The last time I picked on furries, the Kotaku offices received a large printer box completely bound in packing tape. As one of the interns gouged a seam with his regulation pink boxcutter, a horrific stench belched forth, accompanied by a faint hiss like the last air escaping a deflated balloon.

After the intern had been slapped back to his senses and savagely propelled back into the mail room, we discovered that the contents of the box were far worse than we expected (Florian was waiting for her rejected manuscript to be mailed back by the Hustler offices).

A note informed us that an entire litter of adorable baby raccoons had been thoughtfully sent to us, so that we would learn the meaning of profound love for cute animals, and perhaps see our way to a more tolerant viewpoint. The babies should be in good health, the note continued, because the sender had included plenty of cabbage and havarti cheese for them to snack on while they were shipped.

In other furry news, video game and cartoon voice actor Rob Paulsen will be Guest of Honor at this year's Anthrocon. Rob is the vox behind a giant cast of characters, in all sorts of titles ranging from Baldur's Gate to Animaniacs. The guy is as much of a game voice legend as he is a cartoon actor, so anyone with a gap in their video game autograph collection should rent themselves a mascot suit and hustle on down to Anthrocon.

Sadly, as a newcomer to the field, Furry fandom is still greatly misunderstood. In the early days of the fandom the conventions were held in West Coast venues; inevitably, the more free-spirited culture of the region affected the character of the conventions, and hence the public perception of Furry fandom.

His name was Robert Paulsen. His name was Robert Paulsen. Eliza Gauger

Rob Paulsen as Guest of Honor at Anthrocon [Anthrocon, thanks Tae]