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Director Dave Wilson envisions Star Wars: The Old Republic as a TV series
So a bit of a primer before we roll into this one: Nothing in this story should suggest that Star Wars: The Old Republic...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of the second set of Ishgard Restoration in Final Fantasy XIV
All right! So this is not actually the column topic that I announced last week, but in my defense, I legitimately did not know...
Not So Massively: Delving into builds and endgame in Wolcen Lords of Mayhem
A few weeks ago in the Not So Massively column, I gave my initial impressions of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem. I found it a...
The Daily Grind: Are you more of a fashionista in MMOs – or in real life?
MOP's Colin proposed this topic after a bizarre conversation in the MOP team chat about our fashion sense in real life. It's probably no...
Global Chat: Don’t mess with my GeForce Now
The titanic struggle going on right now between cloud-based game streaming platform GeForce Now and studios who are pulling their titles from it is...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite role to play in an MMO group?
In broadest strokes, a lot of MMOs have embraced the trinity for character design with three roles of tank, DPS, and healer. That's fine....
The Daily Grind: In which MMO have you accumulated the most account goodies?
One of my favorite things when going back to an old favorite MMORPG is creating a new character that gets to benefit from all...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Mists of Pandaria
It's time, people. It's time to remember you should never say no to panda. Yes, we've reached one of World of Warcraft's most weirdly controversial...
The Daily Grind: What are you hoping for out of Guild Wars 2’s Cantha-ish expansion?
I try not to get excessively overhyped about things in MMOs, especially things probably a year and a half or more away, but I...
Roblox gets timey-wimey with Doctor Who cross-promo
I'm not actually sure how much overlap between the audiences of Roblox and Doctor Who fandom there really is, but maybe that's the point...
Wisdom of Nym: Greedily anticipating Final Fantasy XI’s new scenario
All right, so it's time to insert that Tyler the Creator tweet here because this is going to be something I'm talking about a...
The Daily Grind: Were you present for any historic MMO events?
For all the talk of world firsts, server firsts, and so forth, the real notable MMO events are usually ones that just seem to...
Desert Arena: First impressions of Shadow Arena, the Diet Black Desert of battle royales
Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...
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...
The Daily Grind: Are you a stingy MMO spender?
I like to think of myself as a fairly thrifty guy. A bulk of my Kindle library was either free or purchased on discount,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 262: Holly Holly oxen free
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak's Holly Longdale's departure, City of Heroes' Homecoming video ban, PlanetSide 2's Escalation, Black Desert's birthday, Cryptic's chat nuke, Guild Wars 2's next episode, changing MMO opinions, and MMO automation, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, and SWG Legends.
Choose My Adventure: An impressive and empowering first few steps in Albion Online
Albion Online has been one of those sandbox MMORPGs that I’d always had a passing curiosity about, but was never really eager to take...
The Daily Grind: Are you worried about the fate of EverQuest right now?
Ever since last Friday's latest Daybreak drama - the announcement that longtime EverQuest franchise head Holly Longdale was leaving the studio for some big...
Wisdom of Nym: Hints for our next destination in Final Fantasy XIV based on the past and what we’re ignoring
There's not really question in most people's minds about the fact that there's going to be another Final Fantasy XIV expansion. There doesn't need to...
Fight or Kite: Shining a light on Pearl Abyss’ Shadow Arena
Last week, Pearl Abyss allowed players to finally jump back into its take on the battle royale craze with Shadow Arena. The game was...