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Massively Overthinking: Death and dying in MMORPGs
In March of last year, MOP's Justin wrote a detailed guide to the most common death penalties in MMORPGs. Last September, Gamasutra pulled seven...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that walk on the weird side
In third grade, my teacher sent home a report card with the note that "Justin is wonderfully strange."Â Ever since then, I never found the...
The Daily Grind: How often do you claim refunds on MMOs?
Chargebacks were a big deal in 2016: Black Desert, ArcheAge, and No Man Sky were all embroiled in community drama thanks to perceived chargeback...
Winter festivities arrive in Black Desert today
It's Christmas in Black Desert! Or at least it will be once the extra maintenance is over.
Kakao is kicking off the winter festivities today...
Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part two
Last week, we introduced the first part of our guide to the best upcoming, in-development indie MMORPGs -- yes, the list was so long that...
Here’s what’s going on with Glitch’s successors
We are fast approaching the late, lamented Glitch's birthday on September 27th, and to mark the occasion, we thought we would check in with...
Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part one
When you write for an MMORPG website that covers literally hundreds of games and could probably add in hundreds more that are extinct, are...
Guild Wars 2 suffers technical difficulties, pushes out gifts following rollback
If you're logging into Guild Wars 2 today, expect a bit of weirdness.
Yesterday's patch caused a soulbinding glitch that took the servers offline and...
Children of Ur adds localized weather
What's the weather going to be like today in your game?
You might just have to ask this if you're apt to play Children of...
One Shots: Cave art
True fact: One of the earliest attempts to screenshot the action in an MMORPG took place as prehistoric cave paintings in France. Another true...
RuneScape marks anniversary of a somber player massacre with… another massacre
For some, the pain of one of the most infamous events in RuneScape's history will never go away. For others, it's something that they'd...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 67: Mailbag spectacular
Justin and Bree dive into the mailbag for an all-Q&A show with questions submitted by you!
Jukebox Heroes: Great tunes from dead MMOs
When a beloved MMORPG is canceled, it doesn't entirely vanish without a trace. After all, there are thousands (if not millions) of eyewitnesses with...
The Daily Grind: How would canceled MMOs be doing right now if they were still operating?
Many of us have our private (or not-so-private) sorrows regarding shuttered MMORPGs. Yes, we wish that they were still alive and often opine that...
Children of Ur adds skills and buffs to its alpha
What's a Glitch remake without a hearty dose of skills and buffs? A poor remake, that's what! Fortunately for Children of Ur, the TinySpeck-sanctioned...
Battle Bards Episode 72: Listeners’ request anniversary
Can you believe it -- it's the third anniversary of Battle Bards already! Three years ago, Steff, Syp, and Syl joined forces to create...
WildStar performs three-hour rollback due to technical glitch
Yesterday wasn't one of WildStar's better days of operation, as a technical glitch started causing players to lose characters, items, and saved wardrobe outfits....
Gloria Victis is adding a plundered village this week
The team over at Gloria Victis is slaving away at building a "living, open world," with efforts being poured into a recent patch to...
Jukebox Heroes: A very merry Christmas MMO mix
Now that we're into the thick of December, I've given myself permission to finally turn the radio station over to the all-Christmas-all-the-time channel for...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the MMO hipster
I say this with nothing but love in my heart: Some of you guys are serious MMO hipsters. Heck, some of you guys were...
