Second guessing Gandalf’s motives
Who will take the ring to Mordor?
Lots of people were ready to step up and carry the ring. We’re not saying Things in Squares is entirely right with this vision … just that it’s worth thinking about.…
Incredible LEGO construct is an 8 foot 9 Tower of Orthanc
Wizard hats off to LEGO master Brendan M (aka LegoRyu) for this 95,000 block tower. You can see the full gallery here on Flickr and you really should take a look.…
Delete! You fools!
[I need this!]
Sometimes you just need a helping hand. There are occasions – like Balrog induced death – when you cold do with someone deleting your browser history. Some spells are too dark and dangerous to be seen by mortal eyes.…
A quick four minutes to learn about The Lord of the Rings mythology
CGP Grey’s video is an excellent way to go deep into the huge mythology of Lord of the Rings. Most importantly, this won’t take you days and days of readng. This takes between 4 and 5 minutes of animation and quick, but clear, voice over.…
Gandalf was smart enough to avoid a doomed Giant Eagle flight into Mordor
It’s an old gamers joke. Let’s assume none of the PCs ran off with the ring the very second it was discovered. What would happen next? The chances are someone would want to use the Giant Eagles to fly into Mordor, fly over Mount Doom and drop that pesky ring into the lava.…
Detailed little Gandalf amigurumi
It feels like a little while since Geek Native has featured any of the crochet wonders of amigurumi. To fix that let’s take a minute to marvel at the stitching wonder of Sammi’s grey wizard.…
Bluff your Tolkien knowledge: The Silmarillion in three minutes
Think you aught to know what happens in Tolkien’s The Silmarillion in order to protect your geek cred? Don’t fancy reading the book? This video might help – although, yeah, you really should give it a read.…
Gandalf the Black
Benjamin Collison’s Gandalf the Black is doing the rounds across the blogs; rightly so. This is a fantastic piece of art that shows what might have happened if Gandalf had taken the One Ring.…
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer
This is The Desolation of Smaug trailer we’ve been expecting to air today. What we weren’t expecting was two and a half minutes that ooze Middle Earth and features certain elves.…
The face of Gandalf in an unexpected place
There are people who have found the face of Jesus or Mary in toast, chips, trees and all sorts of interesting places. Perhaps it gives them strength and an interesting ebay account.…
