I see there's a dead naked courier at the foot of the magisterial platform. Apparently we've won some kind of scuffle somewhere? Or possibly we've not quite won it yet but might be able to if the boys come home post-haste. Or maybe we should just call an evac and go tide it over with the horny piper up in the cave Plato keeps yammering on about. What's that? You're not actually dead? You didn't actually come from Marathon? You're not even sure how your name is spelled? I see, well, all I can say is "For Sparta!" but also "For Athens!" but maybe even "For Persia!" depending on how this all ends up going.

Meanwhile, and not by sheer chance, Bungie's first big FPS experiment is now a part of the collection.

The second of what's been hinted to now be a BI-annual Dungeon Crawler Jam, organized and belucred by the swell folks at www.dungeoncrawlers.org finished way back in April. So now would be a good time to remind you about it. You never heard of spaced repetition?

Basically, the top 3 ranked by qualities such as graphics, gameplay and originality was:

1. It Came from the Forest
2. Labyrinth
3. The Gift of Fire

The rest of the results are best-accessed hereby. The winner, again, got free games, more free games and the top 3 gets mentioned in a genuine tailor-made Home of the Underdogs news post. Immortality.

"Don't be fooled by the rocks" ring the immortal words of one of the most illustrious contemporary poets we're all blessed to get to share this earthly scene with, Jennifer Lopez, the most grounded of us all. It's also a highly appropriate aphorism to accompany the bling but also bling of Rocks'n'Diamonds as it jazz hands its way into belated glory. It's not just a game, it's a whole pink umbrella of different games, all exploring a different facet of downbound dangerous debris, the manifold malign menagerie... and all the twinkly treasure that makes it worth the pressure.