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April Fools’ Day around the MMOverse, 2019 edition
Yes, it's back, the day when you can believe absolutely nothing and MMO studios are cranking out faux patches that you kinda wish were...
Hyperspace Beacon: This is the toughest choice in Star Wars Galaxies Legends
I'm Larry, and I'm an altoholic. (Pauses for everyone to say "Hi, Larry.") The toughest part of any game for me is which class...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 213: FFXIV’s first world problems
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's controversial reveals, WoW level squish, Albion Online F2P, Glitch, Age of Conan, and Google Stadia, with adventures in Trove, SWG, Starmourn, LOTRO, and Rock Band, and mailbag letter on feeling perpetually behind in MMOs.
Massively Overthinking: Designed downtime in MMORPGs
In a Daily Grind not long ago, MOP reader Armsbend said something I thought just cried out for discussion. After noting that he had...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
Hyperspace Beacon: Which Star Wars Galaxies emulator should I try first?
As a longtime Star Wars fan and former Star Wars Galaxies player, I've known there were plenty of emulators out there ripe for playing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 211: Carrying the Torchlight
Justin and Bree deep-dive Torchlight Frontiers and discuss Path of Exile's Synthesis, the great LOTRO and DDO outage of 2019, the impending end of Kritika Online and the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, Guild Wars 2's warclaw, Alganon, and a mailbag topic about housing in MMOs.
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for getting your character super drunk?
Fallout 76's dev blog a few weeks ago about its upcoming brewing and distilling skills - which are actually surprisingly detailed - got me...
Massively Overthinking: The paradox MMO
Back in February, the MMORPG subreddit offered up yet another fun thread: User Friendly_Fire told the MMO community that what it really wants is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 210: The spice must flow
Justin and Bree discuss Funcom's Dune, Anarchy Online's prog, Elder Scrolls Online's Wrathstone, Atlas' wipe, Guild Wars 2's layoffs, DDO's Sharn expansion, and Outlaws of the Old West, with adventures in Eldevin, LOTRO, Paragon Chat, Trove, and SWG; a mailbag question on finding laid-back MMOs; and a sponsored segment on Black Desert.
One Shots: Event horizon ahoy!
Just a word of neighborly advice, but if you ever find yourself this near to a black hole, you might as well take screenshots...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator celebrates third birthday with a quest for cake
Look, folks, some MMOs have been sunsetted for so long, their emulators are celebrating big birthdays. Such is the case for Star Wars Galaxies...
Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the all-in-one MMO
One of the forever-arguments MMORPG players seem to enjoy having is the one about niche MMOs. There are quite a lot of gamers out...
The Survivalist: When survival sandboxes are more MMO than actual MMORPGs
Ever since Life is Feudal announced at the end of last month its dedication to developing a deep roleplay-focused server, I haven't been able...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 209: ArenaNet layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, and PlanetSide Arena delays
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, PlanetSide Arena's delay, WoW's allied races, and LOTRO's expansion, with adventures in DDO, SWGL, and Trove, and mailbag letters on ethical studios, ancient MMOs, and Project Titan.
The Repopulation previews new tutorial island, lore timeline, and upgraded development servers
The Repopulation's latest dev update is giving me some serious Star Wars Galaxies player city vibes, but then I guess that was always part...
SWTOR gives a skimpy roadmap while Star Wars Galaxies is remembered… in song form
It's a two-for-one Star Wars special in this post today! A short post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums shed a very...
Massively Overthinking: Contending with the MMO genre’s ‘wowfugee’ crisis
Last week on the MOP Podcast, we read a letter from a listener named Megan who pointed us to a blog post on the The...
Hyperspace Beacon: The Star Wars MMOs and communities beyond SWTOR
Time flies: I am now coming up on nine years of covering Star Wars: The Old Republic professionally. Of course, I was a Star...
Massively Overthinking: Showing up vs. showing off in MMOs
Last week's Daily Grind about ambient sociability got a lot of MMO gamers talking about that desire to have people around, even if they...
