A killer pic of an equally cool Japanese katana. He knows it's silly to idolize a culture that has so many flaws, but Ben likes Japan. He thinks he might be able to learn something from foreign cultures that he would never be able to learn from exposure to American culture. Ben went to Anime America '94, and also to Anime Expo and Anime America '95. Ben drove from Colorado to California and back to attend AE and AX '95.
MUCKs have no combat system and are generally considered social hangouts.
MUCKs are not without their own problems, however. They don't converse with their fellow human beings. They don't even bother to get off their asses and kill some monsters like the MUDders that Ben frowns upon. These guys do nothing all day but sit there and masturbate, electronically. These people annoy Ben greatly, and as a matter of fact that's why he left the MUCKs.