Justin Olivetti
Senior Reporter
A casual gamer and long-time MMO fan, Justin is often heard yelling, "Player housing for all!" in the Massively Overpowered offices. In addition to news, he tackles LOTRO Legendarium for LOTRO, The Perfect Ten, Jukebox Heroes, the retrospective Game Archaeologist series, One Shots, and the Massively OP podcast.
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Lord of the Rings Online announces ‘legendary’ progression server
With all of the expansions and zones added to Lord of the Rings Online over the last 11 years, it's hard to remember a...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s soundtrack
As a fan of video game music, I get ridiculously excited when it comes time for World of Warcraft to release a new expansion....
Torchlight Frontiers’ relic weapons make for strange and fun build options
Talking about "horizontal progression" is all well and good for Torchlight Frontiers, but how will this MMOARPG actually make good on alternative forms of...
The MOP Up: Mutant Year Zero breaks down the barriers
I think a lot of us unfamiliar with the IP might be giving Funcom's upcoming Mutant Year Zero a wary look and a wide...
Global Chat: Is it time to get rid of MMO factions?
Factions in MMORPGs are a "love 'em, hate 'em, or largely ignore 'em until the studio remembers it has 'em and decides to shove...
One Shots: Waifu dreams
Make no bones about it, MapleStory 2 is as anime as they come. Need proof beyond the huge eyes, overdone expressions, and ultra-saturated cuteness?...
LOTRO Legendarium: Wait a minute, LOTRO, you lost me
If WildStar will go down in gaming history as the MMO with the consistently shortest quest text, then Lord of the Rings Online has...
The Daily Grind: Why don’t players use emotes more in MMOs?
The other day I was reading up on Fallout 76's emote wheel -- brought to you by Bethesda's console tunnel vision -- and was...
EverQuest awakens to the Nights of the Dead
EverQuest II isn't the only Norrath MMO that's enjoying a string of spooky Nights of the Dead. While a little late to the party,...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that desperately need proper player housing
Here's something pretty encouraging to me: When I sat down to work on an article listing MMOs that really could use but lacked proper...
Halloween blows through RIFT, Trove, ArcheAge, Atlas Reactor, and Defiance 2050
Something sinister is brewing over at Trion Worlds, and soon the whole world will pay the price as Scott Hartsman's corgi transforms into its...
The Daily Grind: What were your favorite MMO quality-of-life improvements?
Automatic loot pickup. That right there is my all-time favorite quality-of-life improvement that Lord of the Rings Online added, and it is a high-falootin'...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 191: It’s looking a little patchy around here
Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, SWTOR, New World, and Black Desert, with reader mail about forging social connections in MMOs.
Players argue LOTRO’s latest update ruined the pristine beauty of the Shire
Don't let scary dragons distract you from the real threat of Lord of the Rings Online's newest patch. This past week's Update 23 did...
Lead programmer: ‘There is no hope for Greed Monger’
The long-troubled Greed Monger, a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that produced a remarkable project implosion, took an interesting turn last week when its former lead...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot allows name, gender, and race changes
Dark Age of Camelot is testing its next major patch, and it has a major surprise in store for its playerbase.
"Patch 1.125 is chock...
One Shots: Filtered to perfection
I don't usually spend a lot of time running pictures through filters, but it's pretty cool when I see someone doing this that knows...
Jukebox Heroes: Entropia Universe’s soundtrack
Admittedly, not a lot of us think about Entropia Universe. Like, at all. Probably a lot of us don't even consider it an MMO...
The Game Archaeologist: The Death of City of Heroes
August 31st, 2012, was a Friday like any other. City of Heroes players were psyched for the upcoming Issue 24, which Paragon Studios had...
The Daily Grind: Do action-RPGs make for good MMO material?
The second it was announced, Torchlight Frontiers skyrocketed to the top of my interest. I really wasn't expecting an MMO out of this franchise...
