tabula rasa

The story of Tabula Rasa begins, as so many others do, with 1997's Ultima Online. Raph Koster and Richard Garriott's online fantasy sandbox proved...

If I made a New Year's wish upon a falling star, it wouldn't be far-fetched to think getting new content in Secret World Legends...

A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...

After the surprise reveal of Path of Exile 2 at ExileCon 2019, players were understandably hungry for more details. And that is exactly what...

One of my favorite idioms is "dead as a doornail." It always reminds me of the time I got sent out of my 10th...

It's pretty common to be frustrated by MMOs showing you things that you can't ever touch or play. Whether it be fantastic races that...

If you've been around the post-sunset City of Heroes community long enough, you've probably heard the rumors that there's a secret City of Heroes...

Where do you rest on the spectrum of humor? If you find yourself giggling and snorting at dumb jokes, groan-worthy puns, and satire so...

This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from reader Smuggler-in-a-YT. "Star Wars Galaxies had its problems, but the sense of community, purpose, and story (through...

Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on...

I've been thinking a lot about MMO sunsets lately, thanks to WildStar, Pirates of the Burning Sea, and even that ridiculous Free Guy movie...

Hindsight is 20/20. Unless you're blind in one eye from nostalgia, in which case hindsight is 0/20. In any case, you understand that it's...

If all goes well, later this year we will finally be treated to an actual Harry Potter MMORPG in the form of Harry Potter:...

If we judged MMOs by their numbers alone -- and I'm not suggesting we do so -- then the original Lineage would be the...

While the heady days of Ultima Online's dominant position over the industry are long gone, the MMORPG continues to operate and expand, and many...

February 28th, 2009, was a dark day for MMO players, as crowds flocked to Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa in the hopes of hitting level...

So this is an unusual situation for me: I've never actually played a game for Choose My Adventure that I've disliked this much. Those of...

Barreling toward this month's Release 44, Shroud of the Avatar is (ahem) fleshing out its Elven population with better models and even female models....

Do not go gentle into that good night forever, Old MMOs should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the...

Your favorite game is going to die. I wrote about that. Some games are never even going to get to launching in the first...