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Making a game is difficult. Making a game for a worldwide audience is really difficult. Making a violent, bloody horror-infused game for a worldwide audience is maddening. German folks don't allow dismemberment. No skinned bodies for Japanese folks - and all characters need five fingers. Apparently one group was fine with people being killed by a chainsaw, but the pool of blood afterwards was too much for them. Yargh! And of course it's all completely subjective. There are no actual rules, just suggestions -- so we could pass a rating check one day, and fail the next. It's the same as MPAA ratings, I suppose; one person's R movie is another person's PG-13.

We're fussing now with different ways to ship different versions of the game for different markets. Makes for some extra work, but we'll make sure everyone gets a chance to play.

Went to the new Salem Tavern in Cary. This was recently a Sam Snead's Tavern, and they've removed all the golf clubs and replaced them with swords. The golf balls in collectors cases have been replaced with little dragon statues and platemail helmets. It was rather hilarious. "Mmm, I'll have the mild Dragon Wings with Medieval Blue Cheese sauce." The poor waitress was in period dress, serving eggs benedict, a Southern Burger, and Dragon Wings. Boy did I feel like I was in the middle ages... the worst part is that of course there is a fantastic restaurant in Old Salem, NC called the Old Salem Tavern. I highly recommend that fine establishment, and somehow I believe its reputation to be sullied by this partial namesake, even from a hundred miles away.