Time yet again to dig into the old reader mail inbox - a 2004 first (although this one is a leftover from last year):

Hi Ragnar

It's me again... Just read your latest blog entry about the sun not moving around the earth. It's not true. Two bodies always exert forces on each other, thus the earth moves around the sun, whilst the sun moves around the earth. The sun with its bigger mass has greater inertia, so its movement around the earth is of small extent. Yet... it moves.

And our whole solar system and galaxy move around in space. What orbits what? It's a question of viewpoint.

However, on our small planet everything centers TLJ next at the moment, regardless of its final mass. ;-)

grin

If TLJ-Next had the gravitational pull of the sun, my job would be so much easier. And also, we'd all be dead.

The hardest part of returning to the 9-to-5 was, as expected, getting up before eleven o'clock - although it was much less painful than I'd feared. These last three weeks I've probably had enough sleep for the next three months, which is convenient. Other than that, it's been a very pleasant and productive day, and, with everyone back rested and inspired, things are already moving along quite nicely indeed, which bodes well for our next deadline.

I keep receiving e-mails and questions about when we're going to unveil the next TLJ-Next tidbit, and here's my answer:

...

Honestly, I don't know. We don't want to show too much too early, and the Christmas Card was our little present to our the oh-so-patient and loyal community who have waited four long years (and counting) for the next chapter. It's probably safe to say that, by the time E3 rolls around, we'll be showing more. More artwork, more screenshots, more information. How much? We don't yet know. It all depends on our 'marketing strategy', which, like witchcraft, is a strange and mystical force.

And then there's this:

Heya Ragnar,

Someone posted a TLJ-Next related link on my forums a day ago. It lead to a french site with the following information on it, which I translated into english with google:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcyberlander.free.fr%2Ftlj2.htm&langpair=fr|en&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Does this 'Alex' tell the truth, or is it just someone who pulled a prank or something?Please respond. I'd really like to know.

Cheers,
RaMa

I decree that it shall be our policy from this moment forth to not respond to all kinds of strange rumours...but since so many have asked: it's just a bunch of hooey.

Come to think of it, why would anyone want to know what happens in the game before it comes out? What's so fun about knowing all the twists and turns in the storyline months or years in advance? Half the fun of a story-driven game is the story. Don't let anyone spoil it for you. That's my advice.  ¶ 19:34