• Can a volunteer staff adequately maintain a site like VE3D while looking for work / or working elsewhere?
• Will IGN just decide to take the site down?
• Were they just trying to get rid of us so they could give VE to Greg Miller for Valentine's Day?
• If a bear shits in the woods does anyone hear it? Which reminds me, I followed a set of coyote tracks on the weekend, it led me to some yote poop.
• Who's going to make poop jokes?

A lot to think about. For the last 10 years I've worked within the GameSpy, and then IGN network, in one form or another. So I'm thinking of chaining myself to something at the IGN office. Maybe they have a really large Pikachu or something.

If any kind readers want to offer any of us a job (I know, lol) then check the staff list for contacts. And to the other three of you... I love you... inappropriately.

Note: This is not goodbye, we are still going to do everything in our power to keep things going.

If you are reading this then I’ve probably successfully arrived in San Francisco for the Kalypso Press event. However, there are a few possibilities that I have foreseen which could have prevented me from carrying out this mission.

First, if you happen to hear news about any flights imploding en route to SFO, then I might be dead. If this is the case, I swear I had nothing to do with it. Furthermore, I demand that Jube’s dogs are immediately brought before the International Criminal Court. Demand justice, my compañeros!

Alternatively, I might have been viciously attacked outside the hotel and thrown into an open manhole. In the endless darkness of the sewers, we can assume that I fought valiantly against the subterranean mole peoples until their sheer numbers overwhelmed me, and I was devoured. That one was probably my fault.

A final scenario is that I might inadvertently express an opinion that violates the unspoken morays of the city. It’s possible that, as a result of such utterances, activists may blockade my hotel room. I’m hoping that they will restrain themselves to writing angry blog posts instead.

I will endeavor to avoid these possible scenarios, and provide you with a detailed After Action Report once the conference is complete.

The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics will release their next Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) aircraft in 2012: the legendary P-51D Mustang. The Mustang was among the best and most well-known fighters used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Possessing excellent range and manoeuvrability, the P-51 operated primarily as a long-range escort fighter and also as a ground attack fighter-bomber with bombs, rockets, and machine guns. The Mustang served in nearly every combat zone during WWII, and later fought in the Korean War.

The DCS: P-51D Mustang will be modelled at the same exacting detail as the existing Ka-50 Black Shark and A-10C Warthog Digital Combat Simulation (DCS) aircraft and it will be online compatible with them. Based on many years of restoring, flying and maintaining Mustangs, The Fighter Collection brings its unique ability to portray this aircraft in its full glory.

The P-51D will be the first aircraft in the Flying Legends series that focuses on historical aircraft that have set benchmarks in combat aviation. This series of simulations demonstrates the broad scope of DCS simulation environment and its ability to introduce aircraft from all eras into a common simulation environment. While the P-51D started as an internal technology demonstration, it has evolved into an independent product that adds an all new dimension to the DCS universe. The development of the P-51D and other Flying Legends series aircraft definitely does not preclude the continued development of modern aircraft.

I have 84 days to decide if TOR sucks or not. Funny story last week. Apparently BioWare unloaded a shitty update for TOR, or Tortanic as some people are calling it. The patch unbalanced the game drastically according to Kirk Sigmon, and as a result many decided to cancel their account. However, when they went to do so the cancel subscription button was missing. /LOL. Burned. If you have any interest then read the article, it's pretty entertaining.

Daehawk sent this next bit over last week and it's awesome, but terrifying at the same time. It's Beavis and Butthead in real life, designed by makeup effects artist Kevin Kirkpatrick.