Winter-een-mas is upon us! For the next seven days gamers around the globe will be celebrating with friendly LAN parties, gaming marathons and online gatherings. What are you doing for Winter-een-mas this year? Swing by the WEMas forums and let us know! Post pictures of your costume or party. Share a story with fellow gamers. This is a week to truly celebrate our favorite pastime.

I’d like to ask everyone to take a moment this week and remember what it is you love about gaming. Set aside the “My class is unbalanced!” and the “This developer isn’t making the game how I want it”, and focus on the fun stuff. The stories, the challenges, whatever it is that keeps you coming back for more.

And play games! Life gets busy, but this week above all weeks, try and find some time to play a game! You deserve it.

I’ll be celebrating this week by making time to play a healthy dose of Mass Effect 2. However, I’ll also be trying to find some time for some online gaming as well, starting with tonight!

At 5pm EST and again at 9pm EST, I’ll be on Steam for some Left 4 Dead 2 gaming with… well, whoever shows up! Look me up as AbsathCAD if you’d like to try and get into a game. It may get busy, so keep trying!