"Vacation" being in quotes because it's actually the opposite of vacation - a nonstop barrage of work - that's keeping me away from games and writing about them at the moment, but that's how it goes sometimes. Circumstances of the day job have been such over the last couple of weeks that I haven't really touched anything gaming wise, and so I don't have much new to share. Hopefully this will turn around soon, but even if it doesn't, PAX in Boston is rapidly approaching at the end of March, and I can't imagine that I won't have things to say about that.
In the meantime, I would like to quickly mention that I had a fun chat with Devin Passage of Martian Arctic Games (who recently released a neat little action strategy title called Cyber-Wing) on the most recent episode of the Immortal Machines podcast. He talked about his experiences in indie game development, DRM, his love of DOTA clone Heroes of Newerth, and a bunch of other stuff. A good time was had by all, though I will warn you that there are some real Total Annihilation afficianados on the show and they ended up talking about that game a lot. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of cool things to say about TA, but if hearing about decade-old strategy games isn't your thing, there's a 10 or 15 minute segment in there you may need to play at 2X speed. Anyhow, if you're in the mood, go check it out.
And with that, I'm off to get some sleep. I'll be back when I can be.