Gametrailers have put up a preview of the upcoming Conan game from THQ (mind the age gate). Forget the MMO of the same IP, this is a hack n’ slash button mashing console game done in the spirit of God of War.

The 4 minute video shows gameplay from Conan’s 3rd person view as well as in-game rendered cut scenes offering a familiar voice actress (sorry, no Arnie vocals for Conan, folks). From the video, we observe that Conan can collect and use various types of weapons, even upgrading each with magical or stat boosting properties. When Conan gets his berserker going, pirates and heathens alike are beheaded, dismembered, disemboweled, and strewn about in a bloody spectacle. Ahh yes, the violence! After a hard days work at the office, Conan can either drink himself into a drunken stupor or “warm himself by the fires” of the naked women of Hyboria. After all, how can the beautiful ladies of Hyboria resist Krom’s most favored barbarian? Nothing from Robert E. Howard’s vision is compromised with THQ’s adult-targeted Conan game.

The question I have is: Why does Conan care about some fancy schmancy “magical” armor. Conan is a Barbarian. He requires neither armor nor magic. Leave that stuff to the pathetic weaklings not worthy to lick Conan’s boot. All Conan needs in life is his sword and the favor of Krom. Even without those, Conan can beat most mortals to a bloody pulp with his bare fists.

The video game title, otherwise simply known as Conan, is being developed by Nihilistic Software - a name certainly worthy of a Conan game developer. Conan will available at your local retailers beginning October 23rd for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 game platforms. A demo can be currently downloaded via Xbox Live.

Yes, I would gladly suffer/service the woman known as Claudia Black. Yummy.

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I bet you thought this was going to be some political advertisement from PETA. This time, it’s actually a report concerning the coolest casual flash game I have played all week. PETA’s Super Chick Sisters is a Mario Brothers style flash game where you control chickens and eventually Pamela Anderson in the battle against the Colonel of KFC. I’m definitely not taking sides here, because I love chicken and Pamela Anderson equally. I know that’s a paradox of sorts, but we do live in a crazy world. The only thing the game is truly missing is a guest appearance from the Hoff. The famous Ron Whitaker once said, “chickens continue to exist on this planet only because they taste good”. Maybe he was right, but this is a fun game regardless of what side of the “eating animals” debate you are on.

The game can be found HERE. It’s available for play via the web, and download for PC/Mac.