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April 14, 2007 |
Small Update - 11:05am CST
I realize that I'm no longer supposed to be maintaining the site... but here I am. I have had a few requests to re upload
all the videos I had in the Clips section of the site. Since the site is on a new server now I no longer need to worry
about bandwidth restrictions. As such... I have re uploaded all the videos. So if you were interested in them... head over
to the clips section and go nuts :)
-Doc Nach, who has become a ninja since his last post
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March 31, 2006 |
No Longer Maintained - 10:33am CST
It has been quite a while since I updated the site, so here we are. I am no longer maintaining
the site, but I will be leaving it online. There is not much going on with The Third Age anymore,
and there is really not anything on the news front to report on an older game. My email is still
up and running, so feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions.
I still run Final Fantasy Legacy so head over there to the
forums if you're bored. Until then, take it easy.
-Doc Nach, who can't wait till the snow is gone
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June 20, 2005 |
Just chillin - 12:05am CST
Not a whole lot is going on in the Third Age front. Hence the lack of updates on this site. If
you have any thoughts on what I should cover next then just drop me a line. I'll either stick
with the Lord of the Rings series, or maybe I'll broaden my scope on EA games. Either way, drop
me a line! Maybe I'll start a "Mail Bag" section if I get enough emails.
-Doc Nach, who still signs off like this
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February 1, 2005 |
TTA Sequel Announced - 6:30pm CST
EA visited the University of Florida last week to do a little recruiting and in the process
also showed off some upcoming games. While giving a the presentation about upcoming titles, a
sequel to The Third Age was mentioned. Before this there had been no word about whether or not
we'd see a sequel. I for one am looking forward to the sequel. As for features and release
dates, hopefully we'll hear more about that at the upcoming E3.
For more information about the visit to the U of F, check out IGN.
-Doc Nach, who is listening to 80's tunes
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January 23, 2005 |
Contests Winners - 10:05pm CST
I have posted up all the submissions for the fan art contest that was held last month. I
apologize for the lateness in getting these up. I'd like to congratulate Patrick Cross and
Eric Levonas who both won copies of The Third Age. All the entries received were awesome, and I
only wish I could draw half as good as those. Thanks for sticking around guys.
-Doc Nach, who is just a little busy right now
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December 6, 2004 |
Contests Closed - 11:35am CST
The two contests have now finished up. Once the winners have been picked and contacted, I'll post
up all the submissions. There weren't a lot of submissions, but the ones we received were very
imprssive.
-Doc Nach, who is a little sleepy at the moment
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November 22, 2004 |
Contests - 12:35am CST
I figure it's about time that we have a contest. A contest where you can win a copy of The
Third Age for a system of your choice (as long as both winners don't want the same version, and
you don't want the GBA version).
The two contests are as follows:
Wallpaper Contest
Create a background with a resolution of at least 800x600. The image can portray anything that's
Lord of the Rings, and isn't limited to The Third Age.
Artwork Contest
Draw anything that's related to the Lord of the Rings. Characters, scene's, whatever. You can
manually color the image, use a computer to color it, or just leave it as a sketch.
One winner from each contest will be chosen and will be mailed out a copy of The Third Age for
the console of their choice. All entries can be e-mailed to myself at doc.nach@thirdagelegacy.com
and must be received before December 6th. That gives two weeks to come up with some cool stuff.
You also must live in North America to enter.
Good luck.
-Doc Nach, who bought a DS today, and is very impressed
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November 14, 2004 |
Check out the Strategy Guide - 2:55am CST
The Third Age Legacy is listed in the official TTA strategy guide published by Prima. On the
last page of the guide, this site along with five other TTA sites are featured. Personally I'm
pretty pumped up about it!! Definitely check out the strategy guide along with the other sites, all
of which are listed in the "links" section.
-Doc Nach, who will soon be holding a contest, so stay tuned
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November 8, 2004 |
TTA Featured in Online Comics - 3:00am CST
Control-Alt-Delete-Online and Penny Arcade
have both posted comics recently featuring The Third Age. Both strips are incredibly hilarious and
well worth a look. Just a warning that the Penny Arcade comic uses some colourful (Canadian Spelling) language.
Another note is that Penny Arcade has a short article on their first page talking about the
The Third Age and what they think of it.
-Doc Nach, who loves ctrlaltdel-online.com
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November 3, 2004 |
In Stores Now - 10:15pm CST
Yesterday afternoon The Third Age shipped throughout North America and is now available
in stores.
-Doc Nach, who ...........
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November 2, 2004 |
IGN Review TTA- 3:20am CST
IGN has posted a full review
on The Third Age. With the help of their thick glasses and pockets protectors, IGN has given The Third Age a
score of 8.5 out of 10. A pretty respectable score considering this is EA's first shot at an RPG. The link goes to the XBox site, but all the consoles
have the exact same review.
