If you live on the west coast and you’re interested in coming to PAX you might want to think about the West Coast Supertrip! You can read all about here in the PAX forums. These are the basics:

Well, that's something we can work out. We can get you in. In fact, we can three of you in. And getting in is really easy.

I didn’t just stumble upon that skunk picture in my daily search for polecat porn. A kind reader sent me the link because apparently the creator dislikes Penny Arcade(as well as PvP and Sinfest among others). I checked the rest of his site trying to figure out what sort of person he was and found the weasel erotica. People always seem to think it is important that I know whenever they find some website that hates PA. I’m going to go on record right now and say it’s not that big a deal to us. If you don’t mail me every time someone calls me a dick, that’s probably okay.

If you are a fan of Songfight already, then you might already know this. They're doing another one of their live battles down in Tejas on the 18th and 19th of this month - this very weekend - and it seems like quite a treat. I wasn't able to attend the one in my own town, I was on the opposite side of the country, but if you're down near Austin you might want to take a look-see.

Had I just read the reviews of Front Mission 4 and not actually played the demo I might not go buy it today. Thankfully I did play the demo and I know that the reviewers are full of shit. I just want to make sure that others aren't steered away from the game by misleading reviews. If you're still hesitant at least rent it and check it out.

I'm just afraid that Gabe will learn the wrong lesson from this experience. He'll come away from it with a fear of shrubs or young men when all that's required is that he be more circumspect regarding his dalliances.

I have all the information about what's going down at the Guildhall in Texas, and another meet later that night. Here's the data, if you're in the area.

When another man questions your throughput, I mean, it's on. Driving music begins to play and you have to use your crane kick.

I’m a big fan of the new maps for Splinter Cell:PT. I think that they have a visual polish that far exceeds any of the original levels. The Osprey hovering around the beginning of the Bank level is a real treat.

You can play Four Swords with four people, three people, two, or one - but, unlike the GBA version that comes with Link To The Past, the experience doesn't change depending on the number of players you have. So, if you're playing with two people, each person gets two Links that can move in different formations. It's pretty fun, I doubt that you'll become incontinent with joy while playing it but it's better than a kick in the dick. It also uses the GBA connectivity in some new ways - any time you fall in a hole or enter a building, basically any time you are not on the overworld adventure map, you enter (or in some cases "fall into") the Gameboy. If you do decide to play it, though, you might as well familiarize yourself with the archetypes.

We're currently downloading Federal Bank and River Mall - I'd heard they were going to hit in an hour or so, but they're right there for you if you want them.

I did a piece for the new Blizzard fanart section. I thought you guys might like to see it.

We have finally assembled our All Star Team for Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, and like the Planeteers our membership spans the globe. We did run into a snag initially, but it's not really something I want to talk about.

I would just like to draw your attention to two brand new shirt designs over at Gameskins.com. First up is the sensual “Justin Bailey” shirt. Prove your old school heritage by sporting this Metroid inspired work of art. Then strike fear into the hearts of zombies throughout Raccoon City with the new R.P.D T-shirt.

I feel like I should let you know that my Inbox is actually quite divided on what will one day be known as the Full Spectrum Warrior Issue.

The charge that the gameplay in Full Spectrum Warrior doesn't change much is fair in my opinion, but why that's not relevant to me is something we can discuss in a second. The notion that Army brass would wait to reveal the infantry's ultimate techniques amused us though, and we went with it.