1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auJames Whitbrookhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/jameswhitbrook-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eFGBJ6h8AO"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/08/the-wonderfully-crazy-theory-that-explains-why-a-giant-spider-is-a-sexy-lady-in-the-new-lord-of-the-rings-game/">The Wonderfully Crazy Theory That Explains Why A Giant Spider Is A Sexy Lady In The New Lord Of The Rings Game</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/08/the-wonderfully-crazy-theory-that-explains-why-a-giant-spider-is-a-sexy-lady-in-the-new-lord-of-the-rings-game/embed/#?secret=eFGBJ6h8AO" width="600" height="338" title="“The Wonderfully Crazy Theory That Explains Why A Giant Spider Is A Sexy Lady In The New Lord Of The Rings Game” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="eFGBJ6h8AO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/16/f34dfqwihxhtsrfuzkmj.png?quality=75800450Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, the latest video game set in the world of Lord of the Rings, looks like some crazy Tolkien fanfiction. Its most recent trailer went even wilder, and introduced us to, among other things, the giant spider Shelob… in the form of human woman. How? Why? The team behind the game has […]