I’m making my annual pilgrimage to the mecca of nerdery on Wednesday. If you’ve never been, you can think of GenCon as sort of a pen-and paper E3, only without the cute women or the bathing.

I kid. Mostly.

The MMOG folks are ever-more interested in the con of cons, though, and at least three publishers are going to have a presence there this year.

Turbine’s announced that they’ll be unveiling the Forsaken Lands [Forum post may disappear] at their booth. DDO was a big draw at last year’s con, and I imagine it will be so again with its new info.

Pirates of the Burning Sea is planning a big show for the con, with demos and (probably) some info on the user-created content addition they’re making to the game.

You may have already heard that Guild Wars is holding a massive tournament this weekend. $5,000 in cash to the top 32 winners. Too bad I suck, or I’d be right there.

I can’t see any confirmation, but with Jack Emmert’s past in the tablet-top industry City of Heroes/Villains has usually had a presence at the event. They usually say they’re going, though, so mayhap with Mr. Emmert’s fading into the background they’ll be keeping a lower profile as well. Shame.

I expect to be a little post-light this week, as a result of my busy schedule, but I’m sure I’ll have lots of post fodder ready to put up when I return.