Let me start this article with a brief albeit respectful statement. I am not a Tolkien fan in any rabid sense. This does not mean that I don’t like his works at all, but I wanted to be honest so that people had a better understanding of where I came upon the following opinions and so that what I say is taken at face value as neither a fangirl or as a Tolkien hater.

We got the chance to sit down and take a good look at Lord of the Rings Online™:Shadows of Angmar™ on Thursday May 11th at E3. Despite my lack of rabidity for all things Tolkien I have found myself very intrigued by what it will offer and how they would pull off creating an interactive experience based on a very linear storyline without interrupting the core storyline itself. What I spent time learning both from reading the site as well as our little sit down with Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel made me very happy and even more interested in seeing what the folks at Turbine had up their sleeves.