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Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online Incursion, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, LOTRO's River Hobbit housing and the Mariner, and Elder Scrolls Online's update 40, with a podcast topic on the financial barriers to returning to MMOs.

In a slightly older essay, Kalyriene looked at the importance of the new player experience in MMORPGs -- and why both World of Warcraft...

Having Borg in her own universe was bad enough, but now Massively OP's MJ has to deal with Borg invading from another universe in...

The Borg aren't really that threatening any more in Star Trek Online. It's hard to still feel menaced by a threat that has been...

The Embracer Group contract disaster continues to generate destructive waves all over the gaming industry, and now it's landing at our doorstep, as the...

Star Trek Online players will soon be boldly going back into the Multiverse plotline with the release of Incursion, coming to PC on September...

Jagex said that Necromancy has proven to be a huge hit in RuneScape, with the community taking to this new skill line like a...

Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's delay, WoW's upcoming patch, DDO's mini-expansion, and financial reports for NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and Square-Enix, with adventures in Palia, LOTRO, New World, and Star Trek Online, plus mailbag topics on rich economy-centric sandboxes and MMOs that need graphical refreshes.

Justin and Bree discuss Palia's soft launch, WoW Classic hardcore realms, ArcheAge 2, ArcheAge's future, Ashfall, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, STO, SWG Legends, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on mundane but enjoyable MMO activities.

With a massive franchise spanning decades and numerous television shows and movies, Star Trek boasts a mountain of legacy content under its belt. So...

Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...

A little ways back, I made the claim that Cryptic Studios' MMORPGs are -- for me -- the epitome of "comfort gaming" in this...

I've recently been musing about how we create categories for MMOs in our own minds. There are those "home games," for example, that we...

They say you never forget your first kiss. I honestly can't recall much about mine, but I do vividly remember the day that I...

No matter how legendarily humble you are, it's hard to escape games trying to make you the central hero. When a cutscene literally shines...

Business doesn't take a break, and so neither must we. Except for holiday breaks. But then those also can get busy because studios sometimes...

Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...

It's the summertime in Star Trek Online, and that means it's time once again for the Lohlunat Festival event, but this time around it's...

The beaches of Risa are calling out to players of Star Trek Online once more as the MMORPG's Lohlunat Festival summer event is coming...

I've mentioned many a time that one of the ideas behind the Vague Patch Notes column here on MOP is to have a place...