Page nine of our sixteen page Splinter Cell:PT comic book is now online. Please check it out, but keep in mind that I determine my own self worth based on your opinion of the things I create.

A reader sent me this image, which I found amusing.

Rohaq let me know about a thread on the Game On forum where people were putting their Gamertags in an effort to promote jackhole free play. Seemed worth posting.

One last time to make sure I didn't screw anything up - we'll be at this weekend's SakuraCon event. We'll be kicking it in the dealer room when we aren't at this or that panel.

A number of people asked me if we would produce the shirt seen in this strip for purchase, and I'd love to, but somebody else already did. That's one of Kiko's shirts, from over at Gameskins.

I just finished reading the latest issue of Official Playstation Magazine. I picked it up because it had a picture of one of the bad guys from Killzone on the cover along with the promise of an "exclusive first look". Sony is doing a really nice job of keeping this title very mysterious. We really haven't heard much about Killzone and maybe that's why I'm so interested in it.

Frankly, we're worried about the Live assholes, but we're confident they'll find some way to make people's lives miserable wherever they go.

I didn't expect any screenshots to accompany it, but here they are - they've announced Battlefield 2. In and of itself, that's not a shock - but in addition to improved graphics, how about a commander mode where you can issue orders to teammates? What say you to maps that support over a hundred people, maps that expand or retract to provide an optimal environment? That's not all, go check the article at 1up for more.

I've had PAX on the brain today, and that's in August, which made me mess up the date for Sakuracon, which is later this week, in April. April.

I'm hearing a huge "no" from people internal to the company. But then I'm like, well, if he's in on it... Then I saw a bird outside the window, and I thought about birds for awhile.

In case you missed the update last week, the PAX website is now live. If you’re interested in attending PAX this year you can save yourself a few bucks by pre-registering. The price at the door for a one day pass is $15 and the price for a two day pass is $25. If you pre-register online you get a 10% discount. You also have the opportunity online to pre-register for any tournaments you’d like to take part in.

Microsoft buys Bioware? I don't believe it yet, but that makes way, way more sense than Rare.

Reader Appreciation Month went on hiatus for a brief period, and for that we apologize. We're back on track, though - here's a little Frank for your trouble.

Penny Arcade reader Jared Samborski has set up a gaming survey for his senior statistics class, and it would really help him if you would go and fill it out. Apparently, it's very difficult to get information like this out of companies, but it's the information he needs, so maybe we can give it to him.

Wow, there is a huge update over at the Cardboard Tube Showdown website. They wanted me to let you guys know that the project is not dead. Judging by the latest batch of screenshots they appear to be making some real progress. I think the new Porkfry character is especially awesome.