I was on my way into the office this morning when Tycho called me. He told me he would be coming in late today and he asked me to let you all know that his post would also be late. The reason he gave for his tardiness was acceptable so I suggest we all cut him some slack.

We're playing through the second Digital Devil Saga, which we thought would be a good idea... for some reason. For a while there I celebrated the fact that I (or the natural erosion of a man's principles) had brought him into the genre. It hadn't occurred to me until recently that we're into it for entirely different reasons.

When we went to the Spike TV Video Game Awards, the only thing I came away with was that I really wanted to have one of those strange video shorts that reinforces where you are.

I think the idea originally was to whip up a few shirts for BlizzCon and be done with it, but maybe other people are interested in one of these designs as well?

We got an early copy of our book to look over yesterday and I took some pictures for you guys. The book is due to hit stores some time in January from what I am told. It contains all the comics from years 1 and 2 along with a bunch of original sketches from that period.

Well I finally hit 40 a couple nights ago and I got my mount. I see Kurtz hit 60 a little while ago, congratulations. Maybe if my strip was in black and white I’d be 60 as well ;) This is the first alt I’ve ever taken this far. My previous attempts at rolling new characters ended around level 14 or 15. I really don’t think it’s fair to call Dudefella an alt actually. Since starting on the Dark Iron server I haven’t once gone back and played my 60 Rogue on Cenarius. That says a lot about the quality of the players and the good natured rivalry between PA and PVP on the server.

Electronic Arts appears to have dropped the ball on the newest iteration of Madden for the PSP, what is called Madden '06, from time to time they create some kind of workaround that doesn't work around, and there is a part of me that just thinks this is what you get for playing sports games.

I have yet to join a Day of Defeat: Source server that even allows sprays - but Gabriel tells me that such things exist. I have a picture of the dog itself, separate - I'll try to get it converted into a spray for you to abuse in other Source engine games.

In the latest issue of the webcomics Examiner they have an article called the “artistic History of Webcomics.” When I heard that it mentioned us I assumed the worst. I was shocked at how nice the article was to us. At the very beginning they suggest that I am “easily Kurtz's equal.” That’s just about the nicest compliment they could give me I think.

It's rare that I get the opportunity to make our Gabriel execute some tawdry bit of fan fiction. There's pictures there for the faithful to enjoy.

The fourth page of our five page Far Cry Instincts comic is now available. We leave Jack for just a moment so that we can eavesdrop on a very touching moment between Crowe and Dr. Krieger. It’s an emotionally powerful page that I’m told leaves the reader "begging for more". In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re asked to write the next Far Cry game.

We thought throwing Gabe and Annarchy together might be an interesting experiment. You be the judge.

When we were at MIT, which I will eventually describe in unerring detail because the people there were amazing, I fielded a question near the end that I didn't answer to anyone's satisfaction. There wasn't enough time, and I'm not entirely sure I understood it. He wanted to know what I thought of Greg Costikyan's manifestos, specifically the two part (self-admitted) screed available at The Escapist.

One of the stories we are often asked to tell at a convention is the one regarding our ill-fated first book. I don’t mind re-telling it because it really is a very funny story. I always say that we had a difference of opinion with the publisher. We thought we should be paid for the book and he thought he should keep all the money and move to Alaska. That always gets a chuckle. Inevitably someone in the back shouts “what’s his address?” This also gets a big laugh. Now I know it’s just a joke. I mean, you guys would never beat someone up for us… but I’ve also never posted the man’s address.

Clinton's mom is a librarian, so, I mean, all hail. She loves a webcomic called Unshelved, which is all about things that make sense to her. Where we might have a shirt that says "Rogues Do It From Behind," they might have a shirt that says "What Would Dewey Do?"

We picked up an iPod Nano for a friend of ours who is heading out to Basic Training. What I told the clerk about his ultimate destination might have been a bit presumptive. There's also Afghanistan.