Author: alberos

LOTROCast Episode 64 – Lions and Tigers and Beornings….oh my!

Hi all-

Welcome to Episode 64 – Lions and Tigers and Beornings…oh my!  In this episode will discuss:

The News!

“I’m going on a Quest!”
Is a reality series based on LARPing a double negative?
http://www.blastr.com/2014-5-12/larp-ing-comes-tv-abcs-lord-rings-inspired-reality-series-quest

Renaming of the Hobbit
http://www.blastr.com/2014-5-2/hobbit-star-defends-final-films-battle-five-armies-title-change

Gollum trains the Hulk
http://www.blastr.com/2014-4-30/lord-rings-alum-giving-mark-ruffalo-tips-how-be-better-hulk

Game Reviews

For Reference LOTRO is an A-

The Secret World (B+)
http://www.thesecretworld.com/

The Elder Scrolls (B-)
http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en/

HOTS:  The Problem with Beornings

Official Announcement
https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?546305-A-letter-From-Executive-Producer-Aaron-Campbell-April-2014

I hope you enjoy the show.

Alberos

thelotrocast@gmail.com

 

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LOTROCast 63 – Heading to Helms Deep

Hi all-

Welcome to episode 63 of the LOTROCast:  Heading to Helms Deep.

In this episode we will cover:

NEWS

New Desolation of Smaug Pics

http://www.blastr.com/2013-12-3/desolation-gets-closer-15-dramatic-new-pics-hobbit-2

Smaug Takes Flights

http://www.blastr.com/2013-12-2/heres-our-1st-full-and-quite-strange-look-hobbits-dragon-smaug

Radagast tries to get in the Tardis

http://www.blastr.com/2013-11-25/classic-doctors-really-want-50th-action-hilarious-who-short

Gandalf almost quit the Unexpected Journey

http://www.blastr.com/2013-11-19/what-made-ian-mckellen-so-upset-he-almost-quit-hobbit-trilogy

Shadows of Mordor

https://www.shadowofmordor.com/agegate/

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/11/12/december-2013-shadow-of-mordor-67498.aspx

Off-Topic:  Rome Total War II

In-Game

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The Heart of the Show:  Rating the Expansions

Shadows of Angmar:  A

Mines of Moria:  A

Siege of Mirkwood:  B

Rise of Isengard:  B+

Riders of Rohan:  A

Helm’s Deep:  C

Mythgard Classes this Winter

http://www.mythgard.org/academics/spring-2014-courses/

 

I hope you enjoy the show!

Alberos

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LOTROCast 62 – Things Are a Changing

Hi all-

Welcome to Episode 62 of the LOTROCast.  While this is the 62nd episode of the LOTROCast (or more if you count the LORECasts) this is the first that is being posted as part of the show’s migration to the LOTRO Players Portal on the Middle-Earth Network.

In this episode we will cover the following:

NEWS:

The Desolation of Smaug is in the Top 10
http://www.blastr.com/2013-8-20/10-awesome-sci-fi-winter-movies-you-must-see-plus-2-you-should-avoid

The Hobbit gets extended
http://www.blastr.com/2013-7-31/wow-extended-edition-hobbit-will-have-nearly-9-hours-extras

The World (Of Warcraft) may be changing

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/22/world-of-warcraft-could-end-up-being-free-to-play/

IN AND OUT OF GAME:

Completed Volume 1 and what I noticed:

  • The story of Amarthiel is a complex and very well written story.
  • The devs fixed the fed-ex quests in Book 15
  • Mordrambor is still one of the most annoying bosses ever

Finished my summer Mythgard Class (Dystopian Futures):

  • Metropolis (4/5) – Film
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (4/5)
  • 1984 by George Orwell (4/5)
  • The Space Merchants by Frederick Pohl (3/5)
  • Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald (4.5/5)
  • Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut/Billennium by J.G. Ballard
  • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
  • Blade Runner (4/5)
  • The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri Tepper (3/5)
  • The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (4/5)
  • Feed by M.T. Anderson (3/5)
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (3/5)
  • Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (4/5)

Other Games I’ve Been Playing

  • Sim City
  • Mech Warrior Online
  • The Secret World

HEART OF THE SHOW:  CLASS CHANGES

Article on Massively

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09/03/the-determined-defense-of-lord-of-the-rings-online-helms-deep/

Dev Chat

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?521014-TRANSCRIPT-Twitter-Dev-Chat-August-21-2013-Class-Changes

HEART OF THE SHOW:  Bounder’s Bounty

https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/bounder%E2%80%99s-bounty-developer-diary

 

You can find the show on iTunes under “The LOTROCast”

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lotrocast/id437373392

 

Thanks for listening.  I hope you enjoyed the show.

Alberos

 

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A LOTROCast hello!

Hi all-

As you can tell, LOTROCast has joined the LOTRO Players Portal on the Middle-Earth Network.

I’m very excited about this move as many of my podcasting friends have joined the site already.

I’m still messing around with the set-up, but look for my next episode within the next week or so.  With the big news dropped via twitter yesterday I think there will be a lot to talk about in my next episode.  For those that missed it here is a link to the transcript of the dev discussion on class changes and link to a nice summary on the LOTRO Players Portal.

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?521014-TRANSCRIPT-Twitter-Dev-Chat-August-21-2013-Class-Changes

https://lotroplayers.com/2013/08/22/821-twitter-dev-chat-what-we-know/

Looking for to posting my first episode on the new site.

Alberos