It’s hard to explain just how much it means to have the immortal John Blanche say nice things about WAR.  I imagine only The True Faithful can even hope to understand.

I’m in the UK doing a two day European press event.  I seem to have contracted SARS while on the flight over, so any interviews you see are fueled by hefty doses of cold medication and lack of sleep.  Luckily, they sell codeine over the counter here – as it’s the only thing that stops the ungodly throbbing in my head at the moment.

But enough whining!

The set up we’ve got over here is AWESOME.  It’s an EA Games Label event featuring Battlefield Bad Company, Battlefield Heroes, Mass Effect PC, Left For Dead, Mercs II, Battleforge and WAR.  It’s really cool to be doing a major PC-dominated show for once.  EA is really dedicated to offering great games for the PC platform, which makes me happy.

We’re each set up in a section of the room, with crazy sets (we’ve got a Marshes-of-Madness set) and a GIANT rotating platform in the middle that the press sit on.  The platform moves them around to look at each title in order, which is hilariously awesome to see.

Speaking of awesome.  Battleforge.  Seriously.  You want to play this game.  The Hickman came back from a corporate event a few months back absolutely RAVING about it and it did not disappoint.  Sadly, their demo was not allowed to be recorded – but they let plenty of folks have hands-on time, so hopefully some bright spark will do a really detailed write up.

Also, the Mercs II guys are a hard bunch to follow when you’re doing presentations.  It’s worth your time to keep an eye out for video their presentation online in the coming weeks.

Anywho, pics to follow (assuming I remember to actually take some of the venue tomorrow).

Keep your eyes peeled for even more Yurpian coverage over the next few weeks.

…in the airport in NYC. The con went really well. Folks had a blast at the booth, we had a lot of fun talking and hanging out with the fans and – if you don’t mind me saying – we rocked the hell out of the AM panel with a hundred screaming lunatics*.

Definitely keep your eyes peeled for videos over at Ten Ton Hammer. Speaking of whom, kudos to the TTH crew who did an absolute first-rate job setting things up. By far the smoothest large-scale presentation we’ve done in months. PLUS, Jeff, Garrett and his super-fox of a wife Padma came through with the New and Improved TTH shirts – which are (if it’s possible) EVEN BRIGHTER than the old ones. With embroidered personalization, I might add.

Ah, the perks of moderate notoriety.

Alas, we are now stuck here at the airport. Paul has disappeared. The Hickman misses his lovely wife and devoted children. Ah, the price of moderate notoriety.

Anywho, enough babbling for now.

* Dear Lunatics,You made The Hickman very happy with your awesome WAAAGHing.

…DEFINITELY this.

Absolutely fantastic.  The Hickman loves it too!

The Hickman, Paul, yours truly AND the Travelin’ WAR Booth-o-Love – all appearing THIS WEEKEND at NY Comic Con.  Play some WAR, enjoy some panels, ask some questions, beg The Hickman for an autograph.

Be there, true believers!