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Gollum Dev Diary Reintroduces its Strange Protagonist [EXCLUSIVE]

Daedalic Entertainment’s second developer diary for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum focuses on its eponymous protagonist. Since the release of Peter Jackson’s first The Lord of the Rings movie in 2001, Gollum has been a familiar face in pop culture. The once-Hobbit corrupted by Sauron’s One Ring and his warring identities, a dark reflection of the ring-bearer Frodo Baggins’ internal struggles, is no simple task to turn into a video game’s hero. Yet Daedalic is emboldened by the opportunity presented by The Lord of the Rings: Gollum.

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William and Kate’s marriage: Why the prince never wears a wedding ring

Prince William has been married for 12 years and has never worn a wedding band. Photo / Getty Images

It’s been just over 12 years since the Prince and Princess of Wales, simply Prince William and Kate Middleton back then, tied the knot.

But in all of that time, while Kate has sported Princess Diana’s famous sapphire and a custom gold wedding band to publicly signify her commitment, William has never worn a wedding ring.

As the royal couple and future King and Queen of the British Monarchy celebrated their 12 year wedding anniversary over the weekend, including posting a

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Ring Battery Doorbell Plus – Review 2023

The latest addition to Ring’s growing stable of video doorbells, the Battery Doorbell Plus ($179.99), is the company’s most advanced battery-powered model yet. It offers a wider, higher-resolution (1536p) view than its predecessor, and includes features such as color night vision and intelligent motion detection. Our main complaints are that it costs a lot and all but requires a Ring Protect subscription plan. At roughly half the price, the Wyze Video Doorbell Pro ($93.99) remains a far better value and our Editors’ Choice winner. It provides similarly sharp 1440p recordings, has a dual-band Wi-Fi radio, and supports Google Assistant.

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Elden Ring surpasses 20m sales

Elden Ring has topped 20m sales.

That’s according to a recent Bandai Namco investor report (via ResetEra), which confirmed that the publisher has sold 20.5 million units of From Software’s seminal adventure since it launched back in February 2022.

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“Repeat sales of existing titles such as Elden Ring were strong, especially overseas, worldwide sales reaching 20.5 million,” the report said. “New worldwide titles got off to slow starts, but smaller more medium-sized products moved steadily.

“We expect a pullback in repeat Elden

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Saruman’s Uruk-Hai Weren’t Lord of the Rings’ Deadliest Orcs

The Lord of the Rings‘ Hobbits trilogy was a Hollywood adaptation of the JRR Tolkien novels. It’s no secret that the movies made plenty of changes to the source material. For one, it added an unnecessary rivalry between Thorin and Thranduil. But more importantly, it resurrected Azog the Defiler to be a personal nemesis for Thorin Oakenshield. Years earlier, Thorin had badly wounded Azog in battle, but the Pale Orc returned in the films to hunt Thorin in an insatiable quest for revenge.

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Nick Jonas Just Admitted “It Can Be A Little Strange” To Sing About Sex With His Brothers And Honestly, That Makes Sense

When the Jonas Brothers first burst onto the scene in 2005, they quickly became renowned for their purity rings.

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Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic

At the time, Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas were 18, 16, and 13 years old respectively and had been raised as evangelical Christians.

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Jeffrey Mayer / WireImage

As a result of their faith, the trio pledged not to have sex before they got married, with the rings a symbol of their vow of celibacy. In 2008, Joe told the Huffington Post that the jewelry represented “promises to ourselves and to God that we’ll stay pure till marriage.”

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Quaoar Had One ‘Impossible’ Ring, Then Astronomers Found Two

Scientists still do not fully understand how dust and gas in the early solar system coalesced into moons and planets.

Like the first ring around the Quaoar, announced by a team of astronomers in February, the second ring lies beyond what is known as the Roche limit. Material orbiting closer than this distance tends to be pulled apart by tidal forces. Thus, a ring within the Roche limit would tend to remain a ring, while a ring of debris outside the Roche limit would usually coalesce into a moon.

For Quaoar, the Roche limit is calculated to

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Guide of crowns, rings, scepters and other shiny royal jewels

King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla got a major jewelry upgrade during the coronation.

May 6 marks the first time in nearly 70 years that Britain has crowned a new monarch since Charles’ late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, had her coronation in 1953. The headpieces, swords, scepters and rings used decades ago for the queen’s coronation reemerged from the royal collection to anoint Charles as the sovereign monarch of Britain.

The gold, silver and jewel-adorned relics are collectively called the crown jewels, and when it isn’t coronation day or any other rare, momentous occasion, they are heavily guarded in

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