Famous Players in Canada is holding a TTT contest. As a promotion for its Letterbox subscribers at famousplayers.com, entrants fill out a quick form for a draw to win 2 tickets to the TTT exhibit in Toronto and 2 TTT tickets for an advance screening.
Month: October 2002
Moiraine writes: Although the articles (as usual) are unfortunately full of bad puns, the October 25th edition of Entertainment Weekly featured a two-page spread on The Two Towers game for Playstation 2 by EA. [More]
From Moiraine
Although the articles (as usual) are unfortunately full of bad puns, the October 25th edition of Entertainment Weekly featured a two-page spread on The Two Towers game for Playstation 2 by EA. The article features pics of Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli figures, a FotR review of a Tolkien fan (but not gamer), and the obliging Elijah Wood’s comments on his gaming habit and how that worked on the shoot. The game itself got a B+, not a bad rating from EW.
I was unable to find a decent link on the website (which by the bye is advertising the Extended Edition of Fellowship all over the place). Here is an excerpt from the “It’s in the Baggins: LotR Star Elijah Wood Can’t Kick His Gaming Hobbit” by Geoff Keighley:
“”I’m quite the videogame fan,” he [Elijah Wood] cheerfuly admits. “It’s part of my geeky obsession.” To offer proof, Wood proudly cited his recent play-time with games like Eternal Darkness and Halo. He even fesses up to taking his PlayStation to New Zealand for the 15-month LOTR shoot. Unfortunately, it got about as much use as a hobbit show rack: “I plugged [it] into the wall and it burned because I didn’t get a power transformer for it.”
A week ago, TheOneRing.net hosted a live IRC chat with developers from the programming houses Black Label Games and Surreal Software to talk about the current wave of Tolkien-based computer games – including the The Fellowship of the Ring for PS2 and PC. Here’s a transcript of the chat for everyone to enjoy! [More]
FYI for all Tolkien, tree and of course Ent fans, there is a beautiful new illlustrated book out by a British tree historian who is also a Tolkien fan. The title is “Remarkable Trees of the World” by Thomas Pakenham. There are a couple of references to Tolkien, Ents and even the dwarf Gimli. But I would not buy the book just for those acknowledgements, it is a beautiful homage to some rare and endangered giants. It is printed by Norton press. Thanks to Fatty for the news.
News from Ringer Spy KT: “I got a letter from a friend in Australia today, and what did it contain but 5 glorious LOTR fridge magnets!! Now I have Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas decorating my fridge. If anyone is near a Coles/Woolies/Target, go and check the discount section, you might turn up some gems!”