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.

This ought to wrap up the roleplaying thing. The group I actually play with was wondering if they might make an appearance, but years of roleplaying experience has taught me that it's really not wise to piss off your cleric.

But Justin at Game Game Girl Advance actually managed to do it. This is all in regards to the Nintendo DS, by the way.

It is precisely because of things like this Nintendo DS stuff that continuity in a gaming comic is inadvisable. Profound events emerge from nowhere, just when you're lacerating your most loyal readers - but we're staying the course. Did you hear that Thief III will have a third-person mode? We're staying the course.