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ABC Island anniversary tonight!
That's the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and not that other ABC in the United States of America. Partner and counterpart to the United Kingdom's BBC, "Aunty" ABC occupies a special place in the hearts of Australians. Oh, she gets some teasing...
The Road to Mordor: Old school hobbits
(Screenshot courtesy of Lord of the Rhymes) Over the past couple weeks Lord of the Rings Online players' eyes have turned to the future, and this column with it. After all, with the beta for LotRO F2P edition in full swing and the recent news fro...
Some Assembly Required: Issue #4 -- Making music in LotRO
Music to my ears. The Sound of Music. It ain't over 'til the fat lady (er, Dwarf) sings. Time to face the music. Pay the piper. There is no way around it -- music is such an integral part of our lives and culture that there is almost no way to ...
LotRO's music system: Getting started
To play music in LotRO, you'll need an instrument. Instruments vary in their effectiveness in battle, yet for the music system you only need to know the nine basic types: Clarinet, Harp, Horn, Flute, Lute, Theorbo, Drum, Cowbell and Bagpipes. By de...
Second Life daily news
Medieval role-play in Skinrad. The SS Galaxy -- The biggest thing in this big virtual thing? The Little Newbie -- Dance to the beat of Alienhearts. Turpster visits SL -- Now we need to return the silverware and apologize. Old land st...
January Second Life grid technology updates
Linden Lab's Frank Ambrose (AKA FJ Linden) has provided another progress report on ongoing reforms to Second Life's underlying technological infrastructure. Ambrose's updates are among the most informative that you'll find on Linden Lab's blog. You m...
LotRO's music system: Interview with Achazia of The Shades
The following is an interview with Achazia of the LotRO band The Shades. This band has become extremely popular on the EU server Laurelin, and has performed several concerts throughout their time in the game. Achazia writes all of the music herself...
Chinese couple sell their kids to pay for online gaming
It's time for the omg-that's-bloody-awful story of the week (and no we're not talking about the price of Star Wars: The Old Republic's collector's edition). According to ABC News, a Chinese couple has been apprehended for selling three children to...
Second Life Daily News
Second Life daily news: 14,464 new signups bringing the total to 12,897,079 signups. A peak concurrency of 61,094 at 2:55PM, and a minimum concurrency of 31,623 at 1:40AM. Median concurrency for the day was 46,335. The Grid Stability Index...
The music of LotRO: Community perspective
Lord of the Rings Online has a unique and popular roleplaying addition to the game with its music system. This is a feature that allows your character to equip various instruments and either play them real-time according to certain keys on your key...
The Road to Mordor: Shopping for your skirmish soldier
Every Friday, The Road to Mordor brings you the latest in Lord of the Rings Online news, guides and analysis. Breaking up, as the song goes, is hard to do -- but sometimes very, very necessary. I'll admit that I have recently settled into a bit...
Why I Play: Lord of the Rings Online
It's confession time, folks. I change MMOs like most people change socks, so while many of my colleagues write about their long-term MMO love and possibly a backup game or two in this column, I'm more inclined to write about four different titles in...
Some Assembly Required: Issue #1
Hello folks and welcome to the preview issue of Some Assembly Required. Massively has a whole host of MMORPG-specific columns for your perusal, as well as a few general jaunts that veer off the beaten path to examine several different aspects of our...
