Working As Intended

First of I’d like to apologize for not updating recently. I’m currently trying to make a buck and enjoy the summertime at the same time. As many of you know, that is not an easy task. I’m helping VanguardDreadKnight.com build their ability database and a few other things, which is great since I’ve known the Xaices (owner of the site and Dread Knight class lead for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes) for some time now.

Now for some news! Age Of Conan’s website has posted a link to an interview between Erling Ellingsten, Product Manager at Funcom and GameTribes.tv that is well worth a look. It doesn’t have a mountain of new information, but if you haven’t looked in to AOC deeply before this is the video for you.

Erling Ellingsen, Product Manager at Funcom, grabbed his webcamera and had a long-distance chat with GameTribes.tv. Check it out!

GameTribes.tv is an Italian web-tv site covering computer and console gaming. Recently they sat down with Product Manager at Funcom, Erling Ellingsen, to have a talk about Age of Conan. Thanks to the precious gifts of technology, it all happened via a webcam and Internet telephony.

The video interview is in English but is also subtitled in Italian

Check out the video interview here.

Needless to say, Age of Conan has a firm grasp on my attention at the moment. After Vanguard: Saga of Heroes being released, I’m not going to fall in love with the game before its release, but denying its potential would be foolish. They’re adding some real unique combat mechanics to the MMO genre, but I pray it doesn’t become a twitch-fest where people start complaining about their hands after a few hours of playing. I’m also wondering how much DirectX 10 is going to effect the game, on both the game play and immersion levels.