I've been wondering when it would happen, and it looks like it just did. Trauma Studios - the guys behind the extraordinary Desert Combat mod for Battlefield 1942 - just got tapped to work on an official project. They deserve it.

And are, therefore, unable to see the reviewer's response to the thread created by the above post. Hopefully it won't displease anyone if I simply re-post it here, for the sake of balance.

There's a wonderful snack that's easy to make, the portable party they call the "cup-cake." But who knew that we lived in the long shadow cast by these treats?

World of Warcraft has matured a lot since I saw it two years ago at E3, and what I hear from the more loquacious testers is that even in its alpha state it has more content than they've ever seen in a (whatever acronym for Massively Multiplayer games the cool kids are using now). I'd like to believe that, because I'm one of the faithful, but Everquest has at least forty expansions out - one of which takes place entirely on the surface of a turnip, where players can do the the sorts of things a person on a turnip would do. I guess the turnip is evil? I don't really play EQ.

I am assuming that you all have been directed to the human beat box video. If not here you go. The guy is totally fucking awesome, no doubt about that. He takes a couple of his bits from a guy named Rahzel though. The “if your mother only knew” part is one example. I’m not saying that’s bad I’m just saying that if you liked what you heard you can find Rahzel all over iTunes.

The eighth and final page of our Rainbow Six comic is now online. Those of you who have been reading it a page a week might enjoy re-reading the entire thing from the beginning now.

That Call of Duty patch just hit - you can grab it here. I didn't see anything in the patch notes about Punkbuster support, that must be coming in a future thing.

Turn off the character voices in Silent Storm. Trust me.

There's a new Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow movie that focuses on the "hide and seek" gameplay they're going for in the multiplayer portion. In other news, Gabriel learns that he's not super spy. Apparently his imaginary beard was unable to save him.

Healthy sheen?

I would like to set the record straight. First of all my goatee, at least in real life is not patchy or “theoretical”. It’s quite the opposite in fact. I would call it lush, full and with a healthy sheen.

I've pretty much had it with Gabriel's Goddamn, patchy little beard. For one thing, it's not a beard. It's not uniform in any way. He looks like his prepubescent evil twin. This isn't some comic shit I'm talking about, I'm talking about this weird almost hair all over his real chin in the real world.

Or even its liquid form, magma. It's yogurt.

Just to clarify, I am not going to start taking Ativan daily to regulate my anxiety. I happen to like being crazy. I am simply taking a couple before my dentist appointment so I don’t piss my drawers.

He's right about that much - community wise, we're talking about some interactions on par with Counter-Strike. Namely, a parade of insulting, officious children who believe themselves the gatekeepers of their imaginary realm. I don't deny it. On the other hand, Gunbound is really fun, so I'm not about to give anonymous assholes veto power over my amusement.

Kara and I spent the weekend watching Firefly on DVD and Playing Final Fantasy X2.