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My Leonard Nimoy video clip yesterday received such warm response that I couldn't stop with just one. The version today is even better. For those of you at work, the movie will start without prompting so turn down your speakers if they might alert the boss to your less than productive ways.

• Lord of the Rings Online VS Leonard Nimoy

For Vanguard fans I created the following video and dug up the following poem:

• Video of Brad McQuaid at the recent Sigil Christmas Party.(Way to go Brad! Lord of the Dance! )
• A Christmas Vanguard (Poetry without emo or dinosaurs)

Now on to your regularly scheduled program.

I received more angry e-mail about my Linden Labs cultist remark yesterday than I expected, which of course, proves that they are indeed cultists. Who else has enough time to write angry letters? Answer: Nobody, with the possible exception of celebrities like Tom Cruise and Kirstie Alley, who coincidentally are Scientologists which many consider cultists. I may have stumbled upon one of those crazy circle of life moments.

Our crack team of interns will be infiltrating Linden Labs, dressed as furry, yiffing, meerkats to get to the bottom of this. Fear the Meer... Linden Labs.... Fear the Meer!

Are you a Linden Labs cultist? Have you been recruited by one? Has Kirstie Alley kicked in your door trying to selling Jenny Craig products? Has Tom Cruise been hiding in your closet? Let me know, either in the comments section of the blog or in our forums!
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Exclusive TenTonHammer.com Content!

12.15.2006

• Dungeons and Dragons Online: Waterworks 1-2 Quest Guide
  "Rescuing Arlos is one of the most important tasks your Dungeons & Dragons Online character will ever do. Ralsu takes you through this dungeon."
• EverQuest 2: 50 Things You Should Never Do On A Raid
  "People debate all the time who should be in a raid, where they should stand, why they shouldn't tell the healer this or that. What you typically won't see is what NOT to do on a raid. Our very own Coyote has done some raiding recently, and lives to tell the tale.
• EverQuest 2: The Curse Of Downtime
  "On the heels of the terrifying and surprising downtime on Tuesday, Savanja goes over the curse of the downtime, when it's actually needed, and why it happens. No one likes not being able to log in, especially this forum addict!"
• Gods and Heroes: OMGZ PVP is teh ROXXOR!
  "d00d ur a n00b cuz....*cough* I mean Player vs Player combat, while marginal in comparison to Player vs Environment, is still a critical aspect of any MMO. What does Gods and Heroes have in store for us and what would we like to see? RadarX takes a look at this game mechanic and uses as little 1337 speak as possible."
• Lord of the Rings Online: First LotRO Crafting Guide
  "Draznar has provided us with his first crafting guide for LOTRO. All information in this guide is NDA free. This guide will be updated regularly."
• Pirates CGS Online Interview With Scott Martins"December 14th was launch day for Pirates Constructible Strategy Game Online (or "Pirates CSG Online", "Pirates CSG", or - with apologies to Sid Meier - just "Pirates" for short), and Pirates CSG is newest online offering from Sony Online Entertainment / Worlds Apart. You may recall Worlds Apart from games like "Star Chamber" and, more recently, "Auto Assault TCG". They've been busy in the months since the SOE acquisition, taking Pirates CSG from concept to fun-filled reality in an astounding 4 months. Director of Development Scott Martins was kind enough to take time out of his extremely busy day to tell us about the making and future of the game."
• Vanguard: Saga of Heroes - Open Or Regional Servers?
  "Will your friends across the pond be able to play Vanguard with you, or will servers be separated by region? Our community member, Mikes, wants to know. Nick Parkinson shares the answer in this week's Ask the Devs."
• Vanguard: Saga of Heroes - Shay's Blog
  "Oh, we get letters! I got some mail signed by someone calling himself Ax2Grind. He's got a list of 4 reasons why he thinks Vanguard will be a bland, mediocre disappointment of a game. See what he has to say, and what I have to say in response, in this week's Treehouse. Come for the blog...stay for the newsletter. We've got all the Vanguard news that's fit to print (which is, you know, everything). "

Hot Content

• Vanguard: Saga of Heroes - Open Or Regional Servers?
• Pirates CGS Online Interview With Scott Martins
• Pirates of the Burning Sea: Exclusive Screenshots
• World of Warcraft: Decursive 2.0
• Lord of the Rings Online: 50 Beta Passes
• Everquest 2: Echoes of Faydwer Review
• Age of Conan: Screenshots

Real World News - You Can't Make This Up

• Nintendo To Replace 3.2 Million Straps [Thanks Matt]
  In other news, there are 3.2M Wii controllers?
• Teen Finds Gun, Turns It In, Gets Expelled [Thanks Matt]
  Inmates, asylum....running.
• "Logic Bomb" Backfires On Hacker [Thanks Matt]
  From the criminals-ain't-smart-department
• Microsoft Voltage To Charge Up Robotics Industry [Matt]
  All hail our bloated, but powerful robotic overlords.

Vin Diesel Fact: Vin Diesel would have just walked into Mordor.

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