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Apologies for being extensively absent from this column over the last few months! Every day the Massively OP offices are deluged with fan mail...

Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Black Desert, Phantasy Star Online 2, FFXIV, DDO, Neverwinter, Ultima Online, and of course Guild Wars 2, with mailbag entries on Star Citizen's monetization and solid free-to-play side MMOs.

The power vacuum created after the fall of Sauron in Middle-earth has wide-spread ramifications for Mordor (the country) and Mordor (the expansion). In its...

What are lawyers good for? Pouring lemon juice on the open wounds of an MMO community desperately trying to hold on to the remnant...

One more bridge. That's what she kept telling me, even though I cautioned her that sooner or later our luck would run out. She...

There was a bit of a problem with Lord of the Rings Online's first attempt to test its next two dungeons on the test...

In my recent forays into Dungeons and Dragons Online, I was forcibly reminded just how different this game in comparison of your standard MMORPG....

Even though the doors leading into Lord of the Rings Online's Mordor were busted wide open, not all secrets -- and features -- were...

In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.

Justin, Bree, and MJ discuss PAX West, Secret World Legends, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Destiny 2, WoW, ArcheAge, and WildStar, plus a mailbag question on Destiny and raiding.

How many official videos will it take to wash out the taste of that terrible Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor launch trailer? At...

What do you get when you take a bunch of stubborn and foolhearty Dwarves, get them tanked on ale, and then start boasting about...

Let's begin with a little personal history. Back in 2008, I decided to get into the blogging scene by jumping on board the latest...

I will never be completely sure of it, but I like to think that the "Deep-Toads" of Lord of the Rings Online's Moria are...

With all of the attention, fandom, e-sports, and development given to Blizzard's Overwatch, have you ever suspected that the team shooter has a critical...

Remember when Lord of the Rings Online launched the Mordor expansion and rolled out a 480p trailer that made everyone recoil in horror? A...

Names and titles fascinate me. While sometimes they have no deeper meaning than to sound pleasant and be memorable, a label can indicate purpose,...

Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Wander, ARK, Funcom, Destiny 2, Cloud Pirates, Perpetuum, EVE Lifeblood, Villagers & Heroes, and helping out with Harvey, with mailbag questions on favorite MMO moments and finding a good guild.

Justin's LOTRO Legendarium article on whether or not Mordor is too difficult struck a chord wth me. "I do not envy devs and their...

So... Turbine. You remember Turbine, right? Used to run some games before the company spun off the MMOs to Standing Stone Games and shuttered...