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Massively Uplifting: Speech therapy, a college class in WoW, and the Ian Holm tribute that crashed LOTRO
Inside or outside? Like a cat at the door, June had many of us unsure if we wanted to go out or stay in;...
RuneScape improves its chat filtering, OSRS adds more Poll 71 features and tweaks death mechanics
Surprise, surprise, some players of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have been presumably trying to circumvent the hard-locked chat terms meant to discourage hateful...
Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet
After years of hilariously wrong recommendations, something seems to have clicked with Facebook's algorithms lately to make it finally start showing me relevant ads....
Wisdom of Nym: The two-month delay of Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
Well, it turns out this week did not bring much in the way of new information about Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3. Or... it...
Here’s how corrupted dungeons in Albion Online’s Rise of Avalon update will work
One of the features coming to Albion Online in the Rise of Avalon update is the Corrupted Dungeon, but just how exactly do those...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a favorite MMO PvP moment?
There was a fun thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit a while back that really made me miss solid MMORPG PvP. A player...
Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Mists of Wilderland soundtrack
Just in time for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, Standing Stone Games finally posted Update 26's full soundtrack to YouTube the other...
The Daily Grind: Has the Crucible pull-back affected your thoughts on New World?
Here's the thing: I have definitely not been on the hype train for Amazon's New World for a variety for reasons. But with the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your go-to MMO for quick gaming sessions?
The other day in the MOP virtual office, Chris and I were talking about how we're kind of glad to see Torchlight 3 appear...
WoW Factor: The missing soulbinds of Shadowlands’ testing
Everyone remembers about soulbinding, yes? It's one of the major new features in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? Like, it's literally the whole thing that...
LOTRO Legendarium: A very Middle-earth wedding
Dearly beloved players, we are gathered today to celebrate the release of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, and with it, a great...
Ubisoft promises a ‘structural shift’ in the wake of sexual harassment scandal
Ubisoft remains in the spotlight - the bad kind - this week following multiple accounts of abuse by multiple senior devs and execs that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG do you wish were on mobile?
Remember way back in the day when Guild Wars 2 was supposed to get a mobile version? It never did, and whatever mobile toy...
Massively Overthinking: Can Amazon actually save Crucible?
Earlier this week, Amazon pulled Crucible back into closed beta for some hefty retooling, a move that surprised basically no one. We'd watched the...
Vague Patch Notes: Trying to salvage MMOs from bad launches
So I'm glad that Crucible got a "pull back to beta" instead of a complete shutdown. I'm surprised but still happy because that's more...
The Daily Grind: What systems do you avoid learning properly in MMOs?
Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was meant to break some degenerate enhancement effects, but it also meant that you had to think a...
Path of Exile’s next patch will bring improvements to harvesting and harvest crafting
How do you feel about harvesting (aka the linchpin feature of the Harvest League) in Path of Exile? Perhaps your opinion will change once...
Choose My Adventure: EVE Online wasn’t really all that bad I guess
As I alluded to last week, I’ve been putting in a lot of thought into my time with EVE Online over the course 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...
The Daily Grind: What does World of Warcraft actually do well?
We all know that World of Warcraft gets its fair share of criticism and grumpy rants, particularly in this Battle for Azeroth era. And...
