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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Anvil of Crom: Thanksgiving leftovers and what's new in Hyboria]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/11/27/the-anvil-of-crom-thanksgiving-leftovers-and-whats-new-in-hybo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/11/27/the-anvil-of-crom-thanksgiving-leftovers-and-whats-new-in-hybo/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/11/27/the-anvil-of-crom-thanksgiving-leftovers-and-whats-new-in-hybo/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/age-of-conan/" rel="tag">Age of Conan</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/patches/" rel="tag">Patches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-anvil-of-crom/" rel="tag">The Anvil of Crom</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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What's up, <a href="http://ageofconan.com"><em>Age of Conan</em></a> fans? Hopefully all of you had an overindulgent Thanksgiving (I'm picturing clusters of barbarians hunched around roaring campfires, gnawing the blackened meat off the bones of whatever game animal happened to pass by).<br />
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For my part, I spent the last couple of days avoiding work, gaining weight, and catching up on recent news from <a href="http://funcom.com">Funcom's</a> Hyboria. I've been a bit distracted with <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-firing-line">various online shooters</a> lately, but I always find myself coming back to <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/age-of-conan"><em>AoC</em></a> because of its unique fantasy world and rough-and-tumble themepark mechanics. Join me after the break for a few recent tidbits that piqued my interest.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/11/27/the-anvil-of-crom-thanksgiving-leftovers-and-whats-new-in-hybo/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Anvil of Crom: Thanksgiving leftovers and what's new in Hyboria</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/11/27/the-anvil-of-crom-thanksgiving-leftovers-and-whats-new-in-hybo/">The Anvil of Crom: Thanksgiving leftovers and what's new in Hyboria</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/11/27/the-anvil-of-crom-thanksgiving-leftovers-and-whats-new-in-hybo/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/20110774/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/11/27/the-anvil-of-crom-thanksgiving-leftovers-and-whats-new-in-hybo/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3.1</category><category>3.1-patch</category><category>age-of-conan</category><category>age-of-conan-unchained</category><category>anvil-of-crom</category><category>aoc</category><category>aoc-soundtrack</category><category>aoc-unchained</category><category>cape-of-bottomless-thirst</category><category>conan</category><category>drinking-cape</category><category>f2p</category><category>fantasy</category><category>featured</category><category>free-to-play</category><category>hyboria</category><category>interview</category><category>knut-avenstroup-haugen</category><category>knut-haugen</category><category>music</category><category>news-roundup</category><category>opinion</category><category>roundup</category><category>savage-coast-of-turan</category><category>score</category><category>siege</category><category>siege-performance</category><category>soundtrack</category><category>the-anvil-of-crom</category><category>xfire</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jef Reahard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: AoC collectors or regular edition?]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/the-daily-grind-aoc-collectors-or-regular-edition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/the-daily-grind-aoc-collectors-or-regular-edition/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/the-daily-grind-aoc-collectors-or-regular-edition/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/age-of-conan/" rel="tag">Age of Conan</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/aaaaa332.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div>
We've asked if you were a collector or not, but now we're curious about one specific title. Namely, are you going to buy the CE for <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/Age-of-Conan/">Age of Conan</a> or will you be settling for the regular edition?<br /><br />Lets review what you can expect to get for your extra 40 dollars in <em>Age of Conan</em>:<br /><br />
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    <li>Big, metal embossed game case * 128-page art book</li>
    <li>The Conan soundtrack</li>
    <li>Leatherette map of Hyboria</li>
    <li>Exclusive DVD with bonus material, trailers, interview and "making of" features</li>
    <li>Buddy card for five friends</li>
    <li>Ring of Asheron which gives you a 2% XP Modifier</li>
    <li>Drinking Cape that gives free drinks in all of Hyboria's taverns</li>
    <li>Cost: $89.99<br /></li>
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The only in-game benefits are the two items, which are both arguably worth owning. The drinking cape will play into the PvP minigame where players can get drunk at bars and brawl with each other. As for the stuff in the box, we're always appreciative of soundtracks (especially so, since <span style="font-style: italic;">AoC</span> has great music) and the exclusive DVD is something we could see popping into the computer at least once -- if only to check it out.<br /><br />The map, art book and big game case (with embossed glory) all sound neat, but definitely are something that will only see the light of day once or twice in most cases. However, the buddy keys are pretty nice. There are definitely some <span style="font-style: italic;">Age of Conan</span>-cautious friends we can see ourselves tempting with five free trails.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/the-daily-grind-aoc-collectors-or-regular-edition/">The Daily Grind: AoC collectors or regular edition?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/the-daily-grind-aoc-collectors-or-regular-edition/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1169937/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/the-daily-grind-aoc-collectors-or-regular-edition/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>age-of-conan</category><category>aoc</category><category>collectors-edition</category><category>drinking-cape</category><category>eidos</category><category>funcom</category><category>ring-of-asheron</category><category>xp-modifier</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Horner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
