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Guild Wars 2 pushed out a patch last week that adjusted how the Gyala Delve meta-event functions and doles out rewards. Part of this...

As much as there can be a consensus on anything in MMORPGs, it's generally -- but not universally -- agreed that something is rotten...

MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission: "Wanna know...

Have you ever watched The Good Place? If you haven't, I suggest you stop reading right now and go watch. Your life will be...

A while back on the MassivelyOP Podcast, Justin and I were trying to sort through why New World's endgame hasn't had staying power with...

A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...

This past week, a chunk of the endgame-focused Guild Wars 2 community was up in arms over the profession balance update and the perception...

So here in the MMORPG genre, we've been working under the assumption for the last few years that the "big five" MMOs that dominate...

As one of our resident fans of old MMOs, I always have to clarify that it's the systems and ideas in old games that...

A while back, someone in our comments (I can't find it again, so I can't remember who!) dug up a quote from Raph Koster...

Starting out brand-new in an MMORPG, especially one not long on the market, is a thrilling and heady journey of discovery. However, such journey...

Back in April, MMO Fallout's Connor and I had a lil tweet convo about grudges. He was joking that there will be aged gamers...

I vividly remember a conversation I had with my then-girlfriend's parents back in 1996 about the potential of this growing "internet" phenomenon. With my...

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

A while back in MOP's work chat, we were chatting about Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons and how its elite specs line up...

Five years ago this week - back in 2016 - the MOP team and readers did an epic Massively Overthinking picking out their top...

After my wife and I saw an X-Men movie a while back, we got into a discussion about what mutant power we'd pick for...

I'm gonna say something wild right now: In some ways, CliffyB was ahead of his time. My husband and I came to this realization...

It's time for the departure of yet another name you might recognize from Blizzard, but you might recognize him from other projects as well....

In the relatively short history of MMORPGs so far, there have been a few years that I would say were watershed moments for the...