The New York Comic-Con takes place this weekend, and Ten Ton Hammer is
there to bring you an impressive lineup of MMO panels all day Saturday.
Don't have tickets for
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York Comic-Con? Can't make the
trip? Become
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you'll get streaming audio courtesy
of Vivox and Voon live from the Saturday panels and first access to the
video recordings next week! The
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=40268"
target="_blank">Voon NYCC '09 broadcast schedule is
now
posted for your listening enjoyment!
In the meantime, the Ten Ton Tractor Beam has been set to maximum,
pulling you in with a full week of exclusive reviews, editorials,
interviews and more! Below, you’ll find a handy guide to the
latest and greatest MMO content on the ‘net, now presented in
glorious 2D! You’re just a click away from the best things
you’ll read this weekend, so what are you waiting for?
This
week’s hot content:
Exclusive
Atlantica Online Interview: Succeeding in the West
- The
staff at Ten Ton Hammer has been thoroughly impressed by the gameplay
we've seen in
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target="_blank">
style="font-style: italic;">Atlantica Online
over the last few months. With an
incredibly solid and stable launch along with a myriad of content
updates already integrated into the game, Ten Ton Hammer bestowed
Atlantica
Online with the top F2P game
of 2008 award. Since MMOs never
quit being developed, updated, and upgraded, Ten Ton Hammer's Danny
"Ralsu" Gourley got in touch with Peter Kang, CEO of NDOORS
Interactive, who was gracious enough to answer all of our
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Online questions.
Read the full interview
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62390" target="_blank">here,
and then discuss it in our
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=40414"
target="_blank">forums!
Darkeden
Review - Every
self-respecting geek has dreamed of being a
vampire at least once in their lives. Immortality, incredible power,
and drop-dead gorgeous good looks are all temptations that might draw a
person to live the life of the undead. In Joymax's horror-based MMO
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target="_blank">
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you're given the opportunity to play as a vampire or a
vampire slayer, and the PvP possibilities are endless. The game has
been on Cody "Micajah" Bye's radar for a long, long time, and he
finally took the game for a spin. How did it fare? Read his
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review to find out more!
Read the full review
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62675" target="_blank">here,
and then discuss it in our
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=40482"
target="_blank">forums!
The
Comic Book Guy: The Lone Superhero and the MMO Game
- The world of
superheroes is not only exciting but filled with larger than life
characters and adventures. Are the worlds of these individuals larger
enough to support an entire MMO game? This is the question we tackle
this week and not only do we point out a few of the challenges, but
make a number of suggestions that would work.
Read the full editorial
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62703" target="_blank">here,
and then discuss it in our
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=40493"
target="_blank">forums!
More
exclusives:
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62393" target="_blank">Geeked
- "Moderation Privileges"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62440" target="_blank">Holic
Online Review
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Ten Free-to-Play Games: Trick Question
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62512" target="_blank">MMOs,
the Final Frontier: The Untapped Potential of Sci-Fi IPs
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62572" target="_blank">Eudemons
Online Review
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The Implications of A Call to Arms
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62591" target="_blank">EVE:
Apocrypha Expansion Q&A with Arnar Gylfason
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62681" target="_blank">Geeked
- "Self Defense"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62691" target="_blank">Secret
of the Solstice Review
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62796" target="_blank">Ten
Ton Hammer Review of Dofus
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62805" target="_blank">Forever
Fantasy: Race Speculation in WAR
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62893" target="_blank">WAR:
Is the Sky Really Falling?
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62902" target="_blank">WoW
Comic: Goob & Begud - "Corporate Identity"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62907" target="_blank">In
the Trenches: Building the Sports MMO
Exclusive
guides:
WoW Guides: Spells and Abilities 1-40
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/druid/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Druid
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/hunter/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Hunter
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/mage/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Mage
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/paladin/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Paladin
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Priest
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/rogue/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Rogue
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/shaman/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Shaman
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/warlock/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Warlock
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/warrior/spells1-40"
target="_blank">Warrior
EQ2:
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/62434" target="_blank">Rodcet
Nife Blessings and Miracles Guide
Weekly
WoW Newsletter- The Overpull
Players have options for reading the factual news about the world's
most popular MMO, and of course we have the best for
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But where can one go for casual updates, catch up on the latest events,
read about the good and bad news in the game - you know the kind that
is full of win as well as "teh suck"? The Overpull, a weekly
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newsletter written by long time WoW player Jay "Medeor" Johnson.
Meander the lands of Azeroth, Outland and Northrend with a guy who has
had his fair share of success as well as causing some of the most
heinous wipes in anyones' memory.
Read the latest edition of the newsletter at
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