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Battle Bards Episode 189: Spooky and Magical 3

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Is that a chill creeping down your spine? Did your ears just perk up at the hint of fae music in the trees? Is...

Glitch reboot releases early demo version, opens Discord and Patreon for funding

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Almost two years ago now, the two key Glitch successors - Eleven and Chrildren of Ur - joined forces to rescue the MMO from...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most obscure MMORPG you’ve ever actually played?

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We have a random column here on MOP where we rattle off new or obscure titles - usually we call it MMOs You've Never...

Massively Overthinking: MMO voids that haven’t been filled

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I swear, so many of the posts I bookmark on Reddit to muse on later wind up deleted, and today I've got another one,...

Massively Overthinking: How we deal with burning out of MMOs

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Back in August, MOP's own Justin wrote a piece on his Bio Break blog about moderation in gaming that resonated with me. He described...

Massively Overthinking: Mixing and matching the best crafting systems in the MMO ‘verse

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Longtime MOP reader Ken from Chicago recently asked us to talk about crafting - but he didn't want us to just list off the...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: Classic alt challenges for MMOs

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When you start up your first character in a new MMO, it's all fresh and novel. But if you're the sort of tedious weirdo...

The Daily Grind: How grown-up do you like your MMO graphics?

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I may be settling comfortably into middle age, but I'll freely admit that I'm very partial to bright colors and highly stylized designs for...

Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them

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Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...

Battle Bards Episode 169: Wild Things

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Do you ever walk on the wild side in MMOs? Do you have a penchant for beastly races that aren’t merely reskinned humans? Then...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?

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Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...

The MOP Up: Grand Theft Auto Online mugs its players

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Here's a perfect example of irony. Grand Theft Auto Online tempted players to log in this month with the promise of a free $500,000....
Paws for impact.

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade

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

Perfect Ten: Counting Fallout 76’s many post-nuclear flubs

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I'll admit that I was the first one out of my seat, applauding wildly, when Fallout 76 was first announced at Bethesda's E3 showcase...

Into the Super-Verse: Putting City of Titans’ character builder through its paces

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Mark this date in your history books because the battle of superhero MMO character builders is on! Both Ship of Heroes and City of...

Bethesda says Fallout 76 scrapbox bug is a ‘top priority’ as ‘class warfare’ griefing claims surface

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Ah, Fallout 76. Fans went from eagerness for "Country Roads" to using that same song as a backdrop for a year in review video...
We don't mean anything bad!

Vague Patch Notes: Crime and punishment and intent in MMOs

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Last week, we saw Blizzard explain its philosophy behind why some World of Warcraft bugs in which players got to get more stuff than...
Well, maybe this part.

Blizzard clarifies the policy on World of Warcraft exploits following the dungeon exploit in Classic

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We know that Blizzard intends to punish players who exploited a bug to cause endless dungeon respawns in World of Warcraft: Classic. But as happens...

Massively Overthinking: Do you ever feel guilty about ‘freeloading’ in a free-to-play MMO?

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A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his...

Fortnite’s latest throwable weapon lets you kill people by dropping junk on their heads

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There are plenty of embarrassing ways you can be taken out in video games, whether it's by your own stupidity or an errant glitch...

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