Saturday, April 28, 2007

No (same-sex) Hobbit-on-Hobbit Action Allowed


Although most online interactive games allow players to form same-sex relationships, the new "The Lord of the Rings" MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) denies that option, primarily because no such relationships ever occurred in the world of Middle Earth created by Tolkien. Human-elf relationships, sure. Merry, Samwise and Pippin in a three-way? Not so much. Same with elf-dwarf hook-ups; they didn't happen in the books, so they are prohibited in the game.

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