-Doc Nach, who is heading to bed
Stratagy Guide Excerpts - 3:00am CST
I have obtained a few character pages from the official TTA strategy guide. From the look of
the character pages, the strategy guide should be pretty nice. The characters I
currently have are Berethor, Elegost,
and Idreal.
-Doc Nach, who picked up a cool Halo 2 Slurpee cup today
The Third Age Ships - 2:30am CST
The Third Age ships today to all the retailers in North America and will be on stores shelves tomorrow. We're
under 24 hours now.
-Doc Nach, who likes the 24 hour clock
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October 28, 2004 |
TTA Official Goes Gold - 1:20am CST
EA has officially announced the going gold of The Third Age. Here's the official announcement:
Electronic Arts is pleased to announce that its upcoming title, The Lord of the Rings, The
Third Age has gone gold and is scheduled to ship Nov.2, 2004.
Third Age is a turn-based role playing game (RPG) that lets gamers, playing as all-new
characters from Middle Earth, travel in the wake of the Fellowship in a unique structure that
allows players to explore their own path while periodically intersecting the major events of
New Line Cinema’s film trilogy. Traverse through both familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations
as you fight to save or destroy Middle-earth™ in an epic adventure. Encounter the demonic Balrog
in the Mines of Moria, defend the fallen city of Osgiliath, or try to destroy Helm’s Deep.
These choices and many more will confront you as you align yourself with the people of
Middle-earth or undertake missions on behalf of Sauron.
The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age was developed by Electronic Arts, Redwood Shores and will
be available on will be available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the
Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube™, and Game Boy® Advance (developed by
Griptonite Games) under the EA GAMES™ brand.
-Doc Nach, who needs to shave
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October 26, 2004 |
New Trailers - 10:40pm CST
I've uploaded two new trailers to the site. Both are quite impressive looking. I'm looking for some
more hosting space online right now for the clips section and I'm hoping to get those back up
again soon. For now though, wet your appetite on those babies.
-Doc Nach, who isn't actually a real doctor
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October 24, 2004 |
More Screenshots - 2:30pm CST
I posted up some new screenshots today which can be found here.
The new screenshots are all from the PS2 and look pretty sweet.
-Doc Nach, who loves sleeping in more than anything
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October 22, 2004 |
Fresh New Clips - 12:50am CST
I've posted up some amazing clips from The Third Age. The clips show off various enemies in
battle performing different abilities. There's also an incredible clip of Elegost in battle
doing what he does best. It's definitely worth the time to download these bad boys.
-Doc Nach, who still loves the word "eh"
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October 21, 2004 |
The Third Age Goes Gold - 11:35pm CST
The Third Age has un-officially gone gold. EA will be making the official announcement over the
next few days. The game will ship on time and will be on store shelves November 3rd. Pretty
sweet eh?
-Doc Nach, who believe's "eh" is the greatest word known to man
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October 20, 2004 |
There and Back Again: A Designer's Tale - 12:20am CST
EA has a series of clips entitled "There and Back Again: A Designer's Tale." This
6 part series shows the developers talking about The Third Age and some of the
challenges they've faced along the way. Yesterday the newest clip was released,
Chapter 5: Transforming the Silver Screen into the Interactive Scene. In this chapter we hear from writer/designer Micheal Becker and he talks about the challenges of
transforming parts of the movies into the game. It's a great clip I'd recommend checking out. Also on the
same page you can check out the past chapters of the series.
-Doc Nach, who's secret identity is a cable guy
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October 15, 2004 |
New Screens - 7:45pm CST
I posted up some awesome new screenshots from The Third Age. Today I also received a couple new
trailers for the game, and an awesome clip of Elegost performing some of his abilities. I'll
be posting those later tonight. Very
awesome stuff indeed. Click here for a fast link to the two
new pages of screen shots.
-Doc Nach, who isn't impressed he was to work tomorrow morning
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October 11, 2004 |
Halo 2 Goes Gold - 6:45pm CST
In other news, Bungie
this morning announced that Halo 2 has gone gold and will ship on time. In TTA news, there isn't
any! But hopefully soon so I can stop posting non-related TTA info.
-Doc Nach, who can't wait for Halo 2
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October 9, 2004 |
Magical Trevor - 10:20pm CST
News pertaining to TTA has been very scarce recently so I thought I'd post up a funny toon that
I came across the other day while surfing around. Check out the great Magical
Trevor over on Weebl's Stuff. Remember there's still the forums sitting high and dry, so head
over to them if you're looking for something to do.
-Doc Nach, who doesn't feel very magical
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October 4, 2004 |
Co-op Mode Section - 2:05am CST
Not a whole lot is new in the way of news. Hopefully we'll be hearing more about The Third Age
during the course of this week. I added a section to the site expaining everything you ever wanted
to know about co-op mode. Party on.
-Doc Nach, who loves to feel the wind through his hair
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October 2, 2004 |
Want a trip to New Zealand? - 4:50am CST
EA is offering a six day trip to New Zealand, all expenses paid, for you and three friends! In New
Zealand you'll be taken through all the spots where the Lord of the Rings movies were shot.
