Justin Olivetti

Justin Olivetti
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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.

Personal blog: BioBreak
Twitter: @sypster

City of Titans looks at the Five Dragons gang

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Superhero games aren't much fun without villains to beat up, and in a superhero MMO, there needs to be a lot of those. City...

Shadow’s Kiss gives backers a sneak peek into this vampire MMO

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If you've been getting tired of online games that keep denying you the pleasure of consuming your victim's bodily fluids and playing around with...

How the Drynch stole SkySaga’s Christmas

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Oh that dastardly Drynch! SkySaga isn't even officially released, yet its Midwinter holiday has come under siege by the ever-grumpy Drynch. "The Drynch has stolen...

Echo of Soul transports players to Christmasland

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As with, well, pretty much every other MMO out there right now, Echo of Soul is running its own Christmas event. The game patched in...

LOTRO’s Yule Festival is delayed until next week

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Lord of the Rings Online revelers will have to wait just a little bit longer to join in the holiday season. Turbine announced yesterday...
Boy-howdy, it's a bar.

Perfect Ten: All the MMORPGs coming in 2017

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Right now we are in a strange place in MMORPG history. Following the backlash of WoW clones and several high-profile titles that underperformed, major...

It’s vikings vs. samurai in Ubisoft’s For Honor

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When multi-faction PvP games come out, it always feels as though you are being recruited for some sort of specialized street gang. Whom will...

Elder Scrolls’ Todd Howard to be inducted in video game hall of fame

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Bethesda Lead Designer Todd Howard is slated to be the next inductee in the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hall of fame for...

‘Substantial’ changes coming to World of Warcraft’s legendaries

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World of Warcraft's highly desired and much debated legendary items are in store for "fairly substantial changes" in Patch 7.1.5, Blizzard announced this week....

Destiny’s holiday event is off to the races

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Don't look now, Destiny, but you're becoming more of an MMORPG every day. The sci-fi shooter patched in its Dawning update this week, bringing...

Global Chat: Knights of the Eternal Throne debate

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With the arrival of SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne, the MMO blogosphere lit up in lively discussion about the expansion, its story, and...

Guild Wars counts down to Wintersday 2016

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Not content to let younger sibling Guild Wars 2 have all of the Wintersday fun, the classic Guild Wars is getting ready to roll...

Wizard101 and Pirate101 have ponies and decorations for all

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When it comes to a great holiday event, what would you rather have more: in-game activities, giveaways, or cash shop sales? If you said,...

Life is Feudal initiates global closed beta test

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The global closed beta test for Life is Feudal's MMO mode has begun, according to the official site. The beta will admit anyone who...

World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Heroes of the Storm ring in the holidays

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The holiday season is rolling out in many of Blizzard's games (although that Diablo guy is being a real Grinch about it), so as...
I feel prettier.

The Daily Grind: Do you find MMO non-human racial choices lacking?

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Every time I start a new MMO, I make a vow to myself not to pick a standard human as my racial choice. Nine...

Gloria Victis enlists Witcher animator for weapon overhaul

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Have you ever picked up a class in an MMO, only to find yourself disenchanted by the lackluster or wonky way that the class...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 95: Rising from the ashes

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Justin and Bree discuss end-of-the-year coverage, ArcheAge, Ashes of Creation, Elder Scrolls Online, CCP, Cold Iron, The Secret World, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on MMOs we wish we liked and the New World's timeline.
Why did you keep going?

Crowfall Q&A tackles skills and ‘big world’ testing

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As 2016 comes to a close, Crowfall finds itself in pre-alpha testing involving the so-called "big world." At this point the community has many...
Oh, that's who she is.

A cautionary tale on video game addiction

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No matter where we come from or our walk of life, all of us reading this site have one thing in common: We have...

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