The new pen for my tablet arrived today from Wacom and it totally fixed my problem. Thanks to everyone who wrote in to help me on this one. It turns out that those of you who suggested my pen was just boned had it right.

I like to play videogames quite a bit. Contrary to popular belief though, I do not often go absolutely crazy over a game. There have been a few titles recently that have made me forget about things like eating and sleeping though. Warcraft 3 is one of those games. When I am awake I am playing it, when I am asleep I am dreaming about it. Even right now as I type this post I am thinking about how I could improve my NE build order. When I do take a break to eat something I eat it in front of the computer while reading message boards for NE strategy. Not since the lord God almighty himself sent us REZ have I been this totally consumed by a game.

The newest comic is available here - one of the servers isn't syncing up at the moment, so just try again a little later if you don't get the juice. Also, Gabe's tablet is still screwed up, so you get the pencil treatment today. His new pen should arrive in a few hours, God willing and creek don't rise, and hopefully it's that and not the whole pad. I like today's illustrations, maybe we can get him to upload some larger versions.

You forget that I have actually spent time with you Batjew and I know for a fact that you hate people even more than I do.

Bullshit!

I don’t know anything about vengeance but I know my brade thirsts quite a bit. It’s never really clear on what exactly it’s thirsting for but I’ll be damned if it isn’t the thirstiest brade I’ve ever seen. I’m talking, deep down body thirst.

The main issue that I always have is that my brade routinely seeks vengeance. I don't know if this is just my brade, or it's a problem with brades in general, but I do think that I might do better if it sought something else every once in a while.

More news on the next Necrowombicon straight from Fatrick himself:

If you haven't already done so I would highly recommend that you check out the news story regarding Unlimited Saga over at the Madman's café. Scroll down to the story from 7/10/02. Here is a quote from the story:

NO LOVE AND HATE

I'm not sure what this shit is meant to accomplish, Apple, aside from pissing me off.

You can get the SOF2 patch here, and see a list of fixes - and several additional features - here. I was looking to have the new MP5SD, new maps, and new gametype for a LAN party I'm heading to this weekend, and it looks like I got it. Fresh.

Here is the latest update from Fatrick:

The first thing I did when I got back into town was go over to Tycho's and pick up the copy of Warcraft 3 he had waiting for me. The rest of the crew has been playing it quite a bit and I know they have all commented on it here at length. I knew that if I wanted to play with them I was going to have to catch up fast. I spent much of last night battling computer opponents and learning the Night Elf tech tree. By early morning I had a pretty solid build order and I felt like even though I was still getting my ass handed to me I had learned a lot. All I'm gonna say on the topic is the game is a work of art. When I play most games I can see that it was originally conceived by artists who carefully designed its characters and environments. Then those ideas get molested beyond recognition during their voyage from concept to actual game . For proof of this just take a peek at the concept art for one of your favorite titles. Chances are you will find gorgeous paintings or sketches full of character and texture. Then look at the final product and tell me if they don't share only a passing resemblance. Warcraft 3 is an exception to that rule. It's like every single part of the game was hand crafted by artists. The original vision of their extremely talented concept artists has been faithfully reproduced in three dimensions. The character models are perfect representations of the original designs, and that is no easy task. From the interface to the smallest lily pad floating in the water this game is beautiful in every way that a game can be beautiful.

Let's talk about the rule.

I just wanted to make a quick update. I was out of town all last week so I am way behind on my e-mail. I know that by the end of last week messages were just bouncing back to people. I will try and catch up this week. Just wanted to let you all know I’m not dead.