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Checking in with Age of Conan's Advocate program
It looks like the quest is over, and most of the spots for community Advocates for Age of Conan are well on the way to being filled. Funcom opened up spots for representatives from each player class: Assassin, Barbarian, Bear Shaman, Conqueror, Dark Templar, Demonologist, Guardian, Herald of Xotli, Necromancer, Priest of Mitra, Ranger, and Tempest of Set, who will advise Funcom on what the community feels are the important problems and needs of each class, as well as serving as a liason between Funcom and the Age of Conan community. All the advocates are required to have a character of that class at least level 60, an account in good standing, and own a pair of asbestos underwear to better survive the inevitable flamewars over class balance issues. To add to this, Funcom will also be looking at adding some additional advocates suggested by the community during the course of the advocate discussions. Some of the ones they've mentioned are an advocate for role-playing, crafting, player-versus-player, and player-versus-environment issues. How precisely this changes Age of Conan's development, if it does at all, remains to be seen.
Have Mario send your mail (via stamps from Japan)
Sure, old Mario has been known to paint, play professional sports, and even do some actual plumbing work on occasion, but he'll soon be able to power your mail through the postal service in the Far East.10-stamp sheets of 80 Yen stamps are now available for pre-order in Japan, where gaming otakus will soon be able to adorn their snail mail with the likes of goombas, magic mushrooms, and mustachioed men. The set will be out next month.Has the government of a country like the US ever done anything this official to honor one of the icons of gaming? Perhaps when we have avid gaming advocates in Congress -- or even, dare we say, in the White House -- things will look a little different with game legislation proposals and the postage of unwanted junk mail.[Via GameBrink]See also: French stamps to feature video game icons (Super) Mario Bros. question mark and POW block speakers
