Another brief update

The friend handling a lot of the domain transition stuff is going through a rough time, so the big move will have to wait until after I deal with some family stuff of my own. So, early August - a full month after I'd intended to complete the move.

I've been holding back on posting here because I want to save a lot of content for the relaunch, plus I am planning semi-regular features for the new blog and I need to get some outlines squared away for that.

One thought - who at 2k Games thought it would a great idea to launch two games aimed at similar audiences on the same day? Both Civ IV Warlords and CivCity: Rome hit store shelves yesterday and I think that the city builder will get the short end of a lot of sticks because of the piles of awards that Civ IV won. After the uninspiring Glory of the Roman Empire, I would love to have a good city-builder, and both Yahoo Games and IGN seem to like CivCity well enough. The Gamespy review is more worrying; in spite of the good score, the text raises some interesting issues.

When I get back, I promise to have full reports and reviews. And a new look before the school year starts.

Still Alive but Still in Transition

The last couple of weeks have been busier than I expected and the migration to the new location is taking its good sweet time. I have a ton of writing to do before I head to my ancestral home for a brief visit, and a ton of writing to do while I am there. I hate being idle, so I guess it's a good thing.

For any Gamesblogs readers, I have been trying to contact the management there to see if I can find a way to merge my stats there with my new domain. I know it can be done since Kyle Orland managed it when he made the leap off blogspot. So if anyone can give me a contact address for those guys (not the site's contact address because no one seems to answer that...) I would appreciate it.

When I start blogging in earnest you can expect a review of the Warlords expansion to Civ IV, some reflections on Gal Civ 2 post-updates, and a long commentary on Pox Nora. As well as some new regular features.

Preparing to Move

Be ready to reset your RSS feeder if you got it. If you've visited Portico in the last day or two, you probably noticted that it looked a little funny. I had switched it to a default template so I could archive the posts in a way that Pivot could understand.

Because, finally, I will be moving to my new domain within the week. The logo is ready, the server is ready and my ideas for how the site will be changing are percolating. When the time comes, I'll leave this notice up, but it will simply redirect after a month or so.

So, no new posts until that's all set.