Azog’s Battle Plan – Brotherhood Workshop
Brotherhood Workshop has yet again done another great parody of The Hobbit by giving us insight into Azog’s battle plan.
View ArticleLOTRO’s Senior World Builder To Speak At Mythmoot III
The Senior Wold Builder for LOTRO, Chris Pierson, will be giving a presentation on world-building at Mythmoot III. “He moved to the States to work as a designer for Turbine Games, the originator of...
View ArticleThe Origins of Evil – Part Four – The Death of Morgoth
Hail and Well Met Everyone! You might have been wondering where in the world I had vanished…. well I won’t lie, it’s been a nice little three week break over the holidays and beginning of the new year....
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part One
Hey Everyone! This week starts a brand new lore series on the line of Gondorian Kings. We kick things off at the roots of how the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor were founded. Ok readers buckle the seat...
View ArticleLOTRO Poems #13
Hail Friends! Welcome to the 13th edition of LOTRO Poems and a Happy -18 days late- New Year!!! Hope you all had a great start to this year. It is going to be an interesting year for LOTRO and lets...
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part Two – A Bloodline Continues
Hail and well met readers! Week before last we left off after Elendil and his people had settled in Middle Earth and raised the two great Kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor. This week we kick things off...
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part Three – The House of Anarion
Hail and Well Met Everyone! Last week we left off with Isildur, the high king of both the kingdom of Arnor and Gondor. Since the death of Isildur we see a direct split in the lines and the title of...
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part Four – The Great Ship Kings
Hey everyone! Last week we left off with the history and bloodline of the House of Anarion, and ended with the line of the Ship Kings which is where we pick up today. The Line of Ship Kings Tarannon,...
View ArticleLOTRO Poems #14
Hello Friends! Welcome to the 14th edition of LOTRO Poems! Woohoo! Last week my short hiatus from LOTRO ended and I am back full time. Yay! The Casual Raiders have been raiding everyday ever since....
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part Five – The Breaking of Lines
Hail Readers! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, and that’s due to some PC and Blog issues, but I’m back up and running. When we last left off I had just wrapped up things with the Ship Kings...
View ArticleLOTRO Poems #15
Hello Friends! Welcome to the 15th edition of LOTRO Poems! Woohoo! These last few weeks have been awesome..If you guys didn’t know already, I was guest on LOTRO Players News #92. It was an awesome...
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part Six – The Kin Strife
Hail and Well Met Friends! I know it’s been a while since our lest episode in the Kings of Gondor series and I do apologize for the long wait. My schedule has been insanely busy lately, but I’m back...
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part Seven – Death to the Corsairs
Hail and Well Met Friends! When we left off on our last episode, we had just seen the Kin Strife come to a boiling point and watched civil war break out amongst the people of Gondor. We also saw the...
View ArticleLotRO and Lore: Statues of the Elves
Welcome back to LotRO and Lore, an article series where we take a look at a few of the stellar ways that Turbine ties Tolkien’s wonderful writings into the realm of the MMORPG. This week we survey the...
View ArticleLotRO and Lore: The Real Bird and Baby
Welcome back to LotRO and Lore, an article series where we take a look at a few of the stellar ways that Turbine ties Tolkien’s wonderful writings into the realm of the MMORPG. Today we diverge from...
View ArticleLotRO and Lore: Statues of the Hobbits
Welcome back to LotRO and Lore, an article series where we take a look at a few of the stellar ways that Turbine ties Tolkien’s wonderful writings into the realm of the MMORPG. This week we survey the...
View ArticleLotRO and Lore: The White Hand of Isengard
Welcome back to LotRO and Lore, an article series where we take a look at a few of the stellar ways that Turbine ties Tolkien’s wonderful writings into the realm of the MMORPG. This week’s article will...
View ArticleLotRO and Lore: Where Now the Horse and the Rider?
