Here at the Mudd we're all about pirates. Today's New York Times has an article of great interest to all Mudd swabbies: an online pirate role-playing game. Pirates of the Burning Sea takes you back to those thrilling days of yesteryear, namely 1720 in the Caribbean. It's just like being there, except without the slavery and disease. The website promises "blistering naval combat" and "savage swashbuckling." You can choose your own "hair, faces, footwear, hands, coats, hats, belts, jewelry...eyepatches, hook hands, and peg legs..." You can be English, French or Spanish. This game was six years in development and, according to the Times, it's just right. If you've a hankering to pillage and plunder, but aren't crazy about the real-life consequences, figuratively weigh anchor for the virtual briny deep.