What is this, you ask? I’ve been having some much needed fun over the holidays with the late night bread and circuses of online pc gaming now that I have a respectable machine. There is a phenomenon in the Half-Life 2 PC Game known as “spray logos” that allows HL-2 players to create their own custom graffiti images to spray around the map locations. The purpose? To taunt or humiliate opponents or aggrandize ones own image during gameplay. Spray logos can also be just for fun or a way to mark your territory.

Enter my arch gaming nemesis and occasional Clickfire blog commenter and sarcastic cousin, “Clapper.” There is much to say about my opponent and his annoying gaming tactics but now is not the time. Be assured that I will say more about my nemesis at a time of my choosing.

So, I enter our usual Half-Life server for a night cap or two and what do I see? A spray logo defiling our very own Clickfire 10 year anniversary cake with the mocking words ”Viewpoints, Tools and Content for Hombre Respawnmasters.” You can see the Clapper war face has been Photoshopped over the image of Duke Nukem. I have to admit it threw me off balance for a while. If you have any suggestions for countering this, please comment.