Massively OP Podcast

On this week's show, Bree and Justin get a little bit crazy and weird as they date MMO NPCs, throw themselves into the middle of studio fights, take a ride on the delay/launch whiplash train, 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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Pillars of Eternity, Secret World Legends, Trove
• News: World of Warcraft Classic spills more info
• News: Crowfall delays again
• News: Defiance 2050 gets a July relaunch date
• News: Sony no like Fortnite crossplay
• News: Let's all date Black Desert NPCs!
• News: EVE Online and Star Citizen fight over an identical ship
• Mailbag: Revelation Online and casual gaming
• Mailbag: Nothing to spend money on in MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Loading Screen Music" from Fortnite
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin take tentative steps into the early reveals of E3 -- including Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online, Anthem, and Final Fantasy XIV, all while dealing with a ton of updates and even an expansion launch. June is here, and we're all gaming hard!

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Fallout 4, Fallen Earth, Meadow, Trove, Raph Koster's book
• News: E3 coverage, including Anthem, Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online and Final Fantasy XIV
• News: Bless tries to clean up its launch issues
• News: Black Desert is up to 8.5 million players
• News: Star Trek Online: Victory is Life goes out
• News: LOTRO brings out class changes and wearable instruments
• Mailbag: Possible Daybreak sanctions?
• Mailbag: Don't go to forums!
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Fallout 4
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin unravel the whole "Bless mess," as it were -- and boy is it messy. It's a weird week of MMO news, with expansions, the apocalypse, and spyware conspiracies abounding. There's also reader email covering

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Star Trek Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Trove, Ultima Online
• News: Bless Online's early access launch gets messy
• News: EVE Online launches Into the Abyss expansion
• News: Fallout 76 intrigues fans
• News: Elder Scrolls Online's spyware is uncovered
• News: Path of Exile pushes out Incursion update
• News: H1Z1 is doing exceedingly well
• Mailbag: Critical examination of eastern MMOs
• Mailbag: Open world immersion
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Embers in the Storm" from Bless Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin tear open a fresh pack of Launch-Os, dine on the sour grapes of server closures, and imagine just what they would do if an MMORPG studio was ever foolish enough to hire them.

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Dauntless, Trove
• News: H1Z1 and Dauntless have huge openers
• News: Trove heads into Japan
• News: Bless Online launches early access
• News: RuneScape and Echo of Soul closes classic servers
• News: Wargaming Seattle closes down
• News: Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.3 arrives
• Mailbag: Suspension of disbelief
• Mailbag: What if an MMO studio hired us?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Ramsgate 2" from Dauntless
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin delve into the future of Lord of the Rings Online, debate when a sub isn't a sub, head on into Summerset, fly high with Worlds Adrift, 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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Lord of the Rings Online, Trove, Guild Wars 2
• News: Don't call Bless' sub a sub
• News: Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset starts rolling out
• News: Worlds Adrift goes into Steam early access
• News: LOTRO's 2018 plans revealed
• News: Here are a few of Pantheon's latest classes
• News: Skull and Bones, The Division 2 get release windows
• Mailbag: Stigma against eastern MMOs?
• Mailbag: Sea of Thieves and a new paradigm
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "The River Running" from Lord of the Rings Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin do their darndest to shape the MMO industry by holding up Wild West Online as a cautionary tale and talking about how studios need to think before applying real-world labels to games.

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, DDO, Pillars of Eternity, Trove, Conan Exiles
• News: Wild West Online flops out of the gate
• News: LOTRO tests class changes, updates old zones
• News: NCsoft financials
• News: APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth parent company purchased
• News: H1Z1's future is shaky
• News: Guild Wars 2 revamps underwater combat, Guild Wars 1 updates graphics
• Mailbag: Terminology and mental health
• Mailbag: Why is MMO combat getting faster?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Resplendent Makuun" from Guild Wars
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin look ahead at the next generation of MMORPGs in development while saying farewell to a couple of the old guard. It's a podcast full of conspiracies, time magic, debates over subscriptions, and way too much talk about Farscape!

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Trove, Secret World Legends
• News: Jagex hints at next-gen MMO
• News: Amazon's New World resurfaces
• News: Swordsman and Jade Dynasty announce closure
• News: Star Trek Online says farewell to subscriptions
• News: Star Wars: The Old Republic pushes out Update 5.9
• News: Elder Scrolls Online fiddles with time magic
• Mailbag: Guild Wars 1 graphics update
• Mailbag: Recommendations for a crafting MMO
• Outro

• Download Episode 169
• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Farscape
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin go western for Wild West Online's release date, sci-fi for EVE Online's employment woes, fantasy for World of Warcraft's expansion testing, and goofy for pretty much everything else.

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Star Trek Online, LOTRO, Trove, Paragon Chat
• Daybreak update
• News: Wild West Online aims for May launch
• News: EVE Online loses lead designer, most of its CM team
• News: Battle for Azeroth starts beta testing
• News: Ragnarok Online shuts down IP access
• News: Elite: Dangerous ends Mac support
• Mailbag: F2P entitlement
• Mailbag: Do expansions need new classes?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Rhea Theme" from EVE Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this special edition of the podcast, Justin and Bree lay out the Daybreak fiasco, taking you through the events of the last three days, and contemplating the future for this once-great studio.

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Download Episode 167
• Podcast theme: "Akanon" from EverQuest
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin dive into the Russia gaming crisis, tackle a trio of significant MMO patches, and celebrate the coming of a cute-looking title. Plus there's always those challenging community podcast questions to keep them occupied!

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 own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: DDO, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, Trove, Ultima Online
• News: Crisis for Russia's MMOs
• News: Star Trek Online makes playable Cardassians, brings back Delta Recruit event
• News: TERA's Godsfall patch, Kritika Online's patch, RIFT Prime patch
• News: MapleStory 2 is on its way
• Mailbag: Zoning out in MMOs
• Mailbag: Cancer and alternative options
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Maple Island 1" from MapleStory 2
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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