RPG Vault's The War of the Ring Diary #2 features Liquid Entertainment's Jasen Torres discussing his role as a designer on their upcoming Tolkien-inspired RTS game, pointing out that: "One of the poorest judgments I've ever made was thinking that being a game designer would make me cool." He reflects further on the geekiness of his chosen profession, and describes a couple of the dilemmas he has recently encountered in the design of the game.