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First, the Ten Ton Pulse, your finger on the beating heart of the MMOG industry.

If the Top 10 isn't enough, we now show the Top 20 and Top 50 lists as well, available to everyone on our homepage. (What is Pulse?)

1. Age of Conan - 200 BPM
2. World of Warcraft - 118 BPM
3. Lord of the Rings Online - 39 BPM
4. EverQuest 2 - 30 BPM
5. EVE Online - 26 BPM
6. Warhammer Online - 25 BPM
7. Lineage 2 - 24 BPM
8. Vanguard - 20 BPM
9. Tabula Rasa - 15 BPM
10. StarGate Worlds - 15 BPM

Our new World of Warcraft site is launched, shaking its milkshake and bringing all the boys to the yard. If you are still seeing the old layout then clear your browser cache and hit reload! Byron "Messiah" Mudry has thrown down the first editorial to grace this brave new world titled, 'Should Arena PvP Be Fair?' I've already commented on this subject in a previous column, but the answer is unequivocally and without question, maybe. Go find out what Byron has to say.

I receive more e-mail about World of Warcraft than I care to count. Most of it voices various complaints about WoW, the people who play WoW, the people who develop WoW and those who have not played WoW, but are considering it. It is to these people that I post the Top 4 Best Selling PC Games of January, 2008.

1. World of Warcraft
2. Call of Duty 4
3. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest
4. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
   [Thanks IGN and Raph]

In the next, oh, five years are we going to see another game dominate the PC market like WoW has?

Well, spill your thoughts in The Loading... forums.

Do you feel the need to contact me personally with naughty pictures or derogatory comments? Here's my E-mail.

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10 new MMOG hand-crafted articles today! 20 in March! 533 in 2008!

New MMOG Articles At Ten Ton Hammer Today

• Anarchy Online: Developer Journal #5 - The Best Memories
• EverQuest 2: Brell's Day Lore - The Tavern of Lost Souls
• EverQuest 2: Tier 8 Leveling Guide
• Requiem: Bloodymare - New Trailer [Rated 'M']
• Tabula Rasa: Guide To Guardian Prominence
• Tabula Rasa: Guide To Pools Listening Posts
• Tabula Rasa: Guide To Ortho Control Point
• Vanguard: Warrior Level 1-25 Spell List Revamp
• World of Warcraft: Should Arena PvP Be Fair?
• World of Warcraft: New Ten Ton Community Site

Hot Content - Or, what I took a fancy to

1. Anarchy Online: Developer Journal #5 - The Best Memories
2. World of Warcraft: New Ten Ton Community Site
3. EVE Online: Interview With Valerie Massey - A Story of Breaking Into The Industry
4. Age of Conan: Active Blocking and Sneaking Video From GDC
5. Final Fantasy XI: Dancer and Scholar Interview
6. Kwari: Preview from GDC '08
7. Mabinogi: Video Preview with Nexon's Min Kim
8. Age of Conan: Jason Stone Interviewed at GDC '08
9. Turbine's Craig Alexander Video Q&A from GDC '08
10. Dungeons and Dragons / Gleemax Developers Interviewed at GDC ' 08

Real World News (Headlines and Taglines compliments Phil Comeau!)

• Former Hawkeye Pierce Accused of Probation Violation
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• Attack Chihuahua on the loose in Des Moines
  Yo quiero attack-o bell!
• Protestors attack Japanese Whaling Ship with Rancid Butter
  Damage is reported to be margarininal.

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- John "Boomjack" Hoskin and the Ten Ton Hammer Team