Ad hominem An ad hominem is a personal attack injected into what is ostensibly a logic-based argument. It means attacking the person as a...

It was satire, guys. Come on. Yes, Warner Bros will be making some sort of adaptations of Tolkien's writings. No, they will not have dual...

The checkmark account @dunemovie tweeted today:

Brandon Sanderson: Outside

A common trope in movies, especially fantasy, is that even in nighttime scenes there will be a "twilight" level of light. The Lord of The...

I recently received one of the latest collections of Tolkien's notes, The Nature Of Middle-earth. Edited by Carl F. Hostetter, it...

Universe: Arda (Amazon) Creature type: Dwarf Size: Probably about 4'10" tall Abilities: Great strength, likely mining and combat...

Positive ones.

(Early on the morning of the 2nd if you're in the UK.) Source (and another teaser)

Weta Workshop website source Weta FX website source

Priscilla Tolkien, Tolkien's last child and only daughter, passed away yesterday.

Just a (hopefully) useful list.

Here's a quick science quiz to help you know if you understand basic scientific principles. I'll use some questions from a similar quiz...

Universe: Real World Creature type: RC robot Size: About 5 feet long (including hammer), weighs 250 lbs Abilities: Hammer attacks,...

In this fight (at about the 0:51 mark) Chris Rose mentions that Beta's hammer "swings nine feet in point two seconds". I think that gives...

Universe: Real World Creature type: RC robot Size: About 5 feet long (including bar), weighs 250 lbs Abilities: Spinning bar attacks,...

Last April, a man named Oren Ashkenazi wrote a post on Mythcreants. It was titled, "Building Middle-Earth: What Tolkien Did Right – and...