lord of the rings online

By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...

Dang, I almost forgot it was talk like a pirate day! If you aren't into LOTRO and World of Warcraft's take on the...

Ever since we got word that a new Dwarf racial variant was on the way to Lord of the Rings Online, we've been...

Lately there's been some friction over in Lord of the Rings Online due to what players see as mishandling and miscommunication over...

Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Bless, Book of Travels, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, WoW Classic & Retail, Guild Wars 2, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on static endgames and genre labels.

Disclaimer: This author's family threw him a pirate-themed 30th birthday party and he walked the plank and it was definitely an amazing experience. Double...

So back when Lord of the Rings Online originally launched the progression servers last November, Standing Stone Games said that it would unlock...

When you're visiting a California-class planet like Risa, you definitely need to bring along a few things. You'll want to pack sunscreen, a surprisingly...

When you get a little bored of the normal questing flow or dungeon hopping in Lord of the Rings Online, there are plenty...

Lord of the Rings Online is notoriously reluctant to give any sort of price reductions for its expansions, so it's a good week...

Justin and Bree tackle Fallen Earth's sunset, WoW Classic, going back to Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Astellia Online's monetization, CCP's new MMO, City of Heroes, and a mailbag question on swatting.

A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his...

For the last week or two, Justin has been nervously playing Lord of the Rings Online's progression server, convinced that Standing Stone was...

Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW Classic, ArcheAge Unchained, PlanetSide Arena, Peria Chronicles, SWTOR, Conan Chop Chop, Last Oasis, Caravan Stories, and Champions Online, with a mailbag question on improving boring MMO tasks.

Just because it's the hottest month of the year doesn't mean we don't want to bury ourselves in warm fuzzies! Positivity is always...

With WoW Classic finally launched, perfectly capping off the summer with jokes about queueing like it's 2004, we can't help but look to...

It's been a strange week. No - it's been a strange year in MMO gaming, all things considered. As I'm going through old

Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, Legends of Aria, LOTRO, Black Desert, Astellia Online, Elite Dangerous, and EverQuest II, with mailbag topics on progression servers and stream etiquette.

Depending on how you count it, at the present Lord of the Rings Online boasts somewhere around 45 zones -- a vast improvement...

A while back, a reader suggested that it was impossible for a fan who loves something to recognize its shortcomings, and I was taken...