Tristan is an aspiring video game designer with a special interest in open worlds and puzzle games. His reviews of video games and films have been published in Bates College's student newspaper.

Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

When the original Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor release in September of 2014 the Nemesis system was without a doubt the game’s defining feature. I thought going forward that all sorts of RPGs in the ...

"Created specifically for Peter Jackson's movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", Lurtz was the first of the Uruk-hai, a new breed of Orcs, leader of Saruman's scouts. Seconds after ...

The creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings possess a bewildering variety of names and terms, which can cause confusion. Orcs and Uruk-hai, for example, are essentially the same species, ...

Now that the first The Lord of the Rings build-a-figure is complete, Diamond Select continues the line with figures who come with larger accessories. The first wave without Sauron parts includes one ...

In watching Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it's easy to pick up on more and more with each watch. Over the years, many have wondered about the creation of the Uruk-hai, and while we ...

Prime 1 Studio continues with their amazing The Lord of the Rings statues and this time we visit The Two Towers. The Berserker Orc Uruk-Hai is getting his very own 1/4 scale statue. The Lord of the ...

There is a particularly memorable and quotable scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers when an Uruk-hai kills one of his comrades and then loudly declares, "Looks like meat's back on the menu ...