season of gains and losses in the MMO world
Where has the year gone? Fall has wrapped up, winter is beginning, and the end of the year draws nigh. Today, many will be...
Massively Uplifting: WoW players break barriers, Bungie and ZeniMax raise money to help children
Summer sweetness is not just for corn and watermelon! No, it's for all the kind and generous gestures of of our fellow gamers and...
Massively Uplifting: How gamers are bringing humanitarian relief to Ukraine
It was a month that started in love but ended with war: Terrible, painful things keep happening in the world and in our communities....
Massively Uplifting: MMOs show true love through helping kids, planting trees
Attitudes and thoughts about Valentine's Day vary widely, from crass commercialism to idyllic romanticism to complete indifference. But the fact remains that the spirit...
Massively Uplifting: Thanks and giving with SMITE’s Finchmas, ARK’s Extra Life, WOW’s Classic Against Cancer, and USO’s Play it Forward
Thanks to a certain national holiday, November is a month when many in the USA focus on giving thanks. And all around the gaming-verse,...
Massively Uplifting: Warframe fights cancer, Square Enix helps the Red Cross, and Extra Life 2021 looms
Summer has ended, school has started, and now the leaves have begun to fall as the air turns cooler. It's a time of coziness...
Massively Uplifting: Summer goodness from SOLO, EVE, Bungie, Warframe, and Guild Wars
When the news gets filled with dark and horrible things (and maybe you start to be disgusted with companies and people), it is natural...
Massively Uplifting: Gaming charity endeavors support vets, autism, and AbleGamers
While still sneaking some spring snow in (bad weather!), April also showered us with some uplifting moments and goodness. Warm fuzzies are far better...
Massively Uplifting: Gamestonk, gorillas, and giving in MMOs
When it comes to feel-good stories in the general media, coming across a positive one about gaming seems harder than finding a four-leaf clover....
Massively Uplifting: Love and generosity in Sea of Thieves, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, and more
February is often known as the commercialized month of love (Happy Hallmark Day!), but that doesn't mean there wasn't genuine love abounding throughout the...
Massively Uplifting: 2021 begins with Trove’s trees, Warframe’s Tennobaum, and Star Trek Online’s Tribbles for charity
Ready or not, here 2021 comes! And that's a relief to many. It's no stretch to say that we want 2021 to be a...
Massively Uplifting: Niantic, ArenaNet, and more MMO studios end 2020 on charitable high notes
Do you know what one of the best things about Massively Uplifting is? Although the world focuses on giving good deeds and Joy to...
Massively Uplifting: Giving while giving thanks as ARK, Ashes of Creation, Rainbow Six Siege, and more support charity
Around these parts, November highlights giving thanks (though no country has a monopoly on the practice!), and this past month not only gave us...
Massively Uplifting: Supporting small businesses, grieving through games, and lending helping hands
Did you go trick-or-treating? There's still time! Here, have a handful of warm fuzzies! Take some full-sized good deeds! October has been full of...
