A fairly flattering review of Lord of the Rings Online by the New York Times’ Seth Schiesel, level 26 lore-master. Kudos to Seth for sticking with lore-master AND for logging out of the game long enough to complete his assignment.
… in the World of Warcraft:
YAY! Another reputation we need!
… in Middle Earth:
or, for those that think the art in Lord of the Rings Online is ugly and subpar, too subtle perhaps?, I’ve manipulated the shot to a Warcraft art style:
Land of the Leetgolas and Galadriell types.
This week’s Worst Player Name from Lord of the Rings Online: Leetgolas. (Elf hunter, of course.)
I’m not a stickler for role-playey character names — I know it’s tough to come up with suitable names for a small nation of virtual people, especially when some JACKASS POSER steals your name on Day 1 of Open Beta and then SITS on the name, not even allowing it the pleasure of seeing the world — but, I will insist that SOME effort goes into name creation other than “what -golas name can I get past the filter?”