I usually put a pithy line or two snarking about the annual Steam summer sale in this post, but this year, I can’t bring myself to do it because for once I have actually been really looking forward to it. That’s because I just got a Steam Deck (they’re surprisingly back in stock, by the […]

Massively OP’s MJ sings the Dragon Bash theme song for Guild Wars 2 all year long, so how could she possibly pass up the chance to participate in the festival? Even if it has gone to the birds this year! With a spiffy bird head to earn, MJ is delving in full force. Add that […]

The idea of a gaming backlog is not a new one and not at all uncommon even among MMO players, or so I’m led to believe based on our own community’s discussions about Steam over the the years. I fully admit to buying games on sale knowing that I won’t play them for a while […]

If you look up to the highest point on the landscape and squint, you might be able to make out a lone figure standing there with a Polaroid camera, snapping some pics of peons like you below. This, of course, is Vincent, the cat of the world who keeps climbing things and then demanding that […]

In this week’s Massively Overthinking, I want to talk about flow in MMOs – the psychology concept, not zone or progression design flow. Here’s Wikipedia’s definition: “Flow in positive psychology, also known colloquially as being in the zone or locked in, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed […]

According to reporting on Korean financial news site Money Today, CCP Games – and therefore EVE Online – are back on the market. Readers will surely recall that Korean games company Pearl Abyss, then best known for the massive “big five” MMORPG Black Desert, bought CCP Games all the way back in 2018, stunning players […]

Unexpectedly, Massively OP’s MJ is in the belly of the beast in Guild Wars 2. And the heart. And the veins… and other various organs of the long-deceased titan. It turns out that Bava Nisos and the titan had merged into one, and MJ needs to act like a virus and attack all the organs […]

ArenaNet has heard your years of pleas for bird people, Guild Wars 2 fans, and it is delivering. No, you’re not getting playable Tengu. But you are apparently getting some extremely realistic bird masks, at least if you participate in the now-live Dragon Bash festival. “The Dragon Bash festival has returned to Hoelbrak,” the studio […]

OK people, I expect to see a lot of sun, surf, and poolside festivities over the next couple months here at One Shots! Or you can photograph the latest pile of gore that used to be your worst enemy, because you’re a contrarian like that. Whatever you choose, Brazen is getting the season going with […]

The end is beginning: Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds expansion has released its conclusion, a final update called Absolution. And how will Massively OP’s MJ find Absolution? By barging right into Bava Nisos! What else will she find in this long-lost site of the Mursaat and Titan battle — and will it be shiny? Join […]