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Boss fights in MMORPGs are often slapped with predictable labels: tedious, challenging, interesting, technical, difficult, or face-roll. Yet one that I'm always looking for...

I've now made my way through all of the zones in World of Warcraft: Legion twice. There's something to be written about that, which...

Last month in an Overthinking topic, Massively OP's Andrew Ross issued what I thought was a provocative opinion: "I'd argue Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone,...

Last week, an interesting question dropped into our team inbox. It was from a game developer -- I don't know for which game --...

The nifty thing about famous IPs partly in the public domain is all the variations different authors can create with it. Case in point:...

It's almost that time of year -- the best time of year! It's the most wonderful time of the year in fact, especially in...

There are always going to be differences in opinion about what should be done with an IP based upon a franchise. That's just natural....

I always had a hard time motivating myself to go through legacy raid content in World of Warcraft for appearances. It's not a matter...

Pulling off a great MMO expansion has to be a tricky thing. Sure, there's the knee-jerk response of, "Just throw in everything awesome!" But what...

For soundtrack junkies such as myself, the release of a new World of Warcraft expansion is always extra-special for reasons that go beyond mere...

Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, GW2, RIFT, STO console, Otherland, EVE F2P, Camelot Unchained, Dual Universe, and Hero's Song, with mailbag questions on what games MMO devs play and Stranger Things vs. The Secret World.

It hasn't taken me long to fall in love with One Tamriel. This Elder Scrolls Online team has a distinct understanding of what makes this...

A Massively OP reader named MrPoolaty recently wrote in to us to talk about the resumption of Final Fantasy XIV's housing demolition timers. See,...

Video games can be a selfish pleasure, but we often help out others in various ways when we play, like assisting with quests and...

Worlds Adrift's recent 48-hour alpha playtest has come and gone, and Bossa Studios would like to thank everyone who showed up and tried to wreck...

One of the many things I like about Final Fantasy XIV is the fact that its scaling difficulties for dungeons don't simply mean more...

Last week, one of my favorite MOP commenters, DeadlyAccurate, linked us to a Cracked article discussing how gaming is "being ruined by hype." Using...

Massively OP reader Styopa recently posed us a question that I thought would make for a good Leaderboard since the answers can be binned...

Welcome along to another advice-packed edition of Guild Chat, the column in which I offer up my opinions on how best to solve a...

I have a mixed relationship with puzzles in MMOs, because they can easily be a huge distraction from a game that's otherwise proving to...