Massively OP Podcast Episode 238: Ten years of free-to-play

On this week's show, Bree and Justin mark a decade of DDO's free-to-play revolution, say farewell to Bless Online, take a look at a new fairytale-style MMO, and wonder why World of Warcraft vanilla servers haven't closed up shop in the wake of WoW Classic.

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.

Show notes:

• Sponsored ad: Travian Legends
• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2
• News: DDO's new adventure pack, a decade after the free-to-play shift
• News: Bless Online goes offline
• News: Book of Travels looks trés interesting
• News: Star Trek Online's latest Discovery episode
• News: City of Heroes/NCsoft negotiations start to unravel
• News: WoW Classic sucks players from emulators
• Mailbag: Wanting to live in a static MMO world
• Mailbag: Side-stepping the MMORPG label
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Bon Voyage" from Bless Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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