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Like a pile of mad scientists, this week our writers tossed their best
ingredients into the Ten Ton Test Tube, resulting in a massive
explosion of the best exclusive MMOG content on the ‘net:



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podcast!

style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Learn style="font-style: italic;"> from the eye-popping
guides!



All this and more awaits you in: Ten Ton Hammer Exclusives –
The Week in Review!



Hot
Content:



Forever
Fantasy: The Future of Fantasy
- Feeling left out in the cold from all the science fiction news being
bandied about? Think there's nothing left for those of us that lay
awake at night dreaming about dragons and elves? Nothing could be
further from the truth and Dalmarus is here to prove it in this week's
edition of Forever Fantasy!



Read the full editorial href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61506" target="_blank">here,
and then discuss it in our href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=40006"
target="_blank">forums!



Darkfall
VIP Access Interview - Ten
Ton Hammer Premium Members asked for it, so they got it: we sent their
questions about Darkfall to Aventurine, and now we have some answers to
share. In the third installment of Ten Ton Hammer's href="http://tentonhammer.com/VIPAccess" target="_blank">VIP
Access series, Aventurine's
Claus Grovdal, Tasos Flambouras, and Trond Evanger deliver the goods on
their title that hopes to stretch the boundaries of the standard MMOG.



Read the full interview href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61490" target="_blank">here,
and then discuss it in our href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=39997"
target="_blank">forums!



Ten
Ton Hammer’s Wizard 101 Review
- Danny "Ralsu" Gourley has always dreamed of wielding magic powers and
weaving powerful dweomers to impress the ladies. Thanks to Kingsisle
Entertainment, Inc, now he can at least cast spells in href="http://tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/1186"
target="_blank">Wizard101.
In his review of a game he calls "three parts Harry Potter and one part
Pokémon," Ralsu tells Ten Ton Hammer readers what makes the
game good and aspects of the game that annoyed him most.



Read the full review href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61447" target="_blank">here,
and then discuss it in our href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=39962"
target="_blank">forums!



More
Exclusives:

• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61344" target="_blank">Comic:
  Geeked - "Effective Roleplay"
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61346" target="_blank">Ten
  Ton Hammer's MMO Gaming Predictions for 2009 - Part 2
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61353" target="_blank">Top
  Ten Free-to-Play Games - Investment Opportunities for Developers
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61359" target="_blank">Lunia
  Preview
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61384" target="_blank">MMOs,
  the Final Frontier: Star Trek Online vs. Jumpgate Evolution
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61416" target="_blank">Perfect
  World International: The Lost Empire Reviewed
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61420" target="_blank">Tabula
  Rasa: The Fate of a Disposable Game
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61451" target="_blank">Comic:
  Geeked - "Access Denied"
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61453" target="_blank">Runes
  of Magic: Dual Class Preview
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61492" target="_blank">The
  Comic Book Guy: Champions Online vs. DC Universe Online
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61498" target="_blank">Wind
  Slayer Preview
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61523" target="_blank">In
  the Trenches: The Competitive Edge
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61535" target="_blank">WoW
  Comic: Goob & Begud - "Don't Tell Him"
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61545" target="_blank">Exclusive
  Champions Online Dev Diary "Action" Video

Exclusive
Guides:

• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61352" target="_blank">WoW
  Class Guides v2.0: Death Knight Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61362" target="_blank">WoW
  Class Guides v2.0: Druid Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61397" target="_blank">WoW
  Class Guides v2.0: Hunter Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61407" target="_blank">WoW
  Class Guides v2.0: Mage Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/paladin"
  target="_blank">WoW Class Guides v2.0: Paladin Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest"
  target="_blank">WoW Class Guides v2.0: Priest Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/rogue"
  target="_blank">WoW Class Guides v2.0: Rogue Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/shaman"
  target="_blank">WoW Class Guides v2.0: Shaman Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/warlock"
  target="_blank">WoW Class Guides v2.0: Warlock Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/warrior"
  target="_blank">WoW Class Guides v2.0: Warrior Intro
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61437" target="_blank">WAR:
  Dark Elf Leveling Guide: Chapter 5-6
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61527" target="_blank">WAR:
  Dwarven Leveling Guide: Chapter 5-6

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Ten Ton Hammer's second episode of Loading... Live feature Machail
covering the week's news, then welcomes two reigning forums goddesses
Shayalyn and Autumnkiss, as they track the trends of online games
forums throughout their careers.



href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61421" target="_blank">Click
here for Loading... Live! Episode 2 - Being Heard!



Also, be sure to check out the live podcast every Tuesday at 7PM EST in
the Ten Ton Hammer Events room on href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/voon" target="_blank">Voon!



Ten
Ton Turnip:



The href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/turnip" target="_blank">Ten
Ton Turnip has rolled its
massive root-body back into the mainstream, and its here to stay!
Although the team took a nice break over the holidays to recharge their
funny, they've come back swinging for the fence in the fourth issue of
the Turnip. For those of you that are missing Coyote's humor in his
blog, you can check out his story, which is href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/61399" target="_blank">chock
full of Spider-Zunes and Emo-iPods.
And if you've missed them, don't hesitate to read all of our Turnip
back issues for more of the entertainment!



href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/turnip/4" target="_blank">Click
here to read Ten Ton Turnip Issue #4: Poking Fun at Everyone!