Star Wars and Star Trek fans have had to put up with a lot over the years concerning video game adaptations of their beloved series. But after last year’s successful arrival of The Fellowship of the Rings at the box office, it seemed that director Peter Jackson was doing justice to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic saga, and now fans will actually have a chance to partake in two different gaming series. [More] [Gaming Havens]
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Stefan wrote to announce that the biggest Tolkien convention ever will take place this year in Germany – from 22nd to 24th November, 2002. “This event will gather 5,000 Tolkien-Fans from all over Europe and perhaps other continents. We have already contacted experts, artists and actors and we are in negotiations with many of them.” [More]
What is a PEF? Well, you can find out at the Elf Lover’s Haven which is a shared effort by a number of creative women (and PEFs) who found that the Messageboard’s Estrogen Hour just wasn’t long enough. If you like Elves and writing, join in, say the site’s founders. And don’ t take anything too seriously!
Arowin from the messageboards saw John Rhys-Davies in Wellington recently. [More] More evidence that filming is happening as we speak….you may recall that John is doing the voice of Treebeard as well as playing Gimli in TTT, so he’ll have a lot to do.
From: IGN.com We apologize for the exceedingly iffy quality of the video, but if you’d like to get an impression of the scale and speed of EA’s Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the two movies hereunto attached do get those qualities across. A 3D action game in the fast and furious mode, it features hordes of enemies on the screen at once and some neat interactive environmental elements, like siege engines raining fire during the battle of Helm’s Deep. [More] [Gaming Havens]
Andrew sent me this link that made me laugh out loud (and when you’re looking for a job, you know how depressed you get! -Xo). Take a look at a slew of scenes from LOTR, done with action figures! [More]