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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...
Not So Massively: The dizzying complexity of ZeroSpace’s beta
With Stormgate struggling off the bat and Immortal: Gates of Pyre turning to the blockchain dark side, ZeroSpace is looking like the last, best...
WoW Factor: A World of Warcraft housing wishlist
To the surprise of basically no one who is at least passingly familiar with me over the past several years, I am indeed still...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best depiction of pirates?
I realize that pirates are out of fashion nowadays, but I still really like the motif. I mean, not real pirates; they're scary and...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MOP stories of 2024
As you're reading this, it's Thanksgiving night, and the end-of-the-year insanity is about to begin. You're going to be treated to a whole ton...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Wild Area was a resource sink event
Advertising Pokemon Go's Wild Area last weekend as being on the same level as Go Fest or the Go Tours was another major misstep for...
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs are more popular than you think
Last week, I ended the Vague Patch Notes column with something of a tease suggesting that maybe, just maybe, MMORPGs are not an unpopular...
Lord of the Rings Online dev defends the ‘meandering’ nature of the Shire
Over the years as a Lord of the Rings Online fan and columnist, I've noticed that whenever the discussion of the game's zones comes...
The Daily Grind: What are the best MMORPG-adjacent Black Friday deals you’ve seen this year?
When Bree first floated this Daily Grind idea to me, I did not want to make it MMORPG-adjacent because I wanted to hear about...
Perfect Ten: Lessons from unsuccessful MMORPGs that I wish designers would learn
I have been writing about this genre for far too long now and seen far too many games with genuinely good elements completely fail...
The Daily Grind: What is the next generation of MMO gamers seeking?
It's been a privilege to be part of a team tracking the course of MMO news for a decade-and-a-half now. I've often said that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 495: EverQuesting for a sequel
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest 3, EverQuest II's latest expansion, FFXIV Mobile, New World's roadmap, Path of Exile 2, and Stars Reach's housing, with adventures in WoW Classic and Guild Wars 2.
Wurm Online is patching in buildable ceilings this week and teasing the goblin camp revamp
Wurm Online doesn't get enough attention in the MMORPG industry, in our opinion anyway, so we're going to rectify that today as the developers...
Choose My Adventure: Red Dead Online is a multiplayer buried treasure
There's nothing quite as bad in gaming as wasted potential. There are no shortage of MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer games that reached for the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have pointless – but fun – PvP?
Eliot's article about World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary festivities reminded me of something dumb I loved to do back in the olden days of...
Black Desert wrestles with weekend EU node war issues, mod ads, and disruptive players
This past weekend doesn't appear to have been a particularly sunny one for the PC version of Black Desert, as Pearl Abyss has had...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads story beats are decidedly odd
While I definitely have enjoyed the content we have gotten in Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch so far, it's also very decidedly an x.1...
Fight or Kite: Skygard Arena blends Final Fantasy Tactics and Into the Breach
It’s no secret around MOP offices that I am semi-obsessed with board games as of late. It’s a problem, honestly, as my gaming budget...
