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pumpingirony.net - 9/18/2008
Looking to the Future
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Following last week’s misadventures with the Tuesday N00b Club, the gang met up at TNC’s guild hall and after a brief near-argument when I fired a few shots in Age of Conan’s direction, I was asked what game I’m most looking forward to next. Everyone knows I’ll be ...
Hyborian Insider 4 - The Future of Conan (video)
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youtube.com - 9/16/2008
Hyborian Insider 4 - The Future of Conan (video)
— youtube.com — Take a look at the future of Age of Conan as Erling Ellingsen takes you through upcoming content like Ymir's Pass and The Amphitheater dungeon. Also features... (more) Hyborian Insider 4 - The Future of Conan (video)

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massively.com - 9/25/2008
The Daily Grind: Are consoles the future?
— massively.com — The MMO genre was born and raised in the PC culture. The reasons are obvious, of course -- personal computers have been connected to networks for a long time, the keyboard was more effective for communication before the advent of Voice-over-IP. That said, a lot has been done to make platforms ... (more) The Daily Grind: Are consoles the future?

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Funcom...riddle me this..:  Warhammer Online - Pumping Irony does NOT conform

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Warhammer Online - Pumping Irony does NOT conform
Funcom...riddle me this.. — In Scott's statement of "Looking into the future" "What I’m looking forward to is the true next generation of MMOGs (notice I didn’t specifically say MMORPG) such as The Agency, not because I will be playing them or not because I will even like them, but because what they finally represent: moving on from the standard Diku-based mechanics that are under the hood of nearly every MMOG anyone cares about except EVE. Everything from EQ to WAR has been first generation games with continuously refined systems covering the clunky jalopy engine ...

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