One of the facts little known about the Conan universe by those who aren't devotees is that the earliest Conan stories of creator Robert E. Howard were profoundly influenced by the work of H.P. Lovecraft, the creator of the Cthulu mythos. |
There is a mysterious pass in the southern mountains of Cimmeria. Travelers describe it as looking like a wound in the Earth made by the axe of some enormous god or giant. As a result, the common name for the place is Ymir's Pass, named for the axe-wielding father of the frost giants. |
Thousands of years ago, the dark kingdom of Acheron existed where Aquilonia and her neighboring states now stand. The wizard-kings of Acheron wielded dark magics, bargained with terrible demons, and performed deeds so evil even modern Stygians might blanch at them. By the time of Age of Conan, Acheron has been dust for a hundred generations. |
Those who only know Conan from the two movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger may be forgiven for not realizing that there is much more to the Conan mythos than just a muscle-bound warrior and rivers of blood. |
One of the facts little known about the Conan universe by those who aren't devotees is that the earliest Conan stories of creator Robert E. Howard were profoundly influenced by the work of H.P. Lovecraft, the creator of the Cthulu mythos. |
One of the greatest qualities about the new Age of Conan Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game or MMORPG is the fact that it has a brand new system for combat that is completely like anything else on the market today. |
In games like the Age of Conan, you cannot simply decide to become the best and do it. There is a lot of work that goes in to getting to that point, and when it comes to this particular game, Age of Conan Gold plays a large part in becoming the best. |
Funcom, a Norwegian based game developer company, sure know how to be different. Their first MMO project, "Anarchy Online", while had a bumpy start, grew a large fan base for being very deep and complex game. |
Voyage Century Online is a free nautical MMORPG published by IGG, the distributors of Myth War Online. It is set in 17th century Earth and features accurate historical representations of several coastal cities. |
Wonderland Online is an MMORPG developed by the Taiwanese gaming house Chinese Gamer International. The game is set for some of the world but some have different names such as Oslya which in the game is meant to be in Australia but no such name exists. |
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