The Daily Grind: Would you be interested in a Guild Wars 3?
Have you ever noticed how every MMO franchise seems to get to exactly two numbered installments and then stops, at most? Guild Wars 2...
The Daily Grind: How driven or chill are you toward your MMO progress?
I've always been a very goals- and projects-oriented person, even in my gameplay. I figure that if I'm going to spend time in a...
Into the Super-Verse: Early SOs pose a perplexing problem in City of Heroes Homecoming
Last week, I talked a bit about how to gear yourself up in City of Heroes. Just yesterday, Bree gave an example for how...
First Impressions: Palworld copied all the right homework to graduate as its own enjoyable game
You know how the back of a box of Hamburger Helper or other boxed dinner mixes encourage you to toss in extra ingredients to...
The Daily Grind: Do you even want an MMO with transmedia synergy?
We've been talking about transmedia synergy again thanks to Dune Awakening, so I want to go at it from a new angle. The term...
Massively Overthinking: Do you care more about MMO stats or looks?
This week's Massively Overthinking is fully inspired by the unicorn backpack meme, which Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss tweeted out last week with the caption "stats over looks any day." You know we have to talk about this.
Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour
Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour is coming to Los Angeles February 16th-18th, but despite its already being sold out, Niantic is still dangling some key...
Casually Classic: When will WoW Classic stop adding expansions?
This spring, the era of Wrath Classic will officially come to an end when the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch hits ahead of the summer launch....
Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love
Why did I stop playing Star Trek Online? Was it because there was some change made to the game that made it no longer...
The Daily Grind: What gets you to start a new character in an MMO?
I like making alts. It's just a thing I do. But before I'm going to make a new alt, I have to have something...
Perfect Ten: Why MMOs should never ditch text chat
If you ever want to feel what an MMO is like without any sort of text chat, then spend a stretch of time in...
The Daily Grind: What are some of the prettiest high-level zones in MMOs?
Back in the day, it used to be common for the early game in MMO to be nothing but verdant forests, lush meadows, and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 455: Odyssey to the abyss
Justin and Bree discuss Riot's and Blizzard's layoffs, the death of Blizzard's Odyssey, Palworld, Kritika, The Day Before, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on memorable fluff loot.
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO shows little love for February
Pokemon Go's roadmap for February is out, but once again leakers have deflated some of that potential hype Niantic tends to squander anyway. While...
Choose My Adventure: Genshin Impact is a perfectly lovely single-player RPG
Before I begin, I want to point out that I promise I didn't write that headline just to get anger clicks. I don't want...
The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
The Daily Grind: What do you think the next viral MMO will look like?
I am the first to admit that I didn't see Palworld coming. Oh, I knew about Palworld; we'd covered Palworld. We'd also been covering...
Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references for jobs in Final Fantasy XIV
There is not a single game in the history of the franchise that has not been referenced in some capacity by Final Fantasy XIV....
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG have you played the longest without reaching the level cap?
For someone who spent a whole lot of time playing Final Fantasy XI back in the day, I sure as heck didn't reach the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best book and paper features?
A while back, I casually mentioned that I make paper journals for fun. I am an extremely online person, mind you. I work online....
