First, a resounding "thanks" to our open sorcerers! In the open source world, reddit is a bit unique. Our code is out there for anyone to use, yet the biggest benefit most contributors get isn't running their own copy for themselves, but seeing their changes live on reddit.com. We know the reddit code isn't well documented or easy to traverse, and that makes it all the more amazing for us to see the number of fantastic pull requests coming in every month " by commit count,

Last Tuesday, Elizabeth Tobey of 2K Games invited 8 San Francisco redditors up to their studio to preview their upcoming game, " The Darkness II ." We had no idea what was in store for us, but we were ready to get going. The studio is up in Novato, about 45 minutes away from reddit HQ, so 2K kindly sent someone to pick us up " in style. As redditors, we reserved the right to go a little "Socially Awkward Penguin" for the first few minutes of the ride,