lord of the rings
One Shots: Watching the firelog show
What did people and hobbits used to do before you could stream a fireplace on your television? Apparently, they hacked up tree corpses, dragged...
LOTRO Legendarium: A look back at Lord of the Rings Online in 2022
Holy cow, are we already wrapping up another year of Lord of the Rings Online? I've been writing this column since 2010, and I...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2023
Nobody can see the future, but it sure is fun guessing, and that's exactly what we're going to do for (to?) the MMO genre...
Lord of the Rings Online continues to fine-tune its delving system
One of Lord of the Rings Online's newest game features is still very much under construction as the studio tries to fine-tune the sweet...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why the new class trait system changes are a bigger deal than you’d think
Greetings and salutations, fellow Lord of the Rings Online adventurers! I know I previously said that my next LOTRO Legendarium column would tackle the...
One Shots: Make yourself at home!
You all know that we here at the One Shots Studyological Laboratories are partial to pictures of player housing. This goes doubly for any...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2022
When you're investing a whole lot of time and (potentially) money into MMORPGs, you want to make sure that your game isn't going belly-up...
Lord of the Rings Online tweaks Cardolan and Swanfleet, preps tomorrow’s Yuletide Festival
Today's Lord of the Rings Online update is a small one, with tweaks for German localization, fixes for busted Guardian skills, and multiple corrections...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Yuletide event to add wheelchair, snowman training dummies, and a new mount
One of the best Lord of the Rings Online holidays is about upon us, as the Yuletide Festival is set to begin on December...
Lord of the Rings Online dev explains the rationale behind hub-based quest design
Some things in Lord of the Rings Online are not in place intentionally, like whatever error it was that led to players having a...
Lord of the Rings Online explains why it doesn’t have full voiceovers
While Lord of the Rings Online isn't devoid of spoken dialogue -- players note that a lot of the epic quests in particular feature...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2022
Years ago, MOP's Justin listened to hundreds - no, probably more like thousands - of MMO music tracks to narrow this topic down to...
Lord of the Rings Online dug a grave for players and killed our pet rock
In my experience, when someone else digs a grave for you, it's not going to spell a good day, especially when they end it...
Standing Stone Games releases new LOTRO and DDO soundtracks
As a holiday season treat, Standing Stone Games pushed out soundtracks to its two MMO expansions that came out over the course of the...
Massively Overthinking: The best cooking in MMORPGs
You probably thought tonight's Massively Overthinking would have a gratitude theme, what with the holiday and all. Nope, not this time, although it's sort...
Standing Stone Games’ executive producer says he’s ‘low-key angry’ he couldn’t save Asheron’s Call
Some former Asheron's Call fans might find wan solace in the fact that a former Turbine exec regrets the cult MMO's closure just as...
One Shots: I just got catfished
Catfishing used to be a delectable activity. Then the internet came along, and it turned into something dark and sinister. So let's applaud Final...
Lord of the Rings Online’s community goes bonkers for a boulder nicknamed Dwayne Johnson
One would think that the arrival of a small Lord of the Rings Online expansion (or huge content update, take your pick) this past...
The Daily Grind: What’s the least appealing weapon in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Bruno was joking with me about how crap it was that Hobbit Champions in Lord of the Rings...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Before the Shadow’s new starter area and skirmish
You know that agonizingly delicious sensation of encountering an MMO drop that has so much stuff to explore that you hardly know where to...