To enter the contest, jump into your favorite LOTR costume, and snag a picture of yourself, it's
just that easy. The
contest is open until November 1st, after this date judging will start taking place. Check out
EA's contest page for all the details.
-Doc Nach, who would make a great Hobbit... being 6'8" and all
New Screenshots - 4:40am CST
I received a ton of awesome screenshots from EA last night. These screenshots are definitaly
worth gazing upon, their all just so beautiful. They almost bring a tear to my eye.
-Doc Nach, who needs a tissue
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October 1, 2004 |
Exploring East Moria - 6:40pm CST
IGN has had an opportunity to explore East Moria in The Third Age and have posted
an article about their journies. They
have also posted up some videos showing their adventures.
-Doc Nach, who is still waiting on his goodies from EA
New content soon - 12:05am CST
At some point today we're going to be getting lots of new goodies from EA, which I'll post up
this evening. This weekend I'm going to create some new pages about some
of the features The Third Age has to offer.
-Doc Nach, who isn't impressed that snow is forecasted for tonight
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September 29, 2004 |
Screen Shots - 1:00am CST
Gamespot has posted a new set of screenshots for The Third Age. I'll be posting a bunch of new
screenshots on Thursday...as long as my contact pulls through with delivering the screenshots,
because if he doesn't, he's most certainly not going to get that bottle.... I mean, can of Coke
I promised him.
-Doc Nach, who loves a good..... can of Coke
Ability Updates - 12:30am CST
I've received more ability information for the allies which has been posted. Let me just say,
that some of these abilities are getting me pretty damned excited!
-Doc Nach, who is getting turned on by the abilities
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September 27, 2004 |
Sites Updates - 11:55pm CST
You know, there really isn't that much to co-op mode that warrents it's own section, so I posted
a paragraph about it in the features
section. Tomorrow (Tuesday) we're expecting to see more screen shots released, which I'll post as
soon as I get them. Just remember, keep your stick on the ice.
-Doc Nach, who is enjoying a scrumptious cup of hot chocolate
General News - 12:50am CST
I updated a few of the character profiles, along with adding a new wallpaper to the site. Later
on today I'm going to open up a new section explaining in more detail how the newly announced
"co-op" mode will work in the game.
-Doc Nach
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September 26, 2004 |
Forums Are Live - 4:45am CST
We now have a message board on the site where you can rant and rave about The Third Age. There's also a thread where you can post questions
for the EA development team to answer. Don't bother asking about Idrial's measurements...I've
already tried.
-Doc Nach
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September 25, 2004 |
Wallpaper Section - 5:00am CST
I threw together a couple of wallpapers and posted them over in the wallpaper
section. Any wallpapers sent in I'll post in that section. So get sending!
-Doc Nach
Co-op Revelation Clip - 4:20am CST
IGN has posted a video with the producer of the Thid Age talking about the game's co-op mode. Steve Papoutsis, the producer,
explains how two players can divide up the characters and play together throughout the game.
This clip is definitely worth a gander.
-Doc Nach
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September 24, 2004 |
Character Abilities - 3:00am CST
I've added a bunch of abilities to the pages of the main characters. There's still a lot that are
missing, but I'm currently in the process of finding more.
-Doc Nach
Unlockable Clips - 1:10am CST
In The Third Age, there are 109 short clips that you can unlock as you progress through
the game. I have posted one of the clips which is entitled "Nazgul Agenda." Gandalf talks during
the clip about Sauron's Ring Wraiths and their objectives.
-Doc Nach
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September 23, 2004 |
New Screenshots - 3:30am CST
I have posted a whole slew of new screenshots that were
released earlier this week. These new screens show the HUD when in battle, as well as when
exploring around Middle-earth. On a side note, feel free to submit fan art and wallpaper. I'll
be opening up sections for each as soon as I receive the goods.
-Doc Nach
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September 22, 2004 |
TTA Announcement - 4:21am CST
EA has a big announcement regarding The Third Age that will be revealed either at the end
of this week, or early next week. There currently aren't any rumors floating around as to
what this announcement could be. We'll keep you posted.
-Doc Nach
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September 18, 2004 |
Site Service - 6:02pm CST
I've decided to register a domain for the site and to re-write the pages with PHP. I think it'll
be tons easier to manage the site. Nothing is going on with TTA this weekend, but next week there
should be new information out.
-Doc Nach
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September 17, 2004 |
Just Some Updates - 12:05am CST
I've uploaded the rest of the stuff I was meaning to. I updated the screenshots section, as
well as the renders section. I've also added a links page with links to various other fan sites.
The other fan sites are pretty sexy, so I'd encourage you to check them out.
-Doc Nach
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September 16, 2004 |
We're Live!! - 4:15am CST
Welcome to "The Third Age Legacy." There's still some stuff I have to finalize on
the site but all that will be done by tonight. I need to get some sleep though, I have to be
up in two hours.
-Doc Nach
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