The newest OXM is one of those issues that makes you consider subscribing: Battlefield 2 demo with Xbox Live support, Darkwatch Demo with XBL, and Pirates on top of it. What's more, it's got more information than I've ever seen elsewhere about the new Splinter Cell 3 downloads - two co-op and one adversarial. Something to consider for the weekend.

In the end, the solution was inelegant. In any case, the "Package" was retrieved. I don't know what the hell you want from me.

If you've moved since you pre-registered for PAX, please let Mike Fehlauer know - we're mailing the passes directly this year, cool little plastic cards and holders, and we would prefer that the pass arrive somewhere proximate to your physical person. Ahem.

And I have written it for Zach over at Joe And Monkey, which is a good comic and I like it. The strip itself was drawn by Mitch over at Nothing Nice To Say, a cartoon I am prepared to call awesome in every way, and it was really cool of him to do it. They're both in one of these pinko "collectives" the kids are always going on about. I have been told that they grow wheat.

New strip is up.

We barely escaped the extemporaneous shelters and choking black clouds of Spokane with our sanity intact. In exchange for potable water, we were able to negotiate with the roving Fuel Lords for an equal amount of petroleum - not much, but maybe enough to make it to Exile Station. As we burst onto the shattered highway, a shadow fell hard over the vehicle, a darkness that endured even unto the spiritual realm.

Why there is no Culdcept for the PSP is one of the last remaining mysteries of our enlightened age. There has never been a more perfect fit.

The strip isn't exactly accurate - the one-button disarms also rank fairly high on the adjusted Itchy-Scratchy amusement scale - but now you know absolutely everything there is to know. Dead To Rights is a perfect port of a game that has gotten worse with each iteration. Is an excellent translation of a middling original... Good? This is going to keep me up all night.

I had a few people ask me about the CTS animation I mentioned in my earlier post. Last year the incredible artists over at Fatkat animation put together an animated CTS short based on our ""Last Rites" storyline. They essentially took the three comics we did and animated the entire thing with custom music and some really great voiceover work. We had this cartoon done especially for PAX 04 and the PAX DVD. We showed it twice over the course of the weekend in the theatre and both times people really seemed to like it.

I had a few people ask me about the CTS animation I mentioned in my earlier post. Last year the incredible artists over at Fatkat animation put together an animated CTS short based on our ""Last Rites" storyline. They essentially took the three comics we did and animated the entire thing with custom music and some really great voiceover work. We had this cartoon done especially for PAX 04 and the PAX DVD. We showed it twice over the course of the weekend in the theatre and both times people really seemed to like it.

If you play Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory with some regularity please add me to your friends list. My Gamer tag is just “Gabe” you could also add my Splinter Cell buddy “khoo”. We gots to get our game on and my list is full of Halo 2 players.

You might have heard about the huge NES collection that was recently up on eBay. I know it got linked on a bunch of game sites and I had quite a few people mail me about it. This guy was selling every single US game ever released for the NES, except for ten. That’s 776 games. We called him up and found out the package also included some pretty rare accessories like the Miracle Piano, ROB the robot and even a couple Power Gloves. It’s one hell of a collection to say the least.

To a certain extent the tomfoolery continues, but there are parallels to other things which are actually relevant, and if you can stay with me through this we'll eventually get there.

That word is lexiconnoisseur.

Okay the PAX 04 DVD is now on sale and I highly recommend you go pick one up. It’s a three disc set that includes video from the various rooms like console and exhibition as well as two discs dedicated to the musical performances. Also included on the disc is the CTS animated cartoon based on the "Last Rites" storyline we did. We showed the cartoon at PAX last year and people really seemed to like it. I should also warn you that the main DVD contains commentary by Tycho and I. I think it’s important to warn you all that this is probably the most ridiculous commentary ever recorded. Thankfully you can turn it off.

Tomfoolery, essentially.