Minor, occasionally painful crises befell me throughout my past year on the video game reporting beat. To read the gory details -- some of which I long debated making public -- check out my latest MTV Multiplayer entry.

How did disaster strike at GDC? Why was my E3 troubled but not as troubled as Brian Crecente's? And why did I consider using the term "butt doctor" in my piece? Read on. I'll probably regret it.

(If you're reading entry after the week I posted it, you'll have to flip through the multiplayer.mtv.com site back to the Dec 21 entry)