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Global Chat: Being thankful in MMOs
Last month's Thanksgiving holiday in the US prompted several MMO bloggers to share their thanks for gaming and other geeky goodness. Stars of the...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for total MMO newbies
If you're anything like me, you probably have a tough time deciding what kinds of gifts to buy all of your totally real, not-at-all...
Here’s how Star Citizen ship repair and maintenance works
One of the things that sets Star Citizen apart from the game industry at large is a virtual world design that provides players with options other...
Why I keep returning to Lord of the Rings Online
I got sucked into Lord of the Rings Online last weekend and I'm not sure why. There's no new Hobbit movie forthcoming (thank funk). I haven't...
The Game Archaeologist: The PLATO MMOs
In tracing the history and pre-history of MMORPGs in this column, we've spent a lot of time outside of the 2000s and into the...
One Shots: Rainbow glory
Even the grimdark world of Diablo III has a cute, rainbow-colored side... and reader Zulika is the one to take us through the wardrobe...
The Daily Grind: Will you try Wurm Unlimited?
I don't know what was going on with me during the week of September 16th, but I completely missed the news about fantasy sandbox...
R.A. Salvatore shares his secret work on Neverwinter
How would you like for one of your favorite authors to come in and pen content for your virtual world?
R.A. Salvatore fans get to...
The Daily Grind: How might VR reshape the MMOscape?
Oculus Connect 2, a VR conference hosted by the folks behind Oculus, is set for just a few weeks from now. You probably didn't know...
The Game Archaeologist: Lucasfilm’s Habitat
Some of you reading this may simply never have known a world before the internet existed by virtue of your age. It's not your...
This is how Crowfall has evolved over the past 16 weeks
Crowfall's latest video is a 25-minute affair that shows you how the crowdfunded PvP fantasy title has progressed from stacks of Post-It notes, index...
Massively Overthinking: Making MMOs more social from the inside out
This week's Massively Overthinking topic from an anonymous Kickstarter donor asks us to set aside our criticisms of the social environment of MMOs and...
The Game Archaeologist: Star Wars Galaxies’ NGE
It became one of the most infamous moments in MMO history -- and perhaps one of the most misunderstood.
For all that the MMO community...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR
Man, our Kickstarter backers are fixated on virtual reality. It's almost as if you guys are really tech-savvy and into gaming immersion or something!
Today's Massively Overthinking question...
TERA closing in Taiwan and Hong Kong — at least for the time being
TERA fans in Taiwan will soon find themselves out of a virtual world come November.
MMO Culture is reporting that the publisher, OMG Digital Entertainment,...
The Soapbox: Why I’m hopeful for the future of MMOs
Earlier this week, Justin asked what gives you hope for the future of the MMOs. As you might expect, the responses were many and...
Global Chat: Guild Wars 2 needs to get its act together
Hunter's Insight is a long-time fan and player of Guild Wars 2, but recently he had some pretty harsh words to say regarding the...
MMO Burnout: Virtual bush flying with FSEconomy
I play a lot of flight sims. The Sturmovik series, DCS, X-Plane, and pretty much every similar title ever released has found its way onto...
These are the companies that are trying to build the metaverse
Did you know that Linden Lab is hard at work on a sequel to its Second Life virtual world? Yep, it is, and Recode...
EverQuest II’s prog server isn’t as fun as the real thing
I've been playing the crap out of EverQuest II for the past week. Funnily enough, the vast majority of said playtime hasn't been on...
