Massively OP Podcast

On this week's episode, Bree and Justin bring on Colin and Eliot for a full-fledged roundtable. Discussion topics include most-played MMOs of 2022, our recent awards show, and the annual state of the site. Please rise while listening to this podcast to show respect!

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• What were our most-played MMOs of 2022?
• What are we looking forward to in 2023?
• Massively OP Awards review
• State of the Site
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "A World Apart" from FFXIV
• Your show hosts: Justin, Eliot, Colin, and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin dig through the hefty mailbag to tackle all sorts of listener questions and topics, including Blue Protocol's publishing, MMO bad habits, World of Warcraft's worst zones, books about MMOs, and more!

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

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• Intro
• Mailbag: Is it bad that Amazon is publishing Blue Protocol?
• Mailbag: What bad habits have we picked up from MMOs?
• Mailbag: Improving relationships with NPCs
• Mailbag: What's a wasted WoW zone?
• Mailbag: How do you handle character conceptualization?
• Mailbag: Hero Wars mini-review
• Mailbag: What weird MMO gaming peripherals would we want?
• Mailbag: Books about MMOs
• Mailbag: MMOs designed to crowdsource solutions
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Air Stream" from Myst Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about MMO holiday events, Chris Metzen coming back to WoW, My.Games is exiting Russia, Elder Scrolls Online's newish roadmap, Guild Wars 2's great year, and discussion about Twitch drops.

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, New World
• News: Winter holiday events are in full swing
• News: Chris Metzen returns to World of Warcraft while the trading post is introduced
• News: Blizzard still seeks a Chinese publisher for its games
• News: My.Games is exiting Russia
• News: Elder Scrolls Online shakes up its yearly format
• Voicemail: What do we think about Twitch drops?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Frostfell" from EverQuest II
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about The Game Awards news and fire a whole bunch of Daily Grind questions at each other. Hey, it's the 400th episode, they're allowed to cut loose once in a while!

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

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• Intro
• The Game Awards reactions
• Other news: ZeniMax moves to unionize, FTC vs. Blizzard, Black Desert
• Daily Grind Q&As with Justin and Bree
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Four Corners" from A Tale in the Desert
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about Dragonflight's launch (for real this time!), New World's 2023 roadmap, a couple of smaller MMO closures, a whole ton of Q4 updates, and whether or not auto-scaling is a good feature to have in your MMO.

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, end of year awards
• News: WoW Dragonflight releases into the wild
• News: New World's 2023 roadmap
• News: End of the road for Forsaken World, Elyon in Korea
• News: EverQuest II: Renewal of Ro launches
• News: Updates for Wizard101, Embers Adrift, Guild Wars 2, and Elite Dangerous
• Mailbag: Mob auto-scaling and player levels
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Take to the Skies" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about Dragonflight's launch, Albion Online's new update, Camelot Unchained's financial windfall, ZeniMax's secret MMO, and a whole lotta talk about pie. Hey, we were hungry!

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, New World
• News: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches, FTC may challenge Microsoft acquisition
• News: Albion Online's Beyond the Veil, sub price hike
• News: Camelot Unchained studio picks up over $15M in funding
• News: ZeniMax's secret MMO has over 200 devs working on it
• News: Guild Wars 2 increases potential inventory space
• Mailbag: Gaming mice
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Dragonflight Theme" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about the Blizzpocalypse in China, LOTRO's big honking rock, EverQuest II's expansion date, Frozen Flame's early access, and why MMO bosses love to taunt all of us.

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: WoW, LOTRO, New World, SWG, Marvel Snap
• News: World of Warcraft and more to be shut off in China
• News: LOTRO mini-expansion releases, financials, big rock
• News: EverQuest II: Renewal of Ro gets launch date
• News: Frozen Flame goes into early access
• News: ArcheAge 2 news is ramping up
• Mailbag: Boss taunts in MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Frozen Flame
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about Crowfall's demise, Blue Protocol's return, SWTOR's new planet, New World's continuing rise, lots of MMO patches, and tons of Q3 studio financials.

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

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• Intro
• News: Crowfall goes offline
• News: Blue Protocol is back on the table
• News: SWTOR announces a big content update for this winter
• News: New World's fresh start servers give it a shot in the arm
• News: Financials: Blizzard, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, and NCsoft
• News: Patches for DDO, Neverwinter, Blade and Soul, EVE, GW2, and ESO
• Mailbag: Shadowbane, Second Life, Ultima Online, and Secret World thoughts
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Glory" from Crowfall
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about New World's upcoming fresh start servers, WoW's 10.0 rollout, Ashes of Creation's gathering mechanics, Secret World's Halloween ban, and how Elvira, Mistress of the Dark took down AdventureQuest 3D.

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, SWG, City of Heroes
• News: World of Warcraft's pre-patch has a shaky start
• News: New World's fresh start server schedule
• News: Ashes of Creation's flexible approach to gathering
• News: The Secret World isn't doing Halloween for a stupid reason while Dune Awakening releases more art
• News: Elvira defeats AdventureQuest 3D
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "House of Oddities" from AQ3D
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's episode, Bree and Justin talk about New World's big release, World of Warcraft's two-part pre-patch, LOTRO's happy surprises, City of Heroes' massive volunteer patch, and what we do with our digital clutter.

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, WoW, City of Heroes
• News: New World pushes out Brimstone Sands, sees higher concurrencies
• News: World of Warcraft's pre-patch is coming in two phases
• News: LOTRO sneaks in a bunch of quality-of-life improvements
• News: City of Heroes Homecoming drops a huge patch
• News: FFXIV releases Patch 6.25
• Mailbag: Do we have useless MMO items we don't throw out?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Bold Wanderers" from New World
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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