lord of the rings online

I am always a huge fan of both writing and reading essays about why people simply love an MMORPG. Over at Tales from the...

Perhaps some of the strangest patches are those that lay the groundwork for content to come. So it is with this week's Lord of...

Despite playing Lord of the Rings Online since beta and covering it professionally since 2010, there is a big part of the game that...

If you're a big fan of zone and world design in Lord of the Rings Online, then you probably have tuned into the game's...

Fam, my Lord of the Rings Online Hunter is ridiculous. She gets a speed buff that stays on after combat. She gets a heal...

Are you ready to explore the -- heh heh -- darker side of Hobbit culture? Of course, that's not actually going to be that...

The fine-tuning on Lord of the Rings Online's newest raid hasn't slowed down yet. Standing Stone Games pushed out Update 32.0.5 to adjust The...

Buried in all of the news that LOTRO is changing its business model was the word that one of the game's most iconic locales...

Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's monetization shift, NCsoft's Throne and Liberty, Albion Online, New World, Elder Scrolls Online, Elyon, and ArcheAge, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on SSG support and our favorite MMO zones.

Last week, Standing Stone Games stunned Lord of the Rings Online players by announcing a sweeping monetization overhaul that we called a game-changer. In...

When the Battle Bards get loaded up with money and jewels in MMOs, they head back into town for a shopping spree! And if...

As with all impossible architecture in MMOs, I pause at our first picture and imagine what feats of magical engineering it took to carve...

I don't know about you, Lord of the Rings Online fans, but I am really, really digging these quarterly producer's letters. It feels like...

Hey, do you like free stuff? Lord of the Rings Online's March 2022 producer letter has arrived, and it's promising tons of free stuff...

I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back that made me all nostalgic for Ultima Online. The player was looking for MMOs...

Due to the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine and the sanctions levied at Russia, it's become difficult to make any purchases in Lord of...

With the weather around here vacillating between "balmy and welcoming" to "blizzard warning" on a daily basis, I know that spring is moving back...

I learned a while back that I really need to stop making bold proclamations that, "I'm leaving this game for good, and I mean...

One of the best parts of MMORPGs is when you make good friends while online. Of course, those are supposed to be human friends...

Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...