Welcome back to LotRO and Lore, an article series where we take a look at a few of the stellar ways that Turbine ties Tolkien’s wonderful writings into the realm of the MMORPG. Today we’ll ride across...
View ArticleAdapting Tolkien
Earlier this week I got together with fellow Tolkien fans to discuss how we are each adapting Tolkien in very different ways.
View ArticleLOTRO Poems #16
Hello Friends! Welcome to the long awaited 16th edition of LOTRO Poems! Woohoo! Exams and work kept me from doing justice to Tolkien inspired poetry so I waited till I could do it justice before...
View ArticleThe Story of Kullervo – Tolkien’s Latest Book
The Story of Kullervo is the latest Tolkien book published posthumously. While he did not complete it, Verlyn Flieger was able to finish the story based on manuscripts and other materials. The official...
View ArticleThe Kings of Gondor – Part Eight – Battle of the Plains
Greetings Middle Earth Wanderers, It has literally been months since I wrote episode seven and that is mainly due to a needing a break from writing. During this series I have also been in the middle...
View Article40 Minute Tolkien Interview – 1965
In 1965, Tolkien was interviewed by Denis Gueroult about the sub-creation of The Lord of the Rings. John Rateliff, the author of The History of the Hobbit, wrote the following on the interview: “I...
View ArticleIs Peter Jackson Going To Direct A Doctor Who Episode?
Today Peter Jackson posted a video that suggests he might be directing an episode of Doctor Who. While it is not confirmed Jackson will be directing an episode of Doctor Who, it would be surprising if...
View ArticleMiddle-earth Video Highlights: CSI The Hobbit
This week’s video highlight suggests what an episode of CSI would be like in Middle-earth. “Hobbits Bust Outlaws in CSI: EP 203: Tvoovies” was released in 2014 on Union Pool’s YouTube channel. Do you...
View ArticleTwo Previously Unknown J.R.R. Tolkien Poems Have Been Found
It seems that J.R.R. Tolkien contributed two poems to a school magazine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, back when he was an professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The First is an early version of a poem that...
View ArticleBingo Boffin in The Lord of the Rings
Introduction Having played the Bingo Boffin quests on Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online game, I wanted to look at and to see how the character, Bingo Boffin, created by MadeOfLions, fits into the...
View ArticleMiddle-earth Video Highlights: The World Was Young
This week’s video highlight brings one of Tolkien’s poems to life. “The world was young, the mountains green” was released in 2012 on Adele McAllister’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good...
View ArticleMiddle-earth Video Highlights: The Dragon is Withered
This week’s video highlight brings a poem from The Hobbit to life. “The Dragon is Withered” was released in 2013 on Adele McAllister’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good Middle-earth themed video...
View ArticleMiddle-earth Video Highlights: The Hunt for Gollum
This week’s video highlight tells the story of how Gollum is found. “The Hunt for Gollum – Full Movie Redux” was released in 2012 on LOTR Prequels’ YouTube channel and originally released in 2009. Do...
View ArticleCoursera Online Games Course Begins June 13
Coursera’s free “Online Games” course will be starting up again on Monday, June 13. This course explores what happens to stories, paintings, and films when they become the basis of massively...
View ArticleMiddle-earth Video Highlights: The Lay of Nimrodel
This week’s video highlight brings a poem from The Lord of the Rings to life. “The Lay of Nimrodel” was released in 2012 on Adele McAllister’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good Middle-earth...
View ArticleMiddle-earth Video Highlights: The Silmarillion Final Trailer
This week’s video highlight gives a hypothetical trailer for a Silmarillion film saga. “The Silmarillion – Final Trailer” was released in 2016 on Game Ovais’ YouTube channel. Do you know of a good...
View ArticleMiddle-earth Video Highlights: Hobbit Drinking Medley
This week’s video highlight brings us a series of great hobbit drinking songs. “Hobbit Drinking Medley – Peter Hollens feat. Hank Green!!” was released in 2016 on Peter Hollen’s YouTube channel. Do...
