lotro legendarium

It was only this past spring that I took my level 100 Minstrel through the lands of Gondor in Lord of the Rings Online....

While I make my way through the new King's Gondor zone in Lord of the Rings Online -- impressions coming next week, hopefully --...

Weren't we just here? I mean, that's what everyone's thinking, am I right? It was just three years ago that I penned a column about...

When Lord of the Rings Online released Mines of Moria in November 2008, the expansion became one of the most amusedly divisive in the...

At this point, I have to ask: Am I weird for loving lists of tips and tricks for MMOs? It's almost always one of...

Sometimes the passage of time triggers disheartening moments when we feel things slipping away from us. The internet seems to nastily delight in prompting...

If you look at how your character gains power and progression in Lord of the Rings Online, you'll see four major categories. There are...

In most MMOs that I play, I confess a certain attraction -- if not affinity -- for seeking out the least-played and -loved class...

Opinions, as they say, are like social media accounts: Everyone's got at least one and probably a dozen ready to ruin your life. This...

Last week we began our thorough tour through Lord of the Rings Online's largest city, Minas Tirith, combing through the first three tiers in...

Minas Tirith: The White City and the bane of server-side lag. The place of a thousand side quests and of a thousand-and-one times that...

Just because you're a fan of a particular franchise or game doesn't mean that you always concur with the larger groupthink. It's always a...

Despite the title up there, this column isn't really about flying. I'm just getting that out of the way right here. I actually have...

One of my favorite acquisitions in any RPG or MMO is an item that grants a special ability that adds a fun effect or...

Do you remember the years of the past when we'd be waiting well into March or even later for a Lord of the Rings...

A while back, I put together a list of 10 tips to enhance your everyday Lord of the Rings Online play experience. It was...

Holy cow, are we already wrapping up another year of Lord of the Rings Online? I've been writing this column since 2010, and I...

Greetings and salutations, fellow Lord of the Rings Online adventurers! I know I previously said that my next LOTRO Legendarium column would tackle the...

You know that agonizingly delicious sensation of encountering an MMO drop that has so much stuff to explore that you hardly know where to...

Hunter. Thanks for coming to the column! See you in the next one! What, you want a bit more than that? Sheesh, fine. I'll stop amusing...