At last week's PAX convention, MMORPG's Garrett Fuller had the opportunity to check out the new F2P-P2P hybrid version of Lord of the Rings Online. Turbine's Aaron Campbell took Garrett through the game and discussed some of the finer points like "Does free to play actually mean free to play?" Garrett also got a look at what he called "he most interesting online haunted house I've ever seen." Read on!
Turbine has been working hard converting LOTRO to free to play, and, if you're like me, you probably either have some skepticism about the idea or simply don't understand how it works. Aaron helped clear this up and even explained how a character doesn't really have to pay a dime to enjoy time in Middle Earth.