Search results for schadenfreude (22 results)
The Soapbox: Everybody wins
I make no bones about the fact that despite working in this industry for three years, I know there are parts about MMOs and the culture around them that I just do not get. For example, I still have no idea what possesses someone to think that "too...
Some Assembly Required: How to screw up your sandbox
Between bouts of Global Agenda, Age of Conan, and a stack of single-player games, I've been taking my own advice lately and looking for a new sandbox. The end of Star Wars Galaxies is forcing my hand, and I figured I'd better start now if I don't wa...
MMO Week in Review: Killmail
At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO or WoW Insider story last we...
Ticket info available for EVE Online's Fanfest
The annual schadenfreude shindig known as EVE Online's Fanfest is always good for a few laughs, whether it's for the PvP tourneys, the EVE and DUST 514 presentations, or the opportunity to see alliance leaders act like drunken buffoons and lose th...
Buffs and nerfs put into perspective in CoX
Nobody likes nerfs. Well, that's not entirely true; if we're honest, there can sometimes be a touch of schadenfreude involved in watching the smug and overpowered get nerfed, just like with any other come-uppance. But nerfs in general are unpopular a...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer good news or bad?
Today we're going to be a little bit meta for our discussion topic of the day and ask a very simple question with larger meanings: do you consider yourself on the positive or negative side of the fence? When you see news on the site, do you prefer ...
One Shots: And you thought your Mondays sucked
With the beginning of a new work week for many, there's something to be said for a enjoying a delicious moment of schadenfreude. Today's Lord of the Rings Online One Shots from our regular MMO contributor, Johanis, brings us one such moment of 'I'm...
Ask Massively: Forbidden screenshot edition
OK, so this past weekend I was in a beta for... well, I can't tell you that. And I had to heavily censor this screenshot from the game. I also can't tell you what sort of character I was playing, where I was standing, or how the game actually play...
One Shots: A solo market run
Unless you make it a point of skipping every EVE Online story on this site, you know that recently a player had the great misfortune of losing over $1200 worth of PLEX during a rather ill-advised market run, solo, in a Kestrel. Well, today's One Sho...
Week in Review: Spite or cynicism?
At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on the site and then present them all in one convenient place. Miss a big story last week? Curious about what's going ...
EVE Evolved: Top ten ganks, scams, heists and events
It's been called "boring," "confusing," and "the world's biggest spreadsheet," but every now and then a story emerges from sci-fi MMO EVE Online and grabs the gaming world's attention. Tales of massive thefts, colossal battles, high-value kills, r...
The Daily Grind: Do server merges make you more or less worried about an MMO?
Server merges, megaservers, connected realms, server consolidations -- call them whatever you want; a server merge is a merge, and it means a game's population has shrunk and servers need to be shed. Usually, MMO gamers take that as a herald of doom...
Massively goes to Dragon*Con: Saturday events
All times Eastern. Post will be updated as schedule changes, so be sure to bookmark this and check back! Also of note: frosty adult beverages will be on sale at all night-time ballroom events. Athens Room: 10:00 AM [Updated] Fr...
Global Chat: December 4-10, 2011
Welcome to this week's Global Chat! We love hearing what you have to say at Massively, and we love it even more when we can share the best comments with all of our readers. Massively staffers will be contributing some of their favorite comments ev...
Dragon*Con 2009: Massively is in the house!
It's that time of year again! For the next four days, the streets of Atlanta, GA will be transformed from a bustling downtown business center to prime acreage chock full of enormous nerd herds. With a handful of East coast writers, we here at Massive...
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