We've never done anything like this. We're the War Hawks. We're a die hard, ultra realistic, uber hardcore simulation group that would never even dream of touching anything without a 50 page checklist just to power up an engine. We sneer at video games. We point and giggle at those that would "play" them. In fact, within the War Hawks we even passed a constitutional amendment outlawing the use of the very word "play". We don't "Play" anything - we sim!

Well, kind of. Cast your eyes up to our masthead for a second. We're actually a 'tactical simulation squad' and while historically that's meant uber ultra hardcore realistic checklist driven simulations, our focus has actually been simpler than that. We thrive on teamwork, and we thrive in environments with depth, environments that punish the lone wolf hero type, and that reward well orchestrated tactics.

That's why we're getting involved with MechWarrior. Based on the ultra nerdy tabletop game Battletech, MechWarrior is a futuristic sim like squad based combat game. At first blush it's easy to mistake it for yet another first person shooter, but with giant robots equipped with lasers (fricking laser beams). It's a mistake though because hidden beneath the covers is a huge amount of depth.