Two thousand and eight is now upon us, but unfortunately this part of New York didn't explode as I had hoped. As of two days ago, your humble columnist discovered that he was going to be an uncle. Granted, this is something that I hoped wouldn't happen for a couple of years and that this year would be free from surprises, deaths, marriages, births, etcetera, but I suppose you don't know when these things will pop up. Anyway, without further ado we launch into today's small column with our lone fan art.

Staci, aka Nadia, returns to these lovely halls with fan art from Tactics Ogre: March of the Black Queen. I wish we had more to admire, but I'm afraid this is the only submission this week. But like I've always said, e-mail me some fan art and YOU could be featured as well!

Steven Ardo has a lot of mixed feelings...