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Perfect Ten: The 10 stages of the MMO launch journey, from announcement to release
One of the aspects that I love about MMOs is just how dang fun the build-up to launch can be. I know this period...
Perfect Ten: Top 10 favorite Final Fantasy XIV zones
We're getting in the zone with Perfect Ten lately. A few weeks back, Justin posted his own personal ranking of World of Warcraft zones....
Perfect Ten: Top 10 favorite World of Warcraft zones by feels
Recently on the MassivelyOP podcast, we were asked by a listener about our favorite MMO zones. That discussion quickly morphed into selecting certain zones...
MassivelyOP’s guide to 13 MMORPGs that you can play on Macs
Until I got my first Macbook this past December, I admit that I never really paid attention to what MMOs could be played on...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMO NPCs as muffins
You’ve all seen those memes or Twitter threads that try to link celebrities or people to food items or other inanimate objects, but I’m...
Perfect Ten: Conversations with anthropomorphic MMO studios IV: The Voyage Home
I swear before whatever deities you want to name, I cannot get away from this. I've done everything I can to avoid these anthropomorphic...
Perfect Ten: Obnoxious MMO buzzwords found in press releases
So say that you write for MassivelyOP. Or say that you work for another news site while wistfully refreshing MassivelyOP's front page hoping to...
Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s array of bear-based threats
Hey, if you've never played World of Warcraft, there's something you should know: This is a game with a lot of bears. You might not...
Perfect Ten: Favorite NPCs from my favorite MMOs
In a recent episode of the Massively OP Podcast, we had a terrific question winged our way asking about our personal favorite NPCs from...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO armor is completely ridiculous
This is probably a rant best saved for another day, but I want to know when it became completely acceptable not to demand that...
Perfect Ten: What I expect from MMO character cosmetics
There are many reasons to be deeply cynical about the sterile, lifeless morass that appears to be what people like Mark Zuckerberg see as...
Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression
While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...
Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMO healers
It's time for yet another column in Perfect Ten wherein we talk about a given player archetype, but this one's going to be a...
Perfect Ten: Genuinely fun MMO minigames
Few people are without opinions on minigames in MMOs. Some love 'em, some hate 'em, and some just ignore 'em. Some even despise that...
Perfect Ten: Bad takes about Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard and why they’re wrong
Sigh. So today's column is one that I really didn't have an urgent desire to write, but then we started talking about the various...
Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs at the start of 2022
One of the reasons that I have been a huge fan of MMORPGs for nearly two decades now is that they offer a terrific...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2021
As the year that was 2021 comes to a close -- raise a glass, give a toast, and perhaps think of a few fond...
End-of-year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures going into 2022
All right, so let's start with the disclaimer that I put right at the start of this article every single year, which at least...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2021
Some years are just bulkier than others when it comes to updates for existing MMOs. That's the nature of the beast. Some years just...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2022
If 2021 had a problem, it was that we got simply too many MMO releases between new launches, early access, and expansions. This breathtaking...