Researchers have discovered an actual Balrog fossil in Colombia. Well, not really. They’ve discovered the fossil of a ginormous snake-crocodile-thing. The creature is (or rather, was) apparently a new species of crocodilian. Or maybe it’s a new species of dyrosaurids. I’m not really sure. Apparently my fleeting childhood desire to be a paleontologist has not served adult-me well, since I’ve never heard…
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Shadow of Mordor Video Game
For those of you who haven’t heard already, there is a new game based in Middle-earth set to come out this year: Shadow of Mordor. Here’s the first trailer: In another trailer, it is revealed that Talion, the player character, once had a wife and son. They were killed by a bad guy (it looks like it might be a Nazgûl). Talion is…
A Tolkien Biopic–Will Anyone Actually Care?
Towards the end of November, The LA Times published an exclusive report that a Tolkien biopic is currently being written. “Tolkien led a complicated and colorful life,” the report notes. Surely people will be interested, right? Honestly, I’m not so sure. Yes, Tolkien did fight in World War I (at the Battle of the Somme, no less, one of the…