From Playonline.com

Confounded chigoes! Blasted buffalo!
Dagnabbit! Get back here, or I'll turn yer worthless hide into a leather jerkin!
Hey, you over there! I'm talkin' to you, pardner! Ever wrangled a wild buffalo before?

What sort of calamity has befallen the hapless moogles of the Mog House Management Union (MHMU) this time? Read on for the full scoop!

* Blazing Buffaloes will blitz into town at 01:00 on Friday, September 26 (PDT) and ride off into the sunset at 01:00 on Monday, October 6.

Rumors and speculation have been going on for the last month about whether there would be another FFXI Fan Festival held this year.

According to the Final Fantasy XI Fan Festival website , Square Enix will be holding a fan festival in 2008! The event will be held in Hollywood, California on December 5-6! Details are minimal at this time, but surely more are to follow soon!

From Playonline.com

Adventurers of all stripes can look forward to enhancements galore in the upcoming September version update, designed to make questing in Vana'diel more gratifying than ever!

If the first preview wasn't enough to whet your appetite, today we have the latest scoop on increased experience and the Myriad Arms of Balrahn quest sequence that will at long last allow players to forge these mysterious and highly anticipated mythic weapons.

Join Pikko and Exodus as they interview the winner of Allakhazam.com's Naoshi Mizuta Autographed Piano Collections CD Drawing and discuss all the entries sent in. Topics for this week will include the ongoing debate over the Tidal Talisman and the sudden announcement by Square Enix that changes are coming to Absolute Virtue and the suddenly infamous Pandemonium Warden.

Who knows, maybe we'll have a surprise guest or two on the show. Tune in to find out! The Mog House will air today at5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

http://live.onlinegamingradio.com/ogr.m3u

With assurances that last minute scrambles to save little Nibble were at hand, Pikko has bought Nibble more time by finding a super-duper secretaru hiding place. He needs you! It's not too late to help save him!

The deadline for video submissions has been extended to Monday, August 25!

From Playonline.com

In the ever-present attempt to render Campaign more agreeable to the player palate, the September version update will play host to a veritable smorgasbord of additions and tweaks, adjustments and tunings!

Missed this week's live broadcast of The Mog House and still need Part 3 to enter into our Mizuta autographed Piano Collections CD Drawing? Have no fear! You can download the podcasts at Online Gaming Radio .

All you need to do is tell us what two songs played in the background during the show!

All entries should be mailed to ffxiteam@allakhazam.com with the following information:

• Part 1: Screenshot with bard
• Part 2: Song lyrics (must be FFXI related)
• Part 3: Name the two background music songs playing on the August 10 show of The Mog House
  
• In-game character name
  
• Current World
• Allakhazam.com username
• E-mail address

Calling all Vana'diel adventurers!

A nefarious plot is afoot to kidnap little baby Nibble from the protective arms of the Mistress of Gardening, Pikko! Your help is needed to ward off the evil conspirators until a new home can be found for Nibble.

Hot fix note from today:

- The Doppelganger Lords who have taken the form of certain Shrouded Isles denizens now have a one-time drop item that can be obtained by killing them.

We're happy to introduce a new feature to our site... regularly occurring blogs and columns!

The new feature begins today with the debut of "The Weekly Refresh," a weekly column that could be about anything under the Vana'diel sun. Scheduled to run every Wednesday, most of the columns will deliver commentary on issues relevant to the adventuring community.

Check it out at: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/wiki/The_Weekly_Refresh

Other articles, such as an endgame blog by Vlorsutes, are on the way. We will gladly accept all feedback and ideas, including suggested story topics!

Thanks, and we hope you enjoy this addition to Allakhazam.