The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming It’s no secret that Christopher Tolkien has made every effort to stay away from the spotlight generated by his father’s works. For years, the octogenarian has been quietly laboring as the head of the Tolkien […]
This week we had a ton of mounted combat information to discuss! A couple new dev diaries have been released and new music.
Peter Jackson just posted the eighth of his video diaries on his Facebook page! Production Diary #8 features Comic-Con, a tiny glimpse of giants, and the end of principal photography. It also includes “bits and […]
Daniel Z “DNL” built this model of Helm’s Deep from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as a promotional display for a store in Oslo. (Rifflo) Wellington jeweler Steph Lusted described her time […]
The residents of Leukerbad, Switzerland, are knee-deep in Middle-earth festival attendees today. This weekend marks the sixth Middle-earth Festival since 2001, an event that was brought back due to popular demand after its last occurrence in 2005. […]
As any good Middle-earthling knows, The Lord of the Rings was primarily a linguistic playground for Tolkien, whose created languages captured the imaginations of readers and movie-goers. For those who’d like a deeper look into […]
At Comic-Con last week, Julia, a female audience member explained that she made her dad change a number of the male characters in The Hobbit to women, including Gandalf and Smaug, because there were no […]
This is a special episode recorded on June 24th, 2012 where we invited follow players and a few LOTRO experts to join us to discuss our thoughts and predictions for Riders of Rohan.
You may recall the cover of this edition of The Hobbit, which was shared in a January post. It’s a quirky take on Bilbo and Smaug that makes going There and Back Again look like […]
This week we talk about the Warband information released this week, new music, and all the LOTRO content sales this week!
