"Drop those stereotypes about people who play online role-playing games — chances are they're more physically fit than the average American.

That's just one of several new survey findings that explode the popular image of video gamers as socially awkward, overweight teenage males. Or at least, researchers have now found this among players of EverQuest II, an online fantasy game centered on group quests and other social activities."

New Ethernauts set adds 280 new cards, 20+ new loot cards for EverQuest and EverQuest II and a new Start Pack option allowing one to build four starting decks for the collectible card game.

"Come meet Ryan "Rytan" Barker, the new lead designer for SOE's EverQuest, live in the MMORPG.com Chatroom! Starting at 7pm EST on 05/13/08, the EverQuest developers will answer your questions about the game, world, recent updates, future plans, and the team direction under new lead designer Rytan! Bring a question, bring a friend! After the chat, be sure to stick around for EverQuest and other MMORPG discussion.

Users can connect via any IRC client, to server irc.coldfront.net port 66..."

"Official Release:
EQuinox is the first official print magazine dedicated entirely to EverQuest® II (EQ II), its players, creators and adventurers in the world of Norrath. EQuinox is a community driven magazine written by players, developers and EQ II enthusiasts providing insight, information and excitement about the world of EQ II. Pre-orders for the second issue of EQuinox are scheduled to begin today."

"The one wish of many a father is that he one day gets to walk his daughter down the aisle and give her away to a sweaty-palmed fiancé standing in wait, at what he hopes will be a very special wedding ceremony.

GamerSquad wonders, however, how daddy might react if his baby told him that she wanted to get simultaneously hitched both in real life and online through the servers of EverQuest II.

That's just what one MMORPG-loving couple are planning to do during the game's annual Fan Faire ..."