TMAC'S PROFILE

The following post is a tradition for me to bring up.

Robert E. Howard, the man responsible for the Sword and Sorcery genre, is by far one of my favorite short story writers. For those who don't know of REH, he wrote Conan the Barbarian, Solomon Kane, King Kull, Bran Mak Morn, a bunch of westerns, boxing and detective fiction. If I recall, he wrote about 300 stories and most of them are entertaining as hell IMO.

Now maybe RMN can prove me wrong, but it's been my experience that most people (under the age of 35) who claim to like adventure/fantasy/fiction have no clue who Howard is. Yet, you mention one of Howard's contemporaries, Tolkien, and people are marching down-down to goblin town and the shire! I just find it kinda absurd that nearly all the people I've talked to who've seen the Conan movies (which are great Ahnuld flicks, but TERRIBLE Conan adaptations) didn't even know Conan existed as a series of short stories and novels! I'm not talking about they hadn't read them, they never even HEARD of them. I know it's pretty common for a book based movie to have its roots go unnoticed, but with a pop-culture figure like Conan, one would imagine knowledge of the original craftsman and his stories would also be common knowledge. Maybe I'm the exception, as I was hooked on them at an early age, drawn in at first by Sprague de Camp's reprints with the Frazetta (who kicks ass) cover art from my Dad's collection. As a result, I was pretty much launched into liking RPGs and Hack n' Slashes of the NES gen.

Anyway, as it's probably obvious by now, I'm a big fan of the Howard's work and felt like making a topic to discuss and spread word to other people. If you like action, adventure, enemies being cleaved asunder and sultry women being seduced, I'd highly recommend Conan. Solomon Kane for those who can do without the scantily clad women and would rather prefer a puritan era gun toting, rapier wielding vanquisher of evil.

Hell, I could go on mentioning the impact R.E.H. had on a shitload of the fantasy we all rock today, but I think I've ranted for long enough.

GO!

Secure the envelope and sprint down the dirt path toward the lone door, shoulder lowered.

Yeah I saw this trailer yesterday and was pretty impressed with the fluidity and visuals, music was pretty kickass as well. The only thing I'm worried about is the actual substance of the game, I'd have to see more before I can decide exactly how I feel about it. Cause as of now it seems like one of those games at high-risk for flair over solid gameplay. My interest is certainly piqued but that's it until further notice. Hopefully they'll release more gameplay trailers and eventually a demo!

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I have TWO copies of Dragon Warrior IV. Is that awesome or what?

Score! DWIV was by far one of my favorite RPGs as a kid. I loved Taloon with his puns that incapacitated monsters, hahaha! It was a big jump for me considering I went from DWI to IV. I blame my local Toys 'R Us for not having enough games in stock during the early 90s. Also, did you happen to find a DWIV Box (that you're willing to part with) when you re-discovered those NES carts? >_>

As for the original TMNT game, boo! However, TMNT2:Arcade and TMNT3:Manhattan Project, now we're talking some "tubular" turtle action!

Typo of a cheesy bosses name from Castlevania: SotN.