Have you seen 4th edition, David? I'm guessing from your comment that you're not one of the developers that paid for early access, so that response seems a little premature. Yes they've been releasing teasers here and there, but that's a far cry from the full edition.

I am having a difficult time being so cynical about Wizards of the Coast. I mean, I can understand how people can feel offended that another new edition is coming out only a couple years after the previous one. I recognize parent-company Hasbro is a big-C Corporation responsible for such evils as My Little Pony. But I've been following the updates and I feel like the developers are genuinely excited about this release - more than just corporate PR. I trust that they're generally trying to do the right thing. People seem to be ready to pounce on them for even the slightest perceived misstep, and they've handled it with nothing but class. I have to respect that.

The license issue is a little tricky, though - it's hard for me as a player to appreciate the implications. My understanding is that the GSL is explicitly tied to "core" D&D, and part of the philosophy there is that they're trying to make all products interoperable. I like that a lot personally, but it necessarily means pruning each developer's ability to craft their own variant rules. There will also be a new Open Gaming License that will presumably be much less restrictive to allow for variations on the theme. They did say the new OGL would be for "non-fantasy" d20 games, which is a bit of an oxymoron. Hopefully they'll be flexible about that - I think there's plenty of room for even close cousins.

Pudu pudu? Bantha poodoo.

The name is pure gold: the *Quantum* Sleeper. It reminds me of Schroedinger's cat: you won't know whether you're alive or dead until you open your bed!

I, for one, welcome our new quadrinephric overlords.

Oh, Master Chief, how you have fallen. I guess those plasma grenades don't come cheap.

Well, as any good Doctor Who fan will know, you should first check under any fresh pavement for tiny alien spaceships.

Seriously, though, could this be the result of those cell phone jammers that are becoming popular? I realize it's a different frequency but as those devices aren't legal anyway they could be knocking out a good bit of the spectrum.

So the digital mementos are being sent on DVD. This begs the question: what DVD Region is the moon?