Press Releases

Aug 05, 2008

DoHGGA iPhone Wallpaper

Special field agents, make sure to clearly mark your department-issued hardware with Directorate for Science and Technology approved wallpapers.

Apr 25, 2008

Thirty-One

Hello everybody! Today is Friday, April 25th, 2008, and today, I turned thirty-one years old! Some years, I write a long, emo State-Of-The-Wil sort of post, but I’m in a good mood this year, so I’ll just summarized instead :)

Tonight, a couple friends and I are going to hit up the Elephant and Castle (by Cityplace, downtown) sometime after 8pm. If you’ve got a moment, feel free to drop by and buy me a drink... I want free booze! If not, no worries!

Thank you for the well-wishes, everyone! :)

Update! Changing up the location because of people’s schedules and easier to get to -ness. We’ll be hitting the Elephant and Castle at 8pm, not the Kings Head Pub!

Feb 06, 2008

Made Some Minor Changes To My Site

I did this last time too. I wanted to wait until I had a miracle perfect redesign before I made a wondrous award winning site update. Of course, what would happen instead is that I would occasionally fiddle with Photoshop, get bored with whatever I had done before, start over, and never actually complete anything. And my site would site with a less and less clever "revamp coming soon" message.

So, enough. I’ve gone ahead and made a few nudges here and there. I’ve added the other social sites I have profiles to the top navigation. I’ll keep adding to this navigation as I keep getting addicted to Web 2.0, and post here if anything significant gets updated (like my Fiction writing... I’m getting an itch).

I’ve chucked the home page, as it was totally useless, and made the blog prominent. I’ve also beefed up the blog, pulling posts from a variety of other sites I post to, and even tacked on my Delicious and Google Reader feeds. So, if you’re like me, and crave new content on a daily basis, I’m here doing my part :) The only catch is that I’m currently too lazy to enable comments on the posts, so you’ll have to do so at whatever other sites I mirror the data to.

I’m trying to make time to do all the things I "want" to do, so hopefully you’ll see the Projects page get a write-up sometime this year. I’ll try and be more diligent on making RACC covers, too. But no guarantees. :P

Aug 09, 2006

Rumours of Subversive Gaming Elements

The Directorate for Policy held a press conference in Washington DC early this morning to address rumours of a new, subversive gaming elemnt.

"We understand some gamers are nervous," spokesman Ross, the departmental Press Secretary told reports. "This supposed new organization has been putting up propaganda posters in gaming stores across the nation. I am here to tell you, you have nothing to fear. We are keeping any eye open for further proof, if any exists."

Posters similar to the one below have been throwing the gaming industry into a panic, when they were first seen Sunday morning...

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Phone calls started coming in to the Department of Hot Gamer Girlfriend Acquisition late yesterday afternoon. Operators were suddenly fielding calls about the new gaming group and, what DoHGGA officals are calling, their "message of gramatical intolerance".

"We currently have no proof to support that this so-called World Republic of Nihilistic Gamers is anything more than a weekend prank," assured Ross. "I’m certain an investigation will reveal a small group of three or four individuals are behind the whole thing. Yes. Three or four individuals. With a printing press. And a national distribution method. And possibly underground support in every major city in the country..."

After a worried few moments, the Press Secretary made a poor showing of pretending his pager was buzzing, and excused himself.

Newspapers across the globe have begun twenty four hour coverage of the World Republic of Nihilistic Gamers, and their supposedly ongoing blitz of seditious abbreviations.

Jul 31, 2006

DoHGGA 80x80 Pixel Avatars

Internet Monitoring and Maintenance has authorized for release three avatars for public usage. The 80x80 pixel avatars are of the DoHGGA seal, and are free for public consumption.

You may find them and more on the Web Resources page.

Jul 14, 2006

Web Site Backend Updates

Internet Monitoring and Maintenance reports that a necessary upgrade to the Department’s content management system may cause some imbedded links to be temporarily misconfigured. The Department recommends vigilance to it’s visitors until such time all site content has been updated.

Apr 26, 2006

Thank You

Just wanted to take a moment and say "thank you" for all those of you who wished me a happy birthday yesterday. I got a couple emails sent, a couple instant messages received, a couple forum posts posted, and a couple drinks bought. Admittedly, I did go fishing for them in some occasions (it is called Wil’s Ego after all), but you were kind enough to pick up on that without pointing it out :)

Apr 25, 2006

Happy Birthday, Wil

My birthday is April 25th, 1977. That means I turned twenty-nine years old on Tuesday, April 25th, 2006. That will probably not really mean a lot to you. In fact, I don’t think it’s really important to anyone but me.

That wasn’t always the case, of course, but a lot has happened to me in the last year. This will be the first year in... well, ever, I guess... that someone hasn’t been planning something or figuring something for me on this date. When I was a boy, it was my parents. After that, it was my friends. Then my girlfriend.

But situations change, people change, people’s opinions change. I don’t expect anything to happen on my birthday that doesn’t happen any other day. I’ll go to work. I’ll come home. I’ll have dinner. I might spurge a little, and pick up Advent Children for myself. If I’m lucky, I may get an email or two.

Am I disappointed? A little. Anyone who says they wouldn’t be is lying. Your birthday, for a long time in the front end of your life, was always a day where everything revolved around you. It was your party, it was your birthday cake, and it was all about what you wanted to do. When a year comes around and no one makes a big deal about it anymore... well, you do a big old pile of growing-up in that one day.

Of course, I not bawling my freaking eyes out :)

The great thing about now is having a fun job, getting steady income, living on my own, and living the life I want to live. And as a grown man, I don’t have to mope. I’m capable of solving problems! If I want company, I have a telephone. I have email. And I have friends who would be willing to have a drink or two if I want to hang out.

Next year I’ll be thirty years old, one of those dreaded round numbers that gets into peoples brains and makes them start to complete over-analyse their life. You might be thinking "I won’t be doing that, I have no problem with the way I’m living my life"... bullshit. Wait until you get there. Wait until you’re close to being there. Wait until that crawling desperation is tickling the back of your mind, letting you know that let-it-work-itself-out years are over and the this-is-the-rest-of-your-life years are starting, and you find yourself wanting to do things you haven’t done in a long stretch because thats the sorts of things you did when you were in your early twenties.

It’s a measure of a man, how he handles these transitions from one decade to the next. Does he try to continue to live as he did years before? Does try to evolve into what he expects this age should be about? Does he re-evaluate himself? Does he try to find value in himself? On how he’s done up to now? On what he hopes to accomplish?

Does he mature a little?

I believe so. You cannot help but do so, no matter how you end up getting through it.

But having friends and/or family making you feel special on that one day, even just a little can’t hurt any ;)

Apr 17, 2006

DoHGGA Application

The Directorate for Science and Technology has completed years of research and planning, and has finally made available a downloadable application form. See the new Apply section for details.

Apr 11, 2006

Sasha, Quality Assurance

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis provide online information on it’s beleaguered Division of Quality Assurance, despite cries of corruption and misrepresentation by it’s head, Sasha.

Apr 09, 2006

Jeff, Statistical Coordination

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis takes time out of it’s busy schedule to post the Division of Statistical Coordination online.

Apr 03, 2006

Caroline, Hot Girl Screening

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis announces that it has updated it’s section to include public information on the Division of Hot Girl Screening and it’s head of operations, Caroline.

Mar 31, 2006

Site Launch

The Department of Hot Gamer Girlfriend Acquisition launches it website to keep you, the desperate, male gaming population, informed. Site includes a breakdown of Staff and Organization and a comprehensive History.