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The big news today is that our seventh Age of Conan class interview has been posted. This time the apple of Cody's eye is the Bear Shaman. These interviews have been nothing short of incredibly well received, always jumping to the #1 spot in our traffic charts. I expect that #7 in the series will be no different. Enjoy!

SOE is giving Vanguard customers who are stuck on a server away from their friends a get out of jail free card.

"The Vanguard Team will be offering one time only character transfers on Tuesday, February 19th for those who may have missed the previous deadline, or have recently returned to the game and found that their friends play on a different server.

Currently there is no pay-for-transfer service within the game, so if you are thinking about moving your character, now is the time to take advantage of the /switchserver command.

You must use the /switchserver command before Tuesday, February 19th if you want your character to be moved. In order for the transfers to take place, all servers (US and Euro) will need to be down at the same time."

Turbine has taken a different track and is offering a get into the dungeon cheaper card. For a limited time you can play Dungeons and Dragons Online for only $9.99 a month. It requires a six month commitment, which is unfortunate, since for $9.99 the game would be worth a try for anyone who reads this newsletter. You can read more at the official website.

I continue to gear up for GDC. We have 25 developer interviews setup over three days. That's a lot of MMOG information in a short period of time. I hope you are well stocked up on free time.

What's eating you? What burning questions just won't go away? Tell me in the Loading... forums.

I finally bit the bullet (literally in many matches) and jumped into the World of Warcraft arena battles. Even losing, which I have done regularly is a lot of fun, though the ranking system is obviously broken. Jumping into games as a newbie against players in nearly full S3 (season 3) gear is hardly worth the time it takes to sign up. That said, many of the matches are adrenaline filled joy-fests that have given me another reason to play.

What's your take on World of Warcraft PvP? The Loading... forums await your wisdom.

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

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14 new MMOG hand-crafted articles today! 115 so far in February! 392 so far in 2008!

New MMOG Articles At Ten Ton Hammer Today

Age of Conan: Class Interview #7 - The Bear Shaman Game Over Podcast: Episode 12 - Abuse Edition Lord of the Rings Online: Jewelry Products Statistics List Marvel Universe Online: Editorial - The Demise Tabula Rasa: Guide To Fort Defiance, Part 2 Tabula Rasa: Guide to Eloh Vale Temples Ten Ton Hamster: Know Your ESRB Ratings Ten Ton Wiki: Angels Online and Earthrise Vanguard: Spell List Rebuild Project - Paladin Level 26-50 Webkinz: Candy Bash Game Guide Webkinz: Tulip Trouble Game Guide Webkinz: Waddell's Icecap Adventure Game Guide World of Warcraft: Weekly Report - Redemption Comes - Patch 2.4 World of Warcraft: Patch 2.4 Preview and Patch Notes

Hot Content - Or, what I took a fancy to

Age of Conan: Class Interview #7 - The Bear Shaman Contest: Be Mine, Land Mine Dungeon Runners: Creating a Ten Ton Hammer Interview With Mark Tucker Dungeon Runners: Exclusive Chill Bill Images Myst Online: Uru Live - An Interview With GameTap Lord of the Rings Online: A Book 12 Session With Turbine - Part 1 Earthrise: An Interview With CEO Atanas Atanasov Age of Conan: Class Interview #6 - The Ranger Age of Conan: Developer Panel Part 2 Transcript Age of Conan: Developer Panel Video Part 2 Lord of the Rings Online: Nine New Exclusive Screenshots From Book 12

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