First, he wrote that Grond -- the mighty battering ram used by the Orcs to break down the gate of Minas Tirith -- was drawn ...

Look, the most recent launch of 64-bit servers in F2P MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online didn't initially go all that well.

With a steel battering ram welded to it, the tipper truck looked like something out of Mad Max. And it was being driven straight at the wall of the Armaguard security depot in Weaste, Salford.