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World of Warcraft weathers roleplay and silencing controversies

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All is not well following World of Warcraft's recent pre-expansion patch earlier this week. Two controversies are rocking the game resulting from the update...

Desert Nomad: Immersion, atmosphere, and roleplaying in Black Desert

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Hello friends, and welcome back to Desert Nomad, your more or less biweekly source of ramblings that are almost guaranteed to be at least...

Hyperspace Beacon: Truly immersing yourself in Star Wars: The Old Republic

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I have long been a proponent of roleplaying in MMOs. I’ve often been the roleplayer’s spokesperson on different podcasts and new media broadcasts. I’ve...

Hyperspace Beacon: The importance of pacing in a SWTOR roleplay event

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Last time I talked about roleplaying in spite of game mechanics, I didn’t really get a whole lot of comments. I don’t know whether...

Guild Chat: Fitting a character to a new roleplaying guild

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Welcome along to another issue of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we get together to help readers in...

Black Desert gets a Tamer, darker nights, and lanterns with oil

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Daum posted a project manager diary on the Black Desert forum yesterday announcing that the Tamer class will not only be playable at launch but be available in...

Hyperspace Beacon: The confused state of the galaxy in Star Wars: The Old Republic

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I don’t write a lot about the Star Wars: The Old Republic roleplay community because I don’t usually like it to be known who...
At its core, this is just a couples' shot.

The Daily Grind: What keeps you from roleplaying?

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I really, really enjoy roleplaying. It's one of the biggest ways that I enjoy a game. I like coming up with elaborate character backstories...

LOTRO players host RP and music event this Saturday

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If you don't have plans this Saturday, consider swinging over to Lord of the Rings Online, where a group of players will be holding...
If you lived here, you'd be home by now.

Shroud of the Avatar pushes out Release 20 with 113 player-run towns

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Are you playing Shroud of the Avatar's latest release right now? Obviously not, you're reading this article, but you could be playing it right...

Working As Intended: Sex, love, and MMOs

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In the ongoing, neverending sandbox-vs.-themepark MMO debate, the folks on the side of sandboxes want one thing: more. Actually they want a lot more. They want...

Ask Mo: The trouble with roleplaying in MMORPGs

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Long ago on Massively-that-was, a reader named Avaera sent in a long list of fabulous questions worth addressing. I'm tackling another in today's edition...

Koster on Star Wars Galaxies’ combat and social connectivity ‘glue’

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MMO designer Raph Koster is back with yet another post-mortem on Star Wars Galaxies, this one the second part of his "living society" discussion. Get...

Hyperspace Beacon: What you need to know about SWTOR’s Outfit Designer

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Update 3.2 for Star Wars: The Old Republic is, in a lot of ways, my update. From the beginning of the game, I wanted to visit...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for actual roleplaying?

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a cantina rat. I would spend the first part of my daily gametime...

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