Disambiguation:
– Star Wars Galaxies
– Star Wars: The Old Republic
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the messiest combat?
I don't like messes. They freak me out. The chaos, the uncertainty, it gets to me. And it's as true in real life as...
Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?
This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...
The Stream Team: Looking for SWTOR datacrons in Alderaan places
Alderaan meets a sad end, but not today. Today, Massively OP's Larry and MJ might meet a sad end though! The duo is off...
Global Chat: Is Animal Crossing New Horizons an MMO?
One trend that we have noticed over the past decade or so is the blurring of lines between "regular" video games and MMORPGs. It...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 265: Delusions of Elyria
Justin, Bree, MJ, and Mia discuss Chronicles of Elyria, Guild Wars 2, PSO2, Ashes of Creation, Saga of Lucimia, WoW Classic and Burning Crusade, with adventures in LOTRO, Revelation Online, Don't Starve Together, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on player housing and optional sub servers.
One Shots: Acrophobia immersion therapy
For those, like myself, who have a slight fear of heights, then boy does Star Citizen have the ship for you! It's the equivalent...
Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?
Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
Perfect Ten: The stages of the MMO life cycle
To this day, no one has a quote as useful on the subject of life and death as E. B. White: "We're born, we...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 264: Don’t feel blue, MapleStory 2
Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris discuss the pandemic's positive impact on gaming, MapleStory 2, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, and Warhammer Online, with adventures in Animal Crossing, Star Trek Online, GW2, SWG Legends, Dauntless, and FFXIV, and an epic lightning round mailbag.
The Star Wars Galaxies rogue server community is collaborating on a multi-emu support project
Feeling a little disconnected from the world right now? You're not alone, and multiple MMO communities are coming together to try to fix that....
One Shots: Mining the safe, responsible way
When it comes to the careful and meticulous extraction of natural resources from the planet, it pays great dividends to hew to our 32-point...
Vague Patch Notes: Complaining about MMOs you don’t play
All right, folks, it's time to talk. And we're going to start by talking about Guild Wars 2, a game I used to play regularly...
Working As Intended: Deep-diving Star Wars Galaxies’ endgame crafting
When I leaped back into Star Wars Galaxies via the SWG Legends rogue server mid-2018, I didn't really truly think I'd stay all that...
More and more MMOs are offering sales and events during the coronavirus pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, MMOs and other MMO-adjacent games and studios continue to react, bringing their staffs home and offering bonuses...
The Stream Team: Raiding SWTOR datacrons on Quesh and Ilum
Massively OP's Larry and MJ are starting to run out of datacrons to hunt in SWTOR. What will they do when all their crazy...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 263: Cantha or bust
Justin and Bree discuss the coronavirus' impact on online gaming, Guild Wars 2's Cantha expansion and recent departures, WoW's essence switcharoo, Phantasy Star Online 2's open beta, Albion Online's roadmap, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, and mailbag entries on so-called dead games and new engines for old MMOs.
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Visions of the Past Steel and Fire
Just three short months ago, ArenaNet teased us in its 2020 content preview for Guild Wars 2 with a new type of story content...
Daybreak, Cryptic, City State, Frontier, and more MMO studios affected by worldwide pandemic shutdowns
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make itself felt, we've got another quick roundup of news relevant to MMO players.
First, we've...
Director Dave Wilson envisions Star Wars: The Old Republic as a TV series
So a bit of a primer before we roll into this one: Nothing in this story should suggest that Star Wars: The Old Republic...
Global Chat: Don’t mess with my GeForce Now
The titanic struggle going on right now between cloud-based game streaming platform GeForce Now and studios who are pulling their titles from it is...
