{"id":44350,"date":"2017-10-09T11:34:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=44350"},"modified":"2017-10-09T11:34:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:34:14","slug":"wherefore-art-thou-shadow-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2017\/10\/09\/wherefore-art-thou-shadow-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Wherefore art thou Shadow of War?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Middle-earth: Shadow of War may have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2017-08-15-why-shelob-is-a-woman-in-shadow-of-war\">sexy femme fatale Shelob<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/txvKrTplOVs\">lispy boss<\/a> voiced by Silicon Valley&#8217;s Kumail Nanjiani, blinged out <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Eghi80ls2FM\">gangsta orcs<\/a>, and loot crates galore, but it&#8217;s not all a bastardization of Tolkien&#8217;s books. The game has one thing that is 100% a reflection of the literary works. Poetry puzzles! In Shadow of War, you can find ancient texts that need to be translated, which amounts to multiple choice poetry Mad Libs. &#8220;In the land of Mordor where the BLANK lie&#8230;&#8221; Drums? Spiders? Shadows? Crates? Fill in enough blanks to complete the poem, and you&#8217;ll get a rare bit of in-game loot. If the developers had added elvish karaoke or hobbit dancing minigames, the adaptation would be perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Middle-earth: Shadow of War launches on October 10th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle-earth: Shadow of War may have a sexy femme fatale Shelob, a lispy boss voiced by Silicon Valley&#8217;s Kumail Nanjiani, blinged out gangsta orcs, and loot crates galore, but it&#8217;s not all a bastardization of Tolkien&#8217;s books. The game has one thing that is 100% a reflection of the literary works. Poetry puzzles! 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