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Ten new year’s resolutions for fans of ‘The Lord of the Rings’
12.31.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

Whether you were introduced to Tolkien by Orlando Bloom’s shield-surfing antics, or if you have read The Lord of the Rings every summer since the 3rd grade (guilty), there is always more you can do to become the Tolkien superfan you have always aspired to be.

Here are ten suggestions…
News
Chinese version of LOTRO to launch in September
08.16.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

CDC Games, which operates a number of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), including EVE Online, in the People’s Republic of China, has completed a successful closed beta test for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.
Features, Humor
If LOTR Had Been Written By a Game Developer
08.11.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 4 Comments

“Frodo!” Gandalf cried, as the old man rose up suddenly proud and strong like an elf king of old. “The armies of Mordor stand at the gates of Minas Tirith! Rohan has fallen, and Erebor is is besieged! The hour is late, and the Ring must be destr—is that really a Silmaril?”
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Warner Bros announces LOTR: Aragorn’s Quest video game
06.02.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

At next month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will debut Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, its new youth- and family-oriented Lord of the Rings video game. Aragorn’s Quest is the first Tolkien game to be announced since Electronic Arts lost its franchise license in 2008.
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LOTRO: Building Khazad-dûm
11.05.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

I was fascinated by this “Developer’s Diary” about the creation of the Mines of Moria. The author describes the design decisions that went into creating the virtual Dwarrowdelf, and the new software necessary to create cavernous interior spaces.