lord of the rings

For some players, quests are either those things that serve to annoy with reading (in a game!) or merely provide gussied-up reward packages. But...

Justin and Larry discuss pristine WoW servers, TSW, Trove, Champs Online, SWTOR, lockboxes, and birthdays in CoH, LOTRO, and Guild Wars.

There's no denying: Lord of the Rings Online throws some pretty good shindigs throughout the year. And the anniversary event is no different; players...

One of the neat aspects of the MMO blogosphere is how writers will often interact and collaborate with each other. Recently, four bloggers ganged...

You might have heard that Lord of the Rings Online is celebrating its ninth birthday this week, especially if you were in attendance for...

We've been joking about Lord of the Rings Online never getting to Gondor, never mind Mordor, that I've become super sad that it's actually...

If a theme has emerged in my 2016 gaming habits so far, it has to be my renewed love of running dungeons in MMORPGs....

In the Lord of the Rings, it took Frodo and Sam less than a year to travel from the Shire to Mt. Doom. In...

There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...

Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Ascent, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, RIFT, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on The Secret World and WoW killers.

I've noticed that several of my friends have taken to drawing up monthly goals for their MMO sessions, an activity that I've been doing...

Home. It's what many MMO gamers are looking for in a title: to plant down roots and find a place that exudes belonging. What...

In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...

“Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere...

Turbine Design Lead Ben "DrOctothorpe" Schneider has a meaty design blog out for Lord of the Rings players anxiously awaiting the launch of Update...

Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...

Is it a disheartening or an uplifting activity to check your /played for an MMO? I usually think it's astonishing that I've been able...

I can't say I feel particularly heroic in MMOs when I’m slaughtering 10 rats, in the case of Lord of the Rings Online, adorable...

Music doesn't just speak to emotion; it often evokes it, conjuring it out of thin air with notes and tones and those squiggly lines...

Cosmetics, costumes, transmogrification, appearance tab -- whatever you want to call them, cosmetic systems are a big deal in MMORPGs in 2016. While you...