Dragon*Con MMO» age-of-conan http://www.dc-mmo.org Home of the SnarkCast Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:05:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2009,2010,2011,2012 grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) 1440 http://www.dc-mmo.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Dragon*Con MMO http://www.dc-mmo.org 144 144 http://www.dc-mmo.org/category/podcast/feed/ SnarkCast - The Next Episode Catch up with Grimthorn and Netgoth as they snark on about all things MMO. Also including Dragon*Con MMO track news. DragonCon, mmo, mmorpg, informational, Dragon*Con, gamer, geek, snarky Grim and Netgoth Grim and Netgoth grimthorn@dc-mmo.org no yes The Hyborian Age http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/07/the-hyborian-age/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/07/the-hyborian-age/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:01:47 +0000 Jhaer http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1788 [...]]]> Inspired by our two previous Conan related posts, here are four Age of Conan videos…

I don’t know if you can actually still do this, but if you can, this is how I would play AoC:

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This one shows off AoC from two years ago…

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… and here is one from 2009 celebrating one year of AoC.

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And lastly, the trailer for their latest expansion, Rise of the Godslayer.

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]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/07/the-hyborian-age/feed/ 0 Age of Conan – Rise of Bryan http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/05/age-of-conan-rise-of-bryan/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/05/age-of-conan-rise-of-bryan/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 16:00:13 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1424 Just to prove that World of Warcraft is not the only source of funny videos out there, check out Roleplayin‘ when you get a chance.  Here is their preview of the upcoming Age of Conan expansion.

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/05/age-of-conan-rise-of-bryan/feed/ 0 SnarkCast #10: More Sequels than Police Academy and Ten Times Funnier http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/03/snarkcast-10-more-sequels-than-police-academy-and-ten-times-funnier/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/03/snarkcast-10-more-sequels-than-police-academy-and-ten-times-funnier/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:30:19 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1191 This edition of the Snarkcast is a little longer than normal, and we go a bit further in-depth into certain issues than we usually do, but we hope you enjoy it.

(Opening , courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”)
]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/03/snarkcast-10-more-sequels-than-police-academy-and-ten-times-funnier/feed/ 0 0:57:17 This edition of the Snarkcast is a little longer than normal, and we go a bit further in-depth into certain issues than we usually do, but we hope you enjoy it. (Opening music, courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Is[...] This edition of the Snarkcast is a little longer than normal, and we go a bit further in-depth into certain issues than we usually do, but we hope you enjoy it. (Opening music, courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”) Podcast Grim and Netgoth yes no Oh, and another sign that we’re getting close… http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:42:51 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1009 You may see this plastered somewhere around the convention.  When I tell you that we can always use creative talent, this is why.   I actually had to do this bit of photoshoppery myself.

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]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/feed/ 3 3 weeks to go! http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/3-weeks-to-go/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/3-weeks-to-go/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:13:02 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1005 [...]]]> I’m back from the beach and ready to put the finishing touches on this year’s preparations. Staff meetings are blessedly short (last night’s was about 20 minutes), which means things are getting done, and the to-do list is finally shrinking.

That means we’re close. 3 weeks to go, in fact!

To give you guys an as to what’s going on, we’re starting to receive prize packages from some of our “Friends of ” (see the column on the left) including , posters, boxed copies of games, loot cards, and other assorted goodies that we’ll be giving away. Most of this stuff will be given away during our WoW party (WoW Stuff) and Trivia Contest (Everything Else) during the weekend, but we’ll also be tossing out some swag during our panels. Which ones? Could be any of them!

It looks like the Digital Gaming Lab (DGL) will be moving up to the 3rd floor in the Hilton this year. Normally, that doesn’t affect us since we’re in the Sheraton, but if you actually want some “hands on” time with some of the games that we’ll be highlighting this year, the DGL is the place to be. We’ll be hosting “All-nighters” with Global Agenda and Age of Conan in the DGL this year.

We’ve updated the look of the website just a bit, and included links to the companies and people who have helped us out this year and in the past.  These folks have donated time, merchandise, and effort into making Dragon*Con successful, and I’d like to thank them all on behalf of the DC*MMO staff.

