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Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Interviews, MMO industry, Virtual worldsAge of Conan's Game Director Gaute Godager has definitely made an effort to reach out to the fans, involving himself in promotional videos pre-release and often weighing in on the forums in the last few weeks to discuss current game issues. Despite this, most people probably don't know much about the man himself -- that is, until now, as MMORPG.com has conducted an interview to find out more about AoC's visionary.The mighty Commodore 64 is responsible for breeding Godager's love of gaming, and Pool of Radiance and The Bard's Tale brought him to the world of RPGs. Of course, his fondness for sci-fi and fantasy books (in particular from Asimov and Tolkien) were what made him seek out games in the first place, to further the escapism that he had experienced in reading. This led to him dreaming about creating these worlds himself, and becoming a founding member of Funcom -- and eventually, to bringing us AoC. Check out the whole interview for more on Godager's past and a tiny bit on how he thinks his latest game is going. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Age of Conan, One Shots
There's something to be said for turning a corner and sizing something like this up as it looms into view. This particularly impressive (and doomy) One Shots vista from Age of Conan comes to us courtesy of David L. We haven't run into this area just yet (well, okay, a couple of us have, but we're trying to not spoil the game for others) but David says: [this is] the Sanctum in Age of Conan. It has a great Indiana Jones feel. Just so long as that Indiana Jones feel involves us getting away with the loot and our lives, we're cool with that! Do you have a screenshot of an area we haven't seen yet? Perhaps you've found the den of All Things Evil in your favorite game and you'd like to show us? All screenshots are welcome, no matter how serious or silly. Just pack those up along with a description of what we're looking at and send it to us at oneshots AT massively.com. Yours could be featured in an upcoming One Shots!Gallery: One Shots
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