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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The Game Archaeologist: Rubies of Eventide
I can't say that Rubies of Eventide has been on my radar, like, ever. And yet practically every time I've asked for suggestions of...
One Shots: Avenging angel
When you push a player too far, commit too many crimes, and flaunt your evil with one of those tacky pre-battle speeches, you're going...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO podcasts do you listen to?
Obviously, quite a few of you tune in to the Massively OP Podcast every week as witnessed by our dramatically growing stats. It's always gratifying...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #12-7
It's starting to get serious now.
As we well know, people are highly opinionated about everything, but when it comes to music, there seems to...
The Daily Grind: What anticipated MMO expansion turned out to be a disappointment?
It's with a heavy heart that I have to admit that RIFT: Starfall Prophecy kind of let me down. I was really, genuinely looking...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 110: Legends of Aria’s Derek Brinkmann
Justin interviews Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann on the game's switch from Shards Online, Ultima origins, open PvP, private servers, and the shift to full MMORPG status.
Path of Exile has ‘a lot more expansions coming’
Pretty much every MMO player dreams of sitting his or her favorite developers down to get the honest and direct truth. While Grinding Gear...
The Game Archaeologist: How DikuMUD shaped modern MMOs
Even though there are hundreds and thousands of MMOs spanning several decades, only a small handful were so incredibly influential that they changed the...
Sims Online emulator’s test server sees strong community interest
The underground revival of The Sims Online is seeing marked interest from the community, as players are checking out the current FreeSO beta. In...
H1Z1 makes it easier for you to see what you’re hitting
H1Z1's PvP side is finally getting some much-needed love (sorry, slight dig at Daybreak's preferential treatment of King of the Kill). The devs posted...
The MOP Up: ARK’s console editions get a hair-do (March 26, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The Black Death takes ‘drastic action’ to shore up early access
"Back in November 2016, we were seven months into early access, and it was clear to us the game wasn’t in the state we...
Final Fantasy XIV walks players through NA data center relocation
A new North American data center has been in the works for Final Fantasy XIV for years now, and in mid-May, Square Enix is...
One Shots: I took a picture THIS big!
When you take the best screenshot in the world and want to impress your friends, do you find that you end up exaggerating a...
Albion Online’s new gathering gear helps you get the goods
25Have you ever wondered how strange it was that your fantasy MMO character ends up doing grunt work like farming, mining, or baking apple...
Cloud Pirates opens up a new deathmatch map
We're going to assume that if you're already sailing in some sort of magical airship and engaging in aerial combat with disgruntled associates, then...
Camelot Unchained attacks its own test server with an army of bots
While it's always important to get players on to test servers for that human element, what if you need a huge army of characters...
RIFT acknowledges expansion issues, talks about new zone and challenge servers
If you felt let down by the execution of RIFT: Starfall Prophecy, you're not alone. In this week's producer's letter, Trion Worlds admits that...
The Daily Grind: What long-term MMO tech issues still annoy you?
The other day in Massively OP office chat, Eliot and I were reminiscing about World of Warcraft's launch period and in particular a bug...
Revelation Online’s scour dungeons are a leveler’s best friend
Even if MMO titles look similar to past releases, we've found that there are always interesting systems and unique quirks to each game that...
