While reading through my RSS feed, I came across this post from Massively. I will give you a minute to go read that, but I doubt it will take you long to reach a similar feeling I did.  I couldn't believe what I was reading. How did the site's editor let something like this go up? How did the author, Eliot Lefebvre, not see this as distasteful? I think this is something that should be commented on, especially for a site dealing in MMO news, but there is a tactful way to do it. