In the book, the orcs absolutely chase our protagonists, but in this film, Azog is out to kill Thorin as a personal vendetta.

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The premise of the game, if you recall, is a world in which the orcs and goblins and other green-skinned folks are viciously oppressed by the humans.

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As mentioned, the stellar gear that we were all wearing probably let us take far more liberties than usual with the brutal orcs and ogres that occupy the Cloak Tower.

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Players get to start as one of 10 different races -- from Argonians (lizard men) and Khajiit (cat men) to the more typical humans, elves or orcs.

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If your loved one is more into orcs, guilds and dragons, the latest title to the popular "World of Warcraft" franchise, "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, " might make a good gift.

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Here again, live action merges seamlessly with digital artistry -- human horsemen by the thousands riding against swarms of Sauron's orcs, whose ranks are augmented by mountainous, mastodonish creatures called Mumakil, plus Fellbeast dragons that swoop down on their prey like Stuka bombers.

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While billboard in modern day NYC in Grand Theft Auto might fit right in with the environment, how do you plug a product on an alien planet in the year 2553 in Halo, or do the same in a fictional medieval world filled with dragons and orcs in Skyrim?

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Concerned that England lacked a set of myths comparable to, say, the Norse legends, he created the fantasy realm of Middle-earth, home to a jumble of orcs, elves, wizards and hobbits.

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