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Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV have too many content subdivisions?
Here's a fun question for you about Final Fantasy XIV: What's the difference between a trial and a raid in the endgame?
At first glance...
Leaderboard: Will you be playing RIFT’s new server?
Last week, Trion Worlds announced a bold move for its MMORPG RIFT: Debuting this spring will be a brand-new server for the game with...
Wild West Online polls fanbase on maps, quickdraw, coaches, and crafts
Wild West Online's devs are digging around for player opinions on what it should work on next. "Over the last few months you've given...
The Daily Grind: Is ‘naming-and-shaming’ MMO cheaters a good idea?
Last week on Reddit, an EVE Online player begged CCP to organize a wall of shame for botters - essentially an online list of...
Global Chat: Jumping on board the Warframe train
Are you playing Warframe these days? If not, you might be missing out on the growing party of people who seem to be flocking...
The Daily Grind: How often do you check your MMO playtime?
My main character in Final Fantasy XIV is fast approaching a year of total playtime. That isn't entirely surprising, since she's been in the...
The Daily Grind: Are we due for a good cyberpunk MMO?
I am a generally big fan of the cyberpunk genre, especially when it works in a healthy dose of '80s aesthetics for that clunky,...
PSA: Darkfall New Dawn is free-to-play right now ahead of next week’s launch
If you've been curious about the indie spinoff Darkfall: New Dawn but aren't sure yet about plunking down pre-order cash, then you'll be interested...
Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends 2018 – new year, new game, new goals
What does Secret World Legends have in store for 2018? For the world, or for me? Either answer includes Season 2 of the story!...
Massively Overthinking: Tackling our hoarding problem in MMORPGs
By coincidence, two articles in my feeds this past week both centered on video game hoarding - not hoarding the actual games but hoarding...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio told the biggest fib in 2017?
Lies piss me off. I have had MMO developers look me in the eye and lie right to my face. I have had PR...
Choose My Adventure: Yes, Project Gorgon is a weird game
I want to start this column by saying the absolute meanest thing I have to say about Project Gorgon, and that one is probably...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever regretted funding a Kickstarted MMO?
Look, if you want to call me a doomsayer or a pessimist or whatever when it comes to Kickstarter and MMOs, you have every...
Hyperspace Beacon: The case for mature-themed guilds in the SWTOR community
I am a huge advocate for guilds that can remain friendly to the under 18 crowd. One of my favorite Star Wars: The Old...
The Stream Team: Odessen is not the target in SWTOR’s KOTET
"Odessen is not the target," were the cliffhanger words uttered by Scorpio at the end of the last SWTOR Choose My Alignment Adventure - all...
Game Theory explores the psychological exploitation at work in lockboxes
"It's as easy as one, two, insert your credit card number here!" So begins the parody at the beginning of the first of two...
The Daily Grind: What MMO zone biome puts you in an adventuring mood?
Two of my favorite MMORPG zones are World of Warcraft's Mulgore and WildStar's Algoroc. Both managed to catch some of the spirit and flavor...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 153: It’s a whole New World
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, DDO, New World, RIFT, Elite, and ArcheAge, with a mailbag question on easing into full-scale MMO sandboxes.
The Survivalist: Another year, another Survival Game guide
A new year, a new batch of survival games! Yes, the genre has become so popular that one guide, no not even two guides...
The Daily Grind: How much worse could MMO business models get?
During the roundtable podcast a few weeks ago, when we had the whole Massively OP staff on to chat, we tackled a question from Teviko...
