Jeff, Paul and I  did a podcast with the guys from Joystiq/Big Download at PAX.  It was late in the day, we were all still on Leipzig time (nine hours ahead of Seattle), we hadn’t eaten and then our heroic PR handler Chris brought us bourbon, so we were all a bit… um… surly.  We don’t talk much Warhammer at all, but we DO mock each other relentlessly, brag about our Olde School arcade skills, rant about Germany, bemoan the state of things in the world of gaming shows and delve into such sensitive subjects as girl gaming and the quality of Bacon Salt.  And we spew profanity randomly.

As such:

NSFW Warning: Naughty language within.

So if you’re looking for 50 minutes of bourbon-fueled rage, this is the podcast for you!  As always, leave comments on the host-site so they know we’re famous and that you love us a lot.

Also, regarding the Bacon Salt thing, we were handed little packets on our way our of the show that night and they were filled with this.  I became fixated with the near-poetic labeling on the back of the package.  So, that’s what you keep hearing me read at random times.

I need you all to go and read The Hickman’s PAX blog over at Ten Ton Hammer.  I need you to do it tomorrow and Sunday as well. Despite my arguments to the contrary, Jeff doesn’t think you love him because not enough people are reading the blog thus far.

Extra credit: Post comments for him too!

Please, do it for The Hickman.

This is it – our last major US show prior to launch.  I get on a flight with Paul and The Hickman in a few hours, then it’s off to Seattle.  I’ve never been to PAX before, so I’m excited about getting a chance to be there showing off WAR one last time before we unleash it on the general public.  As always with consumer shows, we’ve got the traveling booth with us, so come on by and enjoy some RvR action!

I’ll see you guys at the show!

This impressive fellow is a HUUUUGE fan who made the absolute most bad-ass Witch Hunter outfit I’ve EVER seen. I’ll post more shots later, but trust me – the detail and skill of the crafting was astonishing. It’s a nearly perfect rendition of the concept art from the game, down to purity seals, real steel breast-plate, spiked metal boot-tips, taggers, holy oils and guns, guns, guns. And the HAT.

I thought The Hickman was going to try and kidnap the guy.

We’re actually in Leipzig now, but I added a bunch of pictures from our last day in London to the earlier gallery:

We hit Camden market, Covent Garden and had dinner on Brick Lane. Camden is basically a weird mix of scenes out of Blade Runner and Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, with the left-overs of the punk and cyber-punk sub-cultures trying to make a buck off of tourists in the streets. We mostly went to let the ladies shop, but Jeff and Paul wound up spending far more than anyone else buying boots.

We got to Covent Garden a bit too late, but we managed to catch the gents working at the GW shop there just before they left for the day and they were nice enough to let us come in and fuss about for a while. It’s a great little shop, lovingly referred to as a “Hobbit Hole” by one of the staff.

Dinner on Brick Lane was something Aubrey had championed after hearing tales of it from Paul and Kate. It’s basically two city blocks full of curry houses. Each restaurant has a doorman of sorts who sits out on the street and tries to convince people to come into the restaurant. By “convince”, I mean “bribe”. They’ll walk up and start offering you things like free bottles of wine or rounds of drinks or appetizers. If you stop and haggle, you can get them to up the freebies, throw in crazy discounts, etc. Paul was awesome at it, but it seemed to make Jeff VERY nervous. I thought it was a hoot when we’d get two guys playing off of each other, basically smack-talking neighboring vendors (“HIS restaurant is empty for a reason, you know.”) and trying to outbid them for your patronage.

After dinner, we headed back to the Miller’s for drinks and candle-light chilling. Then we enjoyed three hours of sleep before heading to the airport this morning.

Now, it’s nap-time.

We arrived in London yesterday, on our way to Leipzig for Games Convention. Our little gang is made up of myself, Aubrey, Paul, Kate, Jeff and Raine Hickman. As per tradition (well, it’s a tradition for Paul and I, at least) we’re staying at the Miller’s, which is just a hoot.

We were jetlagged horribly, but managed to do a bit of running around last night before we settled into the drawing room for drinks and chatting. I took a few pictures, which you can see here. More to come as the trip progresses!

From London – Augu…