{"id":179576,"date":"2022-01-06T13:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=179576"},"modified":"2022-01-06T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:37:42","slug":"conan-the-barbarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2022\/01\/06\/conan-the-barbarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Conan The Barbarian Seems to have a Bright Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone\u2019s favourite lumbering barbarian, Conan, has had a bit of a wild ride in entertainment since his debut in Weird Tales magazine back in 1932. Now almost a hundred years old, this archetypical sword and sorcery character has appeared in card games, board games, and even in the wildly popular Dungeons &amp; Dragons, shortly after Conan\u2019s movie debut in 1982.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conan-exiles\">Conan Exiles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Admittedly, it\u2019s not easy to see where Conan\u2019s enduring popularity comes from, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Conan-the-Barbarian-fictional-character\">Cimmerian warrior<\/a> is fairly standard fantasy fare these days. However, as one of the earliest examples of an action hero, he arguably introduced many people to concepts like magic, monsters, and swashbuckling of a medieval\u00a0type. In video gaming, his legacy begins almost at the dawn of computing, with <a href=\"https:\/\/videogamegeek.com\/videogame\/105042\/conan-hall-volta\">Conan: Hall of Volta<\/a> in 1984.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h04WUDO8Ihc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Closer to the present, Conan\u2019s current adventures continue in the form of Conan Exiles, an online survival game that takes place in the franchise\u2019s Hyborian Age. The game, developed by the Norwegian company Funcom, makes use of some interesting features, such as hunger and thirst, but not much use of Conan himself. The protagonist is rescued by the barbarian and left to wander alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For an MMO, Conan Exiles has already had quite a long life, having been released in early access in 2017. While it fell short of sales estimates and failed to convince reviewers of its worth, Exiles has been quietly trundling along since, receiving a number of content packs that opened up the regions of the Isle of Siptah, Yamatai, and Aquilonia. Funcom seems to have plenty more planned for the game, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"intellectual-property\">Intellectual Property<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the interesting aspects of Conan the Barbarian is the character\u2019s intellectual property. The Conan IP is leased out fairly frequently under Conan Properties International, a good example of which is the Conan game that\u2019s playable on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino777.ch\/en\/slots\">Casino777 slot<\/a> website. This five-reel title includes the likenesses of Thulsa Doom and Valeria, as well as a giant snake that can add multipliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhSIqjhs71I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Funcom also borrowed the Conan license in this fashion. As of September 2021, though, Funcom now owns the entire Conan franchise, which has allowed the developer to get started on a brand new entry to the warrior\u2019s canon. This as-yet-unnamed game, which will be in development alongside a Dune title, adds to a growing Conan presence in media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/a-new-conan-game-is-currently-in-development-3045737\">Marvel and Netflix<\/a> both have teams working on the brute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently ten Conan games in his catalogue to date, many of which stand apart in terms of their genre and platform. Conan: The Mysteries of Time, for instance, is a 2D platform game released for the NES while Conan: Tower of the Elephant took the character to mobile platforms, specifically, iOS. 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