The Hobbits, we find at the end of Retake Weathertop, have made it safely to Rivendell. With them out of harm’s way, for a time, it’s up to the numberless heroes of the world to do their part. In Book II, we find the source of the Red Marsh’s evil, the immortal Red Maid, and redeem some long-dead shades who broke an oath and must now be summoned for one final mission to save them all.
Making Aragorn look like a bit of a copycat when he does it in “Return of the King”.
Letter to Pavel
Pavel of PCZone left a comment asking some questions about my MMO history. Usually, such surveys carry the subtext that the recipient is a pathetic loser who nonetheless is part of a particularly disturbing part of nerd-dom that would be just the thing to chuckle over in some anonymous undergrad sociology class. And they should, when filling out the survey, include any really juicy bits. Answers that are also cries for help are the funniest!
This is probably one of those. But what the heck. Part of the reason I write this blog is to show how MMOs can be fun and even healthy…!
LotRO: Book II
Lysistra and the Good Humor man at level 27, in Trestlebridge
I joined a group last night and we were amazing, we were on fire, we went around the North Downs killing… spiders, and wolves. And I think we may have killed one or two bears.
Seriously. Not since the original Dark Ages of Camelot has a MMO reused the same couple of models in so many different ways. I have three or four different titles from killing spiders. This isn’t an epic. It’s a spider-killing simulator.
World’s Smallest Political Quiz
Take this quiz: World’s Smallest Political Quiz. Not sure what the real point of it is; it calls me a liberal. Like, I didn’t know that. But if you don’t know if you’re red, blue, or some sort of weird purple, it might be useful to you. Honestly, I’m surprised I didn’t fall more into … Read more
LotRO: The Song of Lysistra
Young Frodo, to you has fallen the most perilous task. You must bring the Ring to Mordor. But first, kill twenty boars and bring me their tusks. I will also require their hooves, but I won’t tell you that until you get back with the tusks. Oh! Young Lysistra is come out of the West, … Read more