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It has been another thrilling year of exploring the relatively unknown or forgotten lands of MMORPG history here in The Game Archaeologist. From projects...

Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...

Social gaming means both the good and the bad of social interactions. And while there are a lot of incredibly enjoyable conversations and encounters...

By far, my favorite column to write here at Massively OP (and the one that always takes the longest) is The Game Archaeologist. I've...

Last week, EA announced that it would finally be removing all the in-game ads from UFC4 after a few days of intense complaining from...

Last December, the Massively OP 2019 Awards gave its "Best Trend" nod to the rise of rogue servers in the MMO genre. Preservation of...

Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...

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...

Anyone remember Dungeon Runners? NCsoft's quirky action-MMORPG never was a massive hit, but it did garner its fair share of loyal followers. The game,...

In peaceful villages and bubbly burgs, you just know that there’s bound to be an abundance of happy music! Whenever the Battle Bards regroup...

Hero's Oath is live in TERA today. Somehow, I didn't quite realize that TERA had committed to a "near-monthly" update schedule, but En Masse...

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...

"This is how the world ends," T S Eliot wrote in his famous poem, "not with a bang, but with a whimper." That might well...

I have often thought it grossly unfair that a video game soundtrack is linked, for better and for worse, with the popularity of the...

Out of all of the MMOs that I've played over the years, I must have spent the most time in Lord of the Rings...