Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

Season 2 of Amazon’s The Rings of Power sparked controversy and online debate after the series depicted a sympathetic orc family, a subject that The Lord of the Rings film trilogy largely avoided. In ...

Orcs Must Die! has always been that nostalgic series lingering in the back of my mind, a blend of action and tower defense ...

One of the biggest debates that soaked up social media during Season 2 of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" was the presence of an Orc family in Episode 3, "The Eagle and the Sceptre." In ...

Tristan is an aspiring video game designer with a special interest in open worlds and puzzle games. His reviews of video games and films have been published in Bates College's student newspaper.

Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

What do all the posts about Orc City mean, and what are they making fun of? Here’s the origin of the Orc meme, and why it went viral on social media. “Whenever someone glazes Hideo Kojima, remember he ...

Google’s Stadia platform hasn’t had a huge number of exclusives to date, but nearly all of them have been timed exclusives. This past weekend, one of Stadia’s better exclusives, Orcs Must Die 3, ended ...

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Beowulf, circa 1000 Grendel, the villain of this Old English epic, is described as being "orcnéas," which roughly translates into monster. It's derived from Orcus, another name for Pluto, the Greek ...

After an unsuccessful detour into competitive multiplayer in Orcs Must Die! Unchained, the Stadia-exclusive Orcs Must Die! 3 is a return to the co-op action/tower defense gameplay that made this ...