Finally, we’re steadily dwindling our supply of DC*MMO 2009 t-shirts.  We only have a few of the larger sizes left!  We’re also going to have a new SnarkCast available for you later today or tomorrow, and Krystalle and I will try to squeeze in one or two more before the convention.

As a final treat, I wanted to share this picture of the winning team (posing w/the Bling Gnome Trophy) from last year’s Hardcore MMO Trivia Contest.  The winners of each year’s trivia contest will win a fantastic set of prizes and have their picture immortalized on the base of the trophy. (last year, we had no base because my crafting skill is 0)

Hardcore MMO Trivia Champions - 2008

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/3-weeks-to-go/feed/ 1 SnarkCast #4: The Next Generation http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/snarkcast-the-next-generation/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/snarkcast-the-next-generation/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:27:39 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1000 [...]]]> Yeah, I realize that I’m going to run out of sequel titles to use in these posts and that I’ll be repeating myself soon.  I’ll deal with that problem when I get there.

It’s been a crazy week in the land of , and Krys and Grim have already been overtaken by events given that we recorded this before:

  1. The Staff Meeting last weekend.
  2. was allowed to partially re-launch WoW in .

Oh well, them’s the breaks.  In any event, enjoy the podcast (show notes are included after the jump).  Thanks for listening, and we’ll be recording a new podcast very soon.

(Opening , courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”)
]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/snarkcast-the-next-generation/feed/ 1 0:55:47 Yeah, I realize that I’m going to run out of sequel titles to use in these posts and that I’ll be repeating myself soon.  I’ll deal with that problem when I get there. It’s been a crazy week in the land of SnarkCast, and Krys[...] Yeah, I realize that I’m going to run out of sequel titles to use in these posts and that I’ll be repeating myself soon.  I’ll deal with that problem when I get there. It’s been a crazy week in the land of SnarkCast, and Krys and Grim have already been overtaken by events given that we recorded this podcast before: The Dragon*Con Staff Meeting last weekend. Blizzard was allowed to partially re-launch WoW in China. Oh well, them’s the breaks.  In any event, enjoy the podcast (show notes are included after the jump).  Thanks for listening, and we’ll be recording a new podcast very soon. Intro WRUP? (Also known as “What are you playing?”) AOC’s “come back” promotion http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=content&func_id=2926&table=CONTENT WoW’s legal trouble in little China http://www.jlmpacificepoch.com/newsstories?id=152539_0_5_0_M Global Agenda Beta starting on July 24 http://www.globalagendagame.com Professor Griefer & CoH http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/loyola_university_professor_be.html CoH: Issue 16 announced http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/game_updates/issue_16/issue_16_overview.html Cryptic”Nemesis Online, can we start calling it “CoH 2″ now? http://www.massively.com/2009/07/16/cryptic-could-make-champions-counterpart-nemesis-online Eurogamer does re-review of Darkfall, rates it 4/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/darkfall-online-second-review http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/darkfall-online-review Why MMO’s are like Men/Women http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/12/mmorpgs-are-a-lot-like-women/ http://divagoth.com/2009/07/12/why-mmos-are-like-men-a-reply/ Dragon*Con News Storytelling in MMO’s panel is added TERRY FREAKIN’ GILLIAM IS COMING!!! DC*MMO T-shirts in da house (Opening music, courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”) Podcast Grim and Netgoth no no SnarkCast #3: Return of the Snarkcast! http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/return-of-the-snarkcast/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/return-of-the-snarkcast/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:24:36 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=954 [...]]]> After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with another .  Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around.  If you, or the game you love, find yourselves in our cross-hairs, take solace in the fact that you aren’t alone.  We because we love. (Except Gold Farmers, nobody likes those little idiots.)

