Video game conventions are great... mostly. But every convention has its thorns, which often take the form of snotty, achy, barfy sicknesses. Now that both GDC and PAX East have come to pass, are you a flu-ridden ball of misery? If so, what are your symptoms? Have you caught anything in the past or at other cons?

Letters, we get letters. We get lots and lots of letters. Letters! It's time to take a peek into the Kotaku mailbag.