It was the stress of riding the Hype Train... <choo choo>. It's a long, bumpy ride that doesn't go fast enough, yet leaves you feeling like you've just gotten off the world's fastest roller coaster.
I'm in agreement a mailing list would be good, as there are several decent games I've played around with in beta testing that I regestered for. I just can't follow stuff around like that, and never did... If it wasn't for the email, I'd have never played the game... some I ended up buying into, some just weren't worth what the company was charging.