Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. Despite having studied History and International Relations at university, he found his calling in cultural journalism. When he is not writing, Julio teaches ...

Aren’t the orcs just purely evil beings who could have no love in their hearts? Well, we suppose that’s a fair question to ask. But The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has long been veering away ...

J.R.R. Tolkien did not invent orcs; version of them date back to at least the 10th century. But the author’s magnum opus The Lord of the Rings helped make them popular in modern times, leading to ...

The University of Nottingham came under fire over a course described as decolonizing fantasy works by famous British authors ...

Students taking a Nottingham University course entitled “Decolonising Tolkien et al”, we learnt this week, are being taught ...

JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth has been adapted successfully for film and TV, and the adaptations have made inspired additions ...

Playing in Dungeons and Dragons either as or fighting against orcs may promote racist attitudes in real life The origin of the orc in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is based in anti-Asian (or ...

Recently, the some recesses of the internet went abuzz with debates whether orcs, the fictional bad guys from the Lord of the Ring series who also feature in the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) game, are ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The “Orcs of Exandria” race found in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount specifically notes that orcs ...