lord of the rings
One Shots: One corgi to rule them all
Deep in the fires of Mt. Doom, a terrible and mighty creation is being forged. One that if, left unchecked and unpetted, could spell...
LOTRO Legendarium: My 11 favorite zones in LOTRO
This week I put my chin on my fists and thought super-hard about the following question: What column could I write that would be...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most polarizing topic in your favorite MMORPG?
I was playing Lord of the Rings Online last weekend when my server naturally veered off into one of its favorite discussions: whether Moria...
LOTRO stuffs lockboxes with more goods while nerfing legacy items
It's a minor patch day for Lord of the Rings Online -- and a slightly unusual one at that.
Update 39.1 arrived on Wednesday with...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with live-action media tie-ins
Every so often I think to myself that a video game should get some kind of media adaptation before I come to my senses....
The Daily Grind: Have daily login bonuses ever gotten you to stay in an MMORPG?
Back in February, Lord of the Rings Online kicked off another one of its promotions that I assume is meant to get people who...
LOTRO addresses questions about server transfers, the instance finder, and level bloat
With Update 39 and the Spring Festival pushed to the servers this past week and a meetup at PAX East happening in the coming...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 fashion tips to make your LOTRO character pop
Forget raids or the epic books or even Bingo Boffin; we all know that the true endgame in Lord of the Rings Online is...
Working As Intended: 10 more City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see
Back in February, I revived Working As Intended to run a flurry of City of Heroes articles on the heels of Homecoming's formal license,...
LOTRO’s dungeon drop and spring festival arrive this week with the cutest snail ever
Last year the Lord of the Rings Online community lost its collective mind over a rock. In 2024, it may be for a snail.
The...
The Daily Grind: What’s the hardest MMORPG to return to after a long time away?
When I returned to Lord of the Rings Online several years ago, I'd been away for a very, very long time - so long...
LOTRO Legendarium: Untangling LOTRO’s complicated travel system
Considering how absolutely huge Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has become, I'd say finding efficient ways to traverse its landscape is paramount to...
Vague Patch Notes: Sort your own MMO community, guy
One of the things I note is that every so often - not all the time, but every so often - something will just...
Aww, the LOTRO and DDO dev meet-and-greet at PAX East is limited to 300 people
Lord of the Rings Online is on the cusp of bringing Update 39: Arenas of Conflict to players, although the release date has yet...
One Shots: Slice me a chunk of that moon cheese, would ya
You have to love the absolute hubris of Jedi in Star Wars because there's no object that they don't think they can levitate, smash,...
LOTRO Legendarium: Three key problems LOTRO can’t seem to solve
There's a special agony reserved for faithful fans of a franchise when they see said franchise make unforced errors, decline in quality, or fail...
10-year-old Camelot Unchained is launching ‘late next year’ following CSE rebrand and investment haul
So, remember Camelot Unchained? The throwback sandbox MMORPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2013, hit beta in 2018, then added a second game...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with interesting Guinness World Records
I never quite know how much stock to put in Guinness World Records. I guess it's somewhere between "for amusement value" and "stone cold...
LOTRO goes into a fourth round of Update 39 testing
Extensive testing of Lord of the Rings Online's Update 39 continues, as a fourth round of the beta activated this week. The promising news...
LOTRO and DDO’s Standing Stone Games invites fans to a meetup during PAX East
If you're heading out to PAX East next month and have any affinity for Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online,...
