Robert asked me to mention that Randy Pitchford was handling the Kickoff Session for PAX Dev. I have done so! Now, I don't know what I should do next. I don't really have a plan, and frankly, it scares me.

I am surprised virtually on a daily basis to find that my memories are all my memories.

Another elimination episode and this one is pretty crazy.

I love Monaco. I love the game play, I love the music, I love the art. I love it all. For fun I started doodling the characters just as sort of a fun drawing game. I wanted to take the little pixel people from the game and try fleshing them out into full blown cartoon characters. At first it was just something I was doing for fun but we reached out to Monaco creator Andy Schatz with the idea of selling them as prints. He liked the cartoons and so we teamed up to make Penny Arcade your official source for Monaco merchandise. We'll start with a set of prints based on my designs but we've got ideas for all sorts of other cool stuff.

The DLC Podcast Kickstarter is doing incredibly well. We’re nearing our last stretch goal with 18 days left to go. Already we have “unlocked” some cool stuff.

I tried unsuccessfully, all weekend, to come up with a way of saying "we are in a golden age of electronic gaming" without sounding dumb. I eventually gave up, for two reasons. One, if I'm saying what I believe, I don't care what people think of it. And two, it's true, which is always a good reason to say something.

Today is Friday so there’s a new Strip Search to watch.

It's quite true: we did call a man a bad name for his brutally effective shenanigans in the World of Warcraft card game. That was before we knew who he was, before we entrusted him with a few of our own games.

It's Thursday and I've got a new Gabeart for you. Here's the 8x version:

No joke, we get asked at every single PAX Q&A when we will bring back the old DLC podcast. We thought for a while that the PATV series (specifically the 4th panel episodes) would take the place of the podcast but that hasn't been the case.

There are boardgames for Angry Birds, more than one actually, so I wasn't too surprised when Gabriel mentioned that there was one for Bejeweled. Believe it or not, there are people who manage to play Bejeweled in a strategic way. I played those games in a manner designed to let my brain sleep, so that's not me. I guess I sorta got there with Puzzle Quest, especially in multiplayer; Puzzle Quest is basically Bejeweled with a helm on, right?

It's a new Strip Search! Enjoy:

Ben has tons of kids, I've seen 'em, and he's got plenty to say about authentically productive next steps.

I’ve gone into my son’s school to teach cartooning since he was in Kindergarten. He’s in second grade now and it’s still something I look forward to every year. I really love working with kids and teaching art. It usually ends up making for some good Penny Arcade comics too.

Gabe went to teach cartooning again at his son's school, something young people no doubt crave. Spending time with them is always interesting, because on very rare occasion you will hear what they are actually like.

Today’s Strip Search elimination is intense!