LOTRO Legendarium is a Lord of the Rings Online column by Justin Olivetti. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]
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LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at the road we traveled in 2017
"The road goes ever on" is one of the most well-known phrases from Lord of the Rings, alluding to the ongoing journey of the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Fixing Lord of the Rings Online’s grouping problem
One of the quirks -- and frustrations -- of MMORPGs is that there never seems to be one game that truly has it all....
LOTRO Legendarium: They’re taking the Hobbits to Erebor!
With some depressing news bouncing around the MMO genre as of late, it was particularly welcome to read an upbeat and exciting producer's letter...
LOTRO Legendarium: What the Amazon TV series means for Lord of the Rings Online
If you haven't been paying attention to the television market over the past few years, you might have missed the fact that we are...
LOTRO Legendarium: Reviewing the Mordor soundtrack
Here's a weird thing to admit: I was actually concerned when I heard that Lord of the Rings Online brought back Chance Thomas to...
LOTRO Legendarium: A shocking Halloween twist
Two of my absolute favorite "inconsequential" elements of Lord of the Rings Online have to be the Haunted Burrow every Halloween and the whole...
LOTRO Legendarium: Grading Lord of the Rings Online in 2017
At the beginning of 2017, it seemed as though a mini-renaissance was brewing for Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games broke away...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six places LOTRO could go after Mordor
It always seems a bit unfair, a bit impatient, and a bit premature to be asking that eternal question of an MMO: "What's next?"...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is Mordor too difficult?
If there's one topic of discussion that I've been hearing a lot in world chat, on the forums, and among my kinship, it's about...
LOTRO Legendarium: A trip back through LOTRO’s expansions
Now that we're in the thick of Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor (which I'm still enjoying very much), my mind has taken a...
LOTRO Legendarium: First steps into Mordor
Victory.
It's a fascinating place to begin an expansion, really. Most games like to set up a new threat, pit players against impossible odds, and...
LOTRO Legendarium: Mordor’s pre-order is flat-out ridiculous
Outrageous. Ridiculous. Exciting. Exploitative. Controversial.
This past week's announcement of Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor's launch date and pre-order packages set ablaze discussions and...
LOTRO Legendarium: Simply walking into Mordor
It has been a whirlwind week of news and reveals for Lord of the Rings Online players. Standing Stone Games finally pulled back the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Mirkwood, the best zone no one remembers
The other day I was continuing on with my Bingo Boffin adventures in Lord of the Rings Online when Mr. Boffin decided he was...
LOTRO Legendarium: Seven abandoned LOTRO features
One of the hallmarks and attractions of MMORPGs is growth. These games, much like the characters that inhabit them, grow and change over time....
LOTRO Legendarium: Bingo Boffin’s unexpected journey
In addition to playing a lot of fantasy and sci-fi MMORPGs, I'm an avid reader of novels in the same genres. I never quite...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10th anniversary interview with Standing Stone’s Rob Ciccolini
As Lord of the Rings Online players revel in the varied activities of this year's 10th anniversary celebration, the crew at the newly formed...
LOTRO Legendarium: A marvelous decade of Middle-earth
The first I ever heard of Lord of the Rings Online was flipping through the pages of some gaming magazine back in early 2007....
LOTRO Legendarium: Playing second fiddle to the Fellowship
Back when Lord of the Rings Online was being developed as Middle-earth Online in the late 1990s, the original concept was to plop players...
LOTRO Legendarium: Heading into the Wastes as update 20 advances
If all goes well, within a few days the Lord of the Rings Online community will be getting its first glimpse of Mordor with...
