Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power begins with an info dump. Elves! Trees! War! Destruction, death, and finally — a great peace. But is it enough exposition? Due to the unusually ...

“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has arrived, but with the first two episodes dropping, those not deeply versed in the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien likely have plenty of questions. Indeed, “The ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

In the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, the first creatures to ever exist are the Ainur, created by Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of everything. The Ainur are also known as the Holy Ones. When the world ...

Adar told Galadriel his plan for defeating Sauron forever during episode six of The Rings of Power season two. The Uruk leader wants to combine the strength of the three elven rings with something ...

Before The Lord of the Rings, before the Third and even the Second Age, before Sauron and the Rings of Power, there was already darkness in Middle-earth. This darkness took on many names over time.

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel occasionally mentioned a pantheon of godlike beings known as the Valar. At the ...

Sauron, one of Morgoth's followers, is the greatest villain in the world; The Lord of the Rings saw him finally defeated, but ...

So, did J.R.R. Tolkien invent the Orc as we know it today? Well, yes and no. Although the word "orc" is actually derived from the Old English "orcneas" as it first appeared in Beowulf, Tolkien only ...

Chase is both a guides writer for DualShockers, and that one friend who won't stop talking about Dark Souls! His guides focus mainly on games that are either ridiculously competitive, or insanely ...