View ArticleListen to MadeOfLions chat with The Tolkien Professor
Update: You can listen to the full discussion in the following video. Dr. Corey Olsen, ‘The Tolkien Professor’, will be having a chat with LOTRO’s writer of the Epic Story, MadeOfLions, on Thursday....
View ArticleJ.R.R. Tolkien’s Beren and Lúthien to be published in 2017
The mortal man and immortal elf are important figures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth mythology . Now, HarperCollins has announced plans to release Beren and Lúthien in 2017, 100 years after...
View ArticleExploring Lord of the Rings: A New Tolkien Learning Experience
Return to The Shire And we begin at the beginning: Chapter 1: A Long Expected Party (Part 1) A great deal of interest was shown by the LOTRO community when it was announced that an interactive lecture...
View ArticleExploring Lord of the Rings: The G.L.O.B.E.
Chapter 1: A Long Expected Party (Part 2) A fine gathering assembled on Crickhollow for this installment of “LOTRO meets LotR”. We explored the character differences in Bilbo Baggins when we first meet...
View ArticleExploring Lord of the Rings: The Mantle
Chapter 1: A Long Expected Party (Part 3) Greetings fellow scholars, Sorry I missed posting this article in time for LPN. The community of Arkenstone were our hosts for this talk, the last look at...
View ArticleExploring Lord of the Rings: Beating The Bounds
Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past (Part 1) Professor Corey began our indepth look at chapter 2… (FotR). Lilirose from the Kinship Rangers of The West led a wonderful introduction on Gladden. We open...
View ArticleExploring Lord of the Rings: Gandalf and the Great Ring
Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past (Part 2) Yet another week and more thought provoking chat with Prof. Corey Olsen. This time we look at the text in the second chapter to discuss what exactly did...
View ArticleExploring Lord of the Rings : The History of the Ring
Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past (Part 3) Continuing from our discussion last week, which focused on Gandalf and his knowledge of Rings, including the great ring. This week we look into the History of...
View ArticleExploring the Lord of the Rings: What to do with the Ring.
Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past (Part 4&5) A dreaded pestilance attacked Casa Buggins last week which is why in this article I highlight two episodes of Exploring Lord of the Rings. We look in...
View ArticleLOTRO Poems #17
Hail Friends! Guess who is back! Did you guys miss me? Life has been busy, with work and my Kinship and 3 million other hobbies, it was very hard to keep up with the weekly Tolkien inspired poetry....
View ArticleLOTRO Poems #18
Hail Friends! Hope you are all doing well! The sun is shinning bright, spring has said goodbye but weather-man says the unexpected winds of winter are about to make a come back here in northern Italy....
View ArticleCelebrate Hobbit Day In Style
Planning a Hobbit day party? Want to impress your guests? I’ve got just what you need. Next Friday, September 22, is both Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday and has been proclaimed by the Tolkien Society as...
View ArticleLOTRO Poems #20
Hail Friends! Hope you are all doing well. Happy 11th Anniversary to The Lord of The Rings Online. It is a joy to see such a wonderful game based on Tolkiens lore still going strong. While raiding is...
View ArticleMiddle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend Art Book Coming
Dark Horse will release a 200-page collection of contemporary artist Donato Giancola’s paintings and drawings illustrating J.R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings saga. Middle-Earth: Journeys in...
View ArticleStorytelling in the 21st Century: Thoughts From a Writer and Gamer
This a guest post by published author Seth C. Adams HarperCollins, HarperCollins UK, and One More Chapter. Over a quarter-century ago–long before I had the coherent thought that I wanted to be a...
View ArticleSaul Zaentz To Sell Movie And Game Rights For Tolkien
The worlds of Middle-earth are about to look a bit different. Saul Zaentz, has decided to release the movie, merchandising, gaming, and live event rights to “Lord of the Rings,” “The Hobbit” and other...
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