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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Taemys, who just so happens to be a guildie of mine. He's clever,...

A Darkfall developer recently caused a bit of a stir by posting an informal poll on Reddit that asked whether or not fans would...

A common question that I see posited around forums and Reddit is, "What MMO should I play?" If there is a more loaded question...

I've had some godawful pickup groups in GTA Online this week. There was the one guy who insisted on typing in Russian. Then there...

Recently Worlds Factory published a piece about Wander subtitled "combat isn't the only way." After I finished pumping my fist and saying hell yeah...

In this episode, Larry, Eliot, Laura, and Matt debate the topic of immersion in the MMORPG genre, pitting City of Heroes against the Final Fantasy franchise.

Guild Wars -- the first Guild Wars -- celebrates its 10th birthday this week alongside several of my characters who are equally old. I originally...

Environment is super-important to me, both in real life and in video games. My surroundings have a large impact on my mood, with my...

I've always had mixed feelings about Western games putting out Asian-themed expansions and conjuring up a soundtrack to match. On one hand, we already...

Justin, Bree, and guest John discuss Anarchy Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns, Neverwinter, Meridian 59, Ultima Online, classic Guild Wars, WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online, and Elite: Dangerous, with mailbag questions on making your own MMO.

This guest Soapbox was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign and is authored by Chris "Warcabbit" Hare, a developer at Missing Worlds Media. The opinions here...

If you read the last Hyperspace Beacon, then you know that BioWare's announcement that Ziost is finally hitting Star Wars: The Old Republic excited...

This morning's Daily Grind arrives from Kickstarter donor jackfrost, who phrases his question in the form of a rant: Why do almost all rewards in current...

Mo is offscreen for a week, but we get a chance to see just what the NPCs are up to behind the scenes.

Let's assume you've just recently gotten to the level cap in Final Fantasy XIV and you're ready to start in on catching up to...

Some pretty big changes are on their way to Landmark, not the least of which is the final full character wipe and an extensive...

What do you do when your in-testing MMO isn't drawing in the crowd that you need it to be? Pathfinder Online thinks that the...

I didn't get a whole lot of gaming time this weekend, but I did manage to log a couple of hours in GTA Online. I...

Welcome along to Guild Chat, my cozy corner of the internet in which we can discuss all things guilds, the place where we all...

The image above was used as a header elsewhere, but other than the fact that I never fixed her belt (it was a placeholder...