In this week’s show, we snarkify (otherwise known as “show notes”):

(Opening music, courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”)
]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/return-of-the-snarkcast/feed/ 1 0:33:26 After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with another SnarkCast.  Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around.  If you, or the game you[...] After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with another SnarkCast.  Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around.  If you, or the game you love, find yourselves in our cross-hairs, take solace in the fact that you aren’t alone.  We snark because we love. (Except Gold Farmers, nobody likes those little idiots.) In this week’s show, we snarkify (otherwise known as “show notes”): E3 Booth Babes Underwear as Swag A “Stripper Game” News from Sony Online Entertainment Free Realms The Agency Hong Kong Shuffle Star Wars: The Old Republic Global Agenda Bogus “Awards” given at E3 DC*MMO takes a studio tour “Open All Night” demo at Dragon*Con Sony Fan Faire Star Wars Galaxies Zombies User-created content The Gungan Gun SOE’s big party at Dragon*Con Blizzard No LAN play for Starcraft II What’s Wrong With WoW? Special Interview w/Dr. Tran WoW Faction changes WoW may be an MMO with training wheels, but it serves an important purpose. EVE Online Yet another bank scam BoB is dead Age of Conan Huge upcoming patch “Fixing” stats and itemization Problems with questing in AoC Warhammer Online How to “Kill 10 rats” correctly Public quests Mark Jacobs leaving Mythic Mythic is now part of Bioware How will Bioware change WAR? City of Heroes Issue 15 is coming The 5th Column is back! New costumes and facial options Is it better to look good? or have uber stats on gear? Dragon*Con stuff Schedule is done! 50 panels and events scheduled on MMO track WoW trivia event being combined into Hardcore MMO Trivia contest 5 different parties planned on the MMO track this year. Closing Music and gag reel. (Opening music, courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”) Podcast Grim and Netgoth no no Pray for Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/pray-for-grim/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/pray-for-grim/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 17:22:15 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=878 [...]]]> I’m about to install the new Windows 7 RC1 build on my gaming rig at home.  I don’t know if this build includes DirectX 11 or not, but I am very much interested to see how my current ’s play under this new OS.

If there are any games you would like me to try under Windows 7, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

Current games:

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/pray-for-grim/feed/ 1 DC*MMO Status Update – May 4, 2009 http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/dcmmo-status-update-may-4-2009/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/dcmmo-status-update-may-4-2009/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 13:45:22 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=876 [...]]]> There hasn’t been a whole lot of DC*MMO activity this week.  Our second podcast is in the can and will be posted any day now.  We have started talking with Reakktor about having them present their upcoming game Black Prophecy, and we hope to have them on-board soon.

This week, we’ll be talking with Blizzard, 38 Studios, and Netdevil again in attempts to get them on board.  We are also working on some events with our friends at Battle & Brew, a local gaming pub in Atlanta.  We’ll be providing additional details on that in upcoming weeks.

Finally, we spoke with Funcom last week, and they have got a lot of plans for this year.  We are adding a Friday Night Party to the , and they’ll be presenting panels on Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and possibly a panel on their upcoming title as well.  They will also be providing some prizes for our contests and live-action quest as well.

Now that Dragon*Con is only a couple more months away, we’ll be updating the site more frequently.  Stay tuned.

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/dcmmo-status-update-may-4-2009/feed/ 0 Funcom is coming to Dragon*Con http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/funcom-is-coming-to-dragoncon/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/funcom-is-coming-to-dragoncon/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:49:29 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=681 [...]]]> Funcom has announced on the Age of Conan official forums that they will be coming to Dragon*Con again this year.  We are proud, once again, to host the gang, and I’m sure that we’ll be planning a huge party to go along with the always interesting panels, demos, and Q&A sessions that has every year.

Funcom has also recently celebrated 7 years of Anarchy Online.  Congratulations, guys!

-Grim

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/funcom-is-coming-to-dragoncon/feed/ 0 No, We’re Not Still “Under Construction”! http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/no-were-not-still-under-construction/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/no-were-not-still-under-construction/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:14:16 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=672 [...]]]> Because I’m a meddler with too much time on his hands believer in constant improvements, we’re making some changes to the DC*MMO website. Don’t fret, all of the content is still here, it’s just getting shifted around a bit.

Quick bites for you:

CCP (EVE Online) has confirmed with us that they are planning on attending this year.

So have the folks at AdventureQuest Worlds…

So has Funcom (Age of Conan, Anarchy Online)

Slowly, but surely, we are filling up our event . If all goes as planned, there will be over 50 panels and events for you to check out at Dragon*Con this year.

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