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The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy, tolerate, or resent silliness in your MMOs?
One of my early favorite movies was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, so I guess you can say that I've long been a fan...
AdventureQuest 3D welcomes you to the snowy bliss of Frostval
Ho ho holiday jingles are in the air over at AdventureQuest 3D, as the quirky MMO welcomes back the seasonal event of Frostval.
The winter...
Design Mockument: In defense of visual ability customization in MMORPGs
I will never know who it was working behind the scenes at City of Heroes who first had the idea to let players customize...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best combat as of 2024?
Are you a tab-target person or an action-combat or somewhere in between? Maybe you're a rogue and you're about to chime in with turn-based...
Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024
I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....
Here’s how Dark Age of Camelot’s latest Caledonia catch-up works
The Caledonia event is running right now in Dark Age of Camelot and it's letting all players start right off at level 30 and...
Vague Patch Notes: Nostalgia isn’t the problem with pining for your MMO past
So it hasn't been long since World of Warcraft launched a new set of WoW Classic servers, except this time it's WoW Classic Classic,...
MMO Hype Train: My growing obsession with Stars Reach
As much as I respect Raph Koster for all of his passion and pioneering of MMORPGs, I've rarely crossed paths with his games, notably...
The Daily Grind: What retired content should a long-running MMORPG make available again?
Over time, every single long-running MMORPG has certain pieces of content that are no longer available. Lots of games do their best to keep...
End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMORPGs going into 2025
One of the biggest factors when choosing a potential MMO to enjoy is how "healthy" it is. In other words, is the online game...
The Daily Grind: How would you have gamed differently in 2024?
Our MOP interns brought me my morning coffee and the dire news that this is, indeed, the last month of the year. For lo!...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 496: Go ahead Corepunk, make our day
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk's early access, Ubisoft's cozy MMO, and Throne and Liberty's spear, with adventures in WoW Retail and Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs we bounce off of and the allure of lifetime subs.
Not So Massively: ZeroSpace’s MMO-inspired Galactic War and other PvE modes
Welcome to part two of Not So Massively's in-depth impressions of the recent open beta of multiplayer RTS ZeroSpace. In my first piece, I...
Choose My Adventure: Starting life as a Jem’Hadar in Star Trek Online
So, first thing's first: I wasn't really able to spend excessive time in Star Trek Online this weekend. It was not just a holiday...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever had a dream about MMORPGs?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by two bits from social media. First, MOP's Justin recently joked on the podcast that describing MMO boss battles is...
Wisdom of Nym: The myth of Final Fantasy XIV’s budget
Let's put this front and center just to start things off because I'm annoyed: Final Fantasy XIV is not a game that is single-handedly...
The Daily Grind: Have you let go of any old MMORPG obsessions?
Earlier this year, when City of Heroes Homecoming first scored a license to operate from NCsoft, my kid fell hard into econ PvP over...
The Daily Grind: When have you definitely played too much of an MMO?
Yes, folks, this is truly the time of excess for those of us in the USA, when we all gorge ourselves on about four...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 additional helpful tips for your LOTRO journey
Every so often in this space, I like to share helpful tips and tricks to make your Lord of the Rings Online experience more...
The Daily Grind: What MMO meme should be retired in 2024?
Jumping back into WoW Classic with the new fresh start servers has been quite the amazing (and nostalgic!) experience. But I was taken aback...
