Thanks for stopping by. Also, the comments are broken. But not for long! Update: Comments working!

Putting together the launch of Offworld has been a surprisingly carefree process for me...because I've barely lifted a finger. We'd never left our berth were it not for the assistance of our support crew. Thanks to Jonathan Schreiber and Ken Snider for providing technical infrastructure support (esp. Jonathan, who swooped in to help us tie our comments in to the rest of Boing Boing even though it wasn't his responsibility); Derek, Xeni, and Jolon from BBtv (you'll see why soon!); Cory and Alice for their great ideas and exuberance; Mark and Carla for letting us play around inside the great Boing Boing mothership; Jim Rossignol, who has helped us hone our editorial tack right from the start; Leigh Alexander, who kept us thinking of new angles of attack (and kept us fed); we shouldn't forget our friends at Kotaku and Destructoid, none of whom have any idea we're launching this thing (hi!).

Of course, this entire endeavor is made possible with advertising support from Intel. We'd wanted to launch a gaming adjunct to our gadgets coverage for ages; Intel has done nothing but encourage us to come up with new ways to create a wonderful place for our community to play together. (And you haven't seen half of what we're planning on doing throughout the upcoming months.) And thanks, as well, to Federated Media for putting it all together, especially Jason Ratner, Mugs Buckley, and Matt Jessell.

A special thanks to Eliza Gauger, who suggested the name "Offworld" to me for a gaming site a couple of years ago. It has stuck with me ever since.

My fellow Gadgets editors have been essential: Brownlee held the fort while I tinkered. And it is no exaggeration to say that if Rob Beschizza hadn't been part of the team this site would not be launching today. Invaluable.

Anyway, sheesh, it's not an Oscar or anything. Thank you to everyone — especially you, for giving us a shot. I hope you like what you find and I look forward to playing lots of games with you all.

One final note: The comments are kind of borked at the moment. But they should be fixed here soon. My fault — I didn't realize getting MT logins working across multiple domains would be a problem, but smarter people are working as we speak to fix it. Or as I speak, I mean.

Update: Comments are working just fine now. Thanks so much, Ivan and Jonathan!