First off, all of our thoughts go out to the family and friends of those killed and injured in yesterday's attacks. Those interested in helping the relief efforts, here are links to donate to the Red Cross via the Amazon Honor System and to donate to the Red Cross via PayPal (thanks Falko).

Also, a hearty thank you to all who expressed concern for the safety of myself and my family and friends, knowing we are in the NYC area. I was safely ensconced in the Blue Tower, but MrsBlue was close to the blasts and my step-father even closer, but both turned out to be fine, as did our wayward friend loonyboi, who sounds like he was even closer still to ground zero.

There was a post on our forums questioning the reason for posting WTC news here: Web Sites Overcome as Surfers Scramble for US News is a news story relating the lack of accessibility of most real-world news websites in the rush to find information on the disaster, which is what prompted the requests to post whatever we were able to learn here.

Obviously enough, it is arguable that things may never return to what was considered normal before yesterday's unbelievable events, but as the news media is back online, it is with heavy hearts that we will attempt to get back to covering gaming news here.