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Making money while on the go in today's world is not only
possible, but commonplace. As technology develops we can buy and sell
stocks, dabble in Forex, trade commodities, and manage our businesses
remotely and easily with our smart phones, laptops and iPads. But what
if the currency you're interested in isn't real currency at all? What
if you want to make millions in your MMOG of choice while taking the
subway to work? Well, you can do that too. Find out how in href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/loading/2010/jun/8">Loading...
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The Pulse

You vote with what you
view at Ten Ton Hammer, and the
result
is the Ten Ton Pulse (What
is The Pulse?).

Today's top 5 Pulse results:

1. World
   of Warcraft
2. EverQuest
   2 (UP 4)
3. Dungeons
   and Dragons Online (UP 3)
4. Age
   of Conan
5. Vanguard:
   Saga of Heroes (UP 3)

Biggest
movers this week:

1. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/284">The
   Agency (UP 47 to #18)
2. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/287">Free
   Realms (UP 24 to #11)
3. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/306">Jumpgate
   Evolution (UP 22 to #16) style="text-decoration: underline;">
   
   

• 5/1
  - href="http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/game_updates/issue_17/issue_17_overview.html?utm_source=COHemail&utm_medium=US&utm_campaign=banner"
  target="_blank">City
  of Heroes - Issue 17: Dark Mirror
  (content
  update)
• 5/11
  - Age
  of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
  (expansion)
• 5/26
  - EVE
  Online: Tyrannis
  (expansion)
• 5/27
  - Craft
  of Gods
  (release)

• June
  9,
  2010 - href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/1004"
  target="_blank">Mortal
  Online (release)
• June
  29,
  2010 - href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/998"
  target="_blank">APB
  (US release- July 2 in UK, EU)
• July
  13, 2010 - href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/1801"
  target="_blank">Mytheon
  (release)
  
  
• July
  20,
  2010 - href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2461"
  target="_blank">Need
  for Speed World (release)
• TBA
  2010 - href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2079"
  target="_blank">Final
  Fantasy XIV
  
  
  
  

Upcoming
Events

• style="font-weight: bold;">6/15 -
  6/17 - target="_blank">E3
  Expo
• style="font-weight: bold;">6/25 -
  6/27 - target="_blank">Looking
  for Group
  Expo
• style="font-weight: bold;">7/22 -
  7/25 - target="_blank">Comic-Con
  International
• style="font-weight: bold;">8/5 -
  8/8 - href="http://events.station.sony.com/fanfaire/" target="_blank">SOE
  Fan Faire 2010
• style="font-weight: bold;">9/3 -
  9/6 - target="_blank">DragonCon
• style="font-weight: bold;">10/22 -
  10/23 - href="http://us.blizzard.com/blizzcon/?rhtml=y" target="_blank">BlizzCon
• style="font-weight: bold;"> 3/24
  -
  3/26 (2011)- target="_blank">CCP
  FanFest
  
  
  

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The beta for the World
of Warcraft remote auction house has ended and href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/85155">the RAH is now
live. For those of you looking at this column with a
quizzical stare, the Remote Auction House is the newest service from
Blizzard Entertainment. For $2.99 a month you can now access the WoW
auction house from any web browser or your mobile device and bid on,
create, and cash in on any auctions. href="http://www.wowarmory.com/wow-remote.xml">Seriously.




Blizzard wasn't the first to introduce the idea, mind you. href="http://eq2.zam.com/db/broker.html"> style="font-style: italic;">EverQuest 2 opened
a similar service in 2008. The main differences being that
EQ2's version is operated by a third party who was granted access to
SOE's database, and no actual purchasing can be made. But, the service
is free, as is Blizzard's if you choose to only browse the auction
house and not make any actual transactions.



The idea is a cool one, particularly for those budding entrepreneurs of
the game who know how to spot those items which will make a profit. Now
you're no longer limited to the confines of sitting in front
of your PC; you can turn a buck from anywhere in the world (with decent
3G or 1x services). I can just see it now. Businessmen and women riding
the tram while selling herb mats. Students sneakily tapping away at
their iPhones hidden beneath their desks to buy all the copper ingots
on the market. Yes, the "virtual" economy is no longer restricted to
something we do at home during leisure hours. It's a part of our every
day lives.



Perhaps the most intriguing element to this phenomenon is that it's
essentially a stock exchange for dummies. Applied to real stocks, a
$2.99/mo broker fee is a steal. When applied to a virtual market... not
so much. Unless perhaps that gold is being sold on the secondary
market.



Regardless of the intent, the apps are another way to stay in the game
while not in game. But they're also incredibly handy style="font-style: italic;">while in the game.
It's not always convenient to have to run to an auction house, or a
broker, and sometimes you just want to look up the price of something.
Now you can do that, without having to return to town. To me that's the
real value in these services.



Either that, or we can use it as training software before we make the
plunge into the real stock exchange.



Deal or scam? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.

