The maiden issue of "AFK Magazine" is flipping its pages wildly as it's getting ready for its release. With a bang, Karmik Studios is starting out their venture with an exclusive interview with Community Manager April Burba (AKA CuppaJo).

Now that that's out of the way, I've always wanted to talk about how depressing the forums can be to a player. For the record, I know that it is pretty much the same in all popular MMORPGs like Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures or even World of Warcraft, but that doesn't make me or any of the other players who agree with what I have to say happy about it.

Roll out the red carpet! Leipzig Messe has just announced the winners for the "Best of GC" during the Leipzig Games Convention 2007. The awards span across all current generation platforms and other industry-related tidbits showcased during the event, all dispersed under ten respective categories.

We've seen the Conan movie and one thing really bothered us. If you push a large wheel for a couple of years, will it make your body pump up like Arnold's? So far, we've been pushing like crazy and we're still nowhere near the guy's physique.

Eurogamer has considered MMOs as a separate platform from the PC as it is a growing part of the gaming world with each passing year. As a result to WoW's success (read: cash cow), MMOs are popping up like mushrooms.

Assistant Art Director Grant Regan for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures reveals that the locations in Hyboria are not merely represented by the world design, but are identified as well by the design of the weapons and armor that the opposing forces will use.