"I hope you weren’t expecting some special chocolates for Valentine’s, folks, because instead I’ve got you the same thing I get you every other weekend: a heaping handful of emulation news!

Because I’m selfish, I did get a chocolate for myself the other day — on a short getaway to the scenic northern California coast, I couldn’t resist the call of an Angela Lansbury, aka a dark chocolate truffle with orange-infused ganache on the inside. Mmm! Before wrapping up this issue, I disconnected from games for 24 hours to go smell the sea (touching grass for sophisticates) in Mendocino and Fort Bragg, highly recommended as quaint getaways full of cute shops and cuter inns."