Shayalyn's Epic Thread of
the Day

From our href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=84">Vanguard
General Chat forum



Vanguard
is Reviving!



You
turn your back and suddenly...new forum community members are talking
about Vanguard. Maybe this thread is part of a  surreptitious
grass roots marketing campaign, maybe it's a setup for incoming spam,
or maybe it's the real deal and some people truly are excited about
Vanguard's prospects. Whatever the case may be, this thread has
kickstarted a lively debate. href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=51720">Join
it!



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Awesome Quotes from the
Epic Thread



"Glad
you are enjoying it, however, the game still requires people to play a
large chunk of it. You could still max level and never see 1/2 the
world though."



- OneEyeRed

==============================



Have you spotted an Epic Thread on our forums? href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=32559">Tell
us!

New
and Exclusive Content
Today at Ten Ton Hammer

7 new Ten Ton Hammer
articles today! 26 Ten Ton Hammer
features
in June! 616
in 2010!

DEV DIARY



Fallen Earth – Limited Fast Travel

href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/fallenearth/devdiaries/fast-travel">http://www.tentonhammer.com/fallenearth/devdiaries/fast-travel



Tired
of slogging around the wasteland of Fallen Earth, fighting off the
hordes just to get from point A to point B? Well, you’re in luck! With
patch v1.5, starting on June 8, 2010, you’ll be able to access some
fast travel. The Fallen Earth Team has offered up a dev diary with
everything you need to know about Limited Fast Travel.



FEATURES & GUIDES



Microcosms – Gaming For Freedom – Free-to-Play Game Reviews
Recap

http://www.tentonhammer.com/microcosms/2010/june/21



The
summer doldrums have arrived for many in the world of
subscription-based MMOGs and you may have already noticed a drop in the
population of your favorite virtual world. With nicer weather,
graduation ceremonies, summer vacations and looming expansions, it may
be harder to find a group or a raid to help fend off the boredom. A
nice free-to-play title would be just what the doctor ordered to beat
the summer time blues, but which one is right for you? Fear not, Ten
Ton Hammers, Jason “Medawky” Bolton has the answer. He recaps some of
the games we have recently reviewed in this week’s Microcosms.



ArenaNet Hits the Convention Circuit - Guild Wars 2 Weekly
Report

http://www.tentonhammer.com/gw2/features/newsletter/issue-3



The
Guild Wars 2 Weekly Report has arrived! We've got the location for
Nicholas the Traveler updated along with a roundup of the latest news,
articles, and features here at Ten Ton Hammer. Don't be left behind in
GW2 news by following the GW2 Weekly Report.



Four Tips For Optimizing Your Business In EVE Online

http://www.tentonhammer.com/eve/guides/business/optimize



In this guide, Space Junkie outlines some key methodologies for
improving your business profits in EVE Online.



WoW Machinima: Who's the Tank?

href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/reviews/machinima/whos-the-tank">http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/reviews/machinima/whos-the-tank



If
you live on this planet you’ve probably seen or heard of Abbott and
Costello’s  “Who’s on First?“ skit. Thanks to the
combined
efforts of Mike Davis and Mike Schroeder “Who’s on First?” has been
given a fresh new face. Entitled “Who’s the Tank?”, Davis and Schroeder
attempt to revitalize this skit for a new generation by introducing
World of Warcraft into the mix. Will this combination of forces have
you laughing your socks off, or will it have you lamenting the
destruction of a classic?



A Focus on the Real and Virtual Economy of Warcraft this Week
- WoW Weekly Report

http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/newsletter/issue70



The
WoW Weekly Report is our newsletter dedicated to giving you a
wrap-up of the previous week in news, stories, and more. This week we
take a look at the remote auction house, auction house pricing, real
world microtransactions and all the WoW news. Don't miss a thing! Catch
the WoW Weekly Report every Tuesday.

Today's
Hottest Articles, Guides, and Features

1. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/gw2/features/editorials/recent-gameplay-reveals">Analysis
   of Recent Guild Wars 2 Gameplay Reveals
2. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/reviews/machinima/whos-the-tank">WoW
   Machinima: Who's the Tank?
3. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/eve/guides/business/optimize">Four
   Tips For Optimizing Your Business In EVE Online
4. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/reviews/alpha-protocol">Alpha
   Protocol (PC) Review
5. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/starcraft2/guides/decisions">StarCraft
   II href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/starcraft2/guides/decisions">
   - The Hidden Costs of a Strategy
6. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/fallenearth/devdiaries/fast-travel">Fallen
   Earth – Limited Fast Travel
7. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/editorials/stigma-of-wow">Reducing
   the Stigma of Playing WoW
   
8. target="_blank">Ten
   Ton Hammer Live Ep. 9 - TERA's
   Sam Kim and Matt
   Atwood
9. href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/apb/impressions/community-day-2010"
   target="_blank">APB
   Community Day Q&A and Hands-On Impressions
10. Techno
    Beat-Down – A
    Perpetuum Online Preview
    

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