...yes, I have been away. Don't let my online status fool you; I've got various browsers set to keep me logged in, not all of which end up getting closed at the end of the day. Sometimes, the cookies have to expire.

Anyhow, in brief, here's the deal: I work for a company that does contract work. Until about two weeks ago, we were basically between contract gigs; a massive $15 million dollar deal has since landed on our plates. Some of the ramp-up work necessary for the execution of this contract saw me sent off to Wyoming for the better part of two weeks, where I spent my days at the client site and my nights drawing diagrams and double-checking lists of hardware.

Here's the thing: I do most of my Gamespotting from work, during my breaks (lunch, coffee, etc.). Getting shipped off like that more or less entirely disrupted my use of GS; I think I might have looked in on my profile once, but not even for long enough to respond to recent comments. Now that I'm back, you'd think I'd be all over GS once more...but in truth, my days have been just packed since my return, with the end result being that I've had to pick my battles rather...wisely.

My main website and blog is obviously my first online priority, followed in turn by my Ultima website, followed by GS. To this point, I've barely had time to maintain the main blog, and the Ultima site has been limping along on automatically cross-posted Tweets. Gamespot...well, I simply haven't had time for it. And I expect this will be the case until at least the end of this week, if not until sometime next week.

I will return, and in a reasonably short time. But for now, you'll all have to get along without me.