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GMT +1 greetings to you from Norway, where yours truly, Jeff "Ethec" Woleslagle, and my accomplice, Cody "I haven't been to sleep yet" Bye, are in town for the Age of Conan community gathering. If I were you, I'd be jealous as well. The women are hot, the beer is cold, there's not a Starbucks in sight, the hotel room is the best use of a 10 foot by 10 foot space (including the bathroom) that I've ever seen in my life, and the men here all look like 1) Garrison Keillor or 2) Sven from the AT&T commercial. No joke. John "Boomjack" Hoskin could use a Sven. Actually, he could use a new laptop since his blew a gasket during his recent travels. Hence, you're stuck with Cody and I until John gets back to the office on Monday.

Funcom's promised lots of answers and even some surprises from this community event, so you probably want the scoop, you rabid fans, you. It turns out that Funcom mercifully scheduled today as a travel day, meaning it's all about living la vida Viking today. Drinking, maybe some pillaging, perhaps see some fjords and a maelstrom or two. Tomorrow! Tomorrow the latest on Age of Conan will come to light, and just about as soon as we know anything, you'll know it too, so stay tuned, maybe whet your appetite with part two of our video Q&A with Funcom at CES 2008. Or, if Conan's not your thing, check our our exclusive Vanguard and Legends of Norrath interviews or a fresh new Anarchy Online dev diary. In the meantime, we'll be seeing the sights of Oslo and dining on authentic Norwegian cuisine at the local T.G.I. Friday's tonight.

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14 new and original MMOG articles today! 155 so far in January! 155 so far this year!

New MMOG Articles At Ten Ton Hammer Today

• Age of Conan Video Q&A at CES 2008, Part 2
• Anarchy Online Developer Diary #3: Becoming a Game Writer
• Editorial - How to Kill a Gaming Community
• EverQuest II Mount Guide Updated
• Gameover Podcast Episode 10 Released - The Search for Number Ten
• Legends of Norrath CES 2008 Interview
• LotRO - Guide to the Auction House, Part 1
• Tabula Rasa Guide to Tahrendra Base
• Tabula Rasa Roleplayers Website's Ainilome Interviewed
• Tabula Rasa Targets of Opportunity Guide - Mires
• TenTonWiki Update - Rise, Rubies of Eventide, Ruin Online, and Sacred 2
• Vanguard Thom Terrazas Interview Part 4 - The Riftway System
• WoW - Warlock Epic Mount Questline Guide

Hot Content - Or, what I took a fancy to

1. Age of Conan Video Q&A at CES 2008, Part 2
2. Anarchy Online Developer Diary #3: Becoming a Game Writer
3. Age of Conan "The Maze" Video Preview
4. Pirates of the Burning Sea - CES Video Q&A with Jess Lebow
5. Gameover Podcast Episode 10 Released - The Search for Number Ten
6. Legends of Norrath CES 2008 Interview
7. CES: Age of Conan - Zone Preview Video - Eiglophian Mountains
8. Vanguard Thom Terrazas Interview Part 4 - The Riftway System
9. CES: Curt Shilling Interview - [Regular Version], [Premium - Full Length Version]
10. StarGate Worlds: A Post-Trailer Interview With The Team

Real World News (Scandanavian edition)

• 33 Year Old Woman Masquerades as Norwegian Schoolboy... for months
  Lack of daylight sought for aiding and abetting.
• Norwegians Mistake Bush's "Hook 'em Horns" Gesture for Satanic Salute
  On the bright side, Ten Ton Hammer seen as respectful appeal to mighty Thor.
• Red Army Invades Norway... Red Crabs, that is
  Though it was 4 crabs to one pincer, crabs won by attrition.

Thanks as always for visiting TenTonHammer.com

- Jeff "Lagged" Woleslagle and the Ten Ton Hammer Team