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The Daily Grind: Are you playing a ‘morally disengaged murder hobo’ in MMOs?
The Psychology of Video Games podcast recently did a bit on "murder hobos," and yes, Dr Jamie Madigan does point out that the term...
Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs says it has ‘close to’ 10 games currently in the works
Most people around these parts know Phoenix Labs as the studio behind the multiplayer monster slaying RPG Dauntless, but a new dev blog post...
Activision-Blizzard creeps out the internet with its ‘Diversity Space Tool’ as union-busting continues
Friday afternoon, Activision-Blizzard proudly trotted out a dev blog talking up the creation of a "Diversity Space Tool" that the company has apparently been...
WAPO calls out gaming industry for lack of support for reproductive health as workers strike
The Washington Post has a new article out this week ripping into the gaming industry for its "silence" on the likely overturn of Roe...
Perfect Ten: Why we need more post-apocalyptic MMOs
Ever since playing the original Wasteland back in the late '80, I've had a high fascination with post-apocalyptic settings. Yet it's not been the...
Trove’s new player survey nods to Quantic Foundry’s Gamer Motivation Model
Gamigo did more than just update Glyph this week; it also posted a survey for Trove players to "share thoughts and help shape...
Tales from the Holodeck: Virtual reality is best as a gaming machine, not as a portal to the metaverse
Welcome to a new column here on MassivelyOP! Tales from the Holodeck was inspired by a couple of things: my purchase of a VR...
An esports pro is developing an AI system to help game devs track and address in-game toxicity
You'd be forgiven for believing that reporting someone's behavior through in-game tools simply sends that report directly into some unseen void that devs don't...
GDC 2022: Control, revenue, scarcity, ethics, and the human challenges of the gaming ‘metaverse’
While some panels at GDC 2022 have been deeply disappointing, the panel titled "A Brave New (Virtual) World: Ethics and Governance of XR and...
The Stream Team: Seeking a quick spot of Star Trek Online
Normally, Star Trek Online isn't something that MOP's Chris broadcasts very often, but he's been peering in and out of his favored science ship...
GDC 2022: How ‘game stressors’ mix and match for repeatable content development in MMOs
Continuing our GDC 2022Â coverage of Bungie Principal Technical Game Designer Alan Blaine's talk on building challenges and reusable content in Destiny 2, we're going...
GDC 2022: Learning from the seven game stressors in Destiny 2
GDC 2022 coverage has a bit slow this year thanks to virtual tickets being kind of a misnomer (if the panel isn't live and...
This Means Warp is a Jagex-published spaceship management roguelike now in early access
Space is hard. There are whole fields of science dedicated to the matter, after all. That doesn't mean that video games can't make these...
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...
Interview: Talking Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ soundtrack with lead composer Maclaine Diemer
Maclaine Diemer is the long-time lead composer for Guild Wars 2, with soundtrack credits going as far back as the very first Living World...
Aliens, events, and The Pitt: MassivelyOP interview with Fallout 76’s Mark Tucker
Four years into the wasteland, and Fallout 76 isn't slowing down one bit. With Bethesda committing to several updates over the course of 2022,...
Massively on the Go: How pokedex building could be used for server-wide ‘science’ questing
Well, I'm sorry to report to multiplayer gamers that despite having online features like New Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Legends: Arceus is very much a solo game,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Everything you’ve missed if you haven’t played Guild Wars 2 since Path of Fire
There are a lot of great MMORPGs out there, and even if you enjoy Guild Wars 2, maybe it's not your main game. Maybe...
How video game player data collection processes have expanded outside of gaming
The EULA - aka the wall o' text that we all blitz past in order to get to play the MMORPG or multiplayer title...
Vague Patch Notes: The metaverse doesn’t exist and isn’t a good idea either
You can't swing your arms at this point without hearing about "the metaverse" in some capacity, which is supposedly the reason why Facebook changed...
