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Sometimes column topics come from idle inner dialogue, while other times they may arise from a desire to do some personal research that ends...

Recently, my 12-year-old daughter began playing Lord of the Rings Online for the first time after having watched the movies and read The Hobbit....

As I write this, I'm coming down off of the buzz that was Lord of the Rings Online's 15th anniversary. All in all, I...

Server performance issues aside, Lord of the Rings Online's 15th anniversary has been a smashing success. It's been far greater an event than I...

When you greatly love a game, franchise, or IP, there's nothing so heartwarming as to see it get a renaissance. In a world where...

I truly wish I remember the name of the gaming magazine that I picked up in early 2007, but such details escape me. What...

When Update 33 arrives later this month, Lord of the Rings Online players will have access to a slew of classes and races that...

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

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...

Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...

Even after a decade-and-a-half of constant expansion, Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has more left to show us than is currently on the...

Lord of the Rings Online began 2022 on a most curious note: an abrupt and not-very-well-explained announcement of significant changes to the game's biggest...

Ever since 2009, I've loved skirmishes in Lord of the Rings Online. These were a new type of instance that rose to prominence in...

Welcome to a new year of the LOTRO Legendarium! With Fate of Gundabad at our backs and an unknown future ahead, it's quite the...

It's that time of year again! As we get ready to make the psychological transition to a new year, we pause to look back...

I'll admit it: When EG7 acquired Daybreak back in 2020, I was very dismissive of the report that mentioned a console edition for Lord...

This past week, Lord of the Rings Online crossed another major milestone in its development as it released its eighth expansion, Fate of Gundabad....

It’s a strange feeling, returning to a place that holds a special meaning to you after many years have passed. When my high school...

For a little bit of context, I have been playing Lord of the Rings Online since its beta and pre-launch period back in 2007....

Probably more times than I can count, I have started up new characters in Lord of the Rings Online and gone through those oh-so-familiar...