What was your first? Not necessarily the first MMORPG you ever played, but the first that made you fall in love with that game and the genre at large? Probably for me, that would have to be City of Heroes, a title which just clicked on all levels and ushered me into a new age of gaming. I’ll let Katriana...
One of the things that no one discusses about MMOs is the way that they can be lonely. The presence of so many people in online games is important, it’s by definition one of the features that makes MMOs unique. And yet there are also moments and times when the games thus manage to feel unimaginably lonely. Seeing areas in...
Here’s a bizarre one for you: Greed Monger’s Jason Appleton is now being billed as a “crypto YouTuber” ahead of the launch of his 13-episode television series funded entirely by bitcoin – it’s called the Crypto Crow Show. Greed Monger is probably the most famous MMORPG Kickstarter failure to date, having raised over $100,000 back in 2012 to build what the...
Massively OP’s MJ is going ape! Actually, she is going to the apes. An ape city has been discovered in the swamps of Conan Exiles, and MJ is eager to explore it. Maybe she will even survive it. Tune in live at 6:00 p.m. to join in this adventure. What: Conan Exiles Who: MJ Guthrie When: 6:00 p.m. EDT on...
If you haven’t noticed already, an extended silence from me in this column space usually means that I’ve taken a break from Lord of the Rings Online for a while. I come and go from the game usually a few times each year now, but Mordor took a heavy toll on my interest and I had to rest and rejuvenate...
As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers in attendance. The leak of the price points happened soon before we went in, but none of the people in attendance, devs or streamers, really seemed fazed by it. Most people seemed ready to have a...
Massively OP’s MJ finally has the opportunity — and the group — to make a run on the underwater cave in the blue zone of the Aberration server. No one knows what to expect there other than you go underwater, so join us live at 12:00 p.m. to see if instant death or cuddly creatures await MJ in the dark....
Perhaps Wild West Online is attempting to emulate life on the actual historical frontier. This week’s launch has certainly been uncertain, fraught with peril, and an unsure venture. As pretty much anyone could have predicted, the western MMO has taken a savage beating on Steam for being largely unfinished (which is to be expected, since the whole game was revamped...
Get your PvP on in Secret World Legends, as the player community has put together a weekend Shambala event to see who is the best of the best. Players in both North America and Europe are encouraged to queue up for the Shambala arena. Winners of the matches are supposed to take screenshots and enter them in to a drawing...
Move an object from one place to another. Get from one place to another. Avoid being touched by this object. It all seems so simple, when you look at it from the right angle. Everything’s simple until it isn’t. And when it isn’t, it’s suddenly impossible. You start to break down the moments of the act, the minute expressions, and...