In spite of having had many weightier and more meaningful ideas and events to report since the start of my de-facto blogging hiatus of so many months, I have decided to briefly interrupt my silence with such an underwhelming announcement as the following: Contra 4, a game to which I have made various significant technical contributions, has been released. And though I a) have a developer's copy of the game, and b) I get a free official copy, I'm thinking this one might be worth a trip down to the local game store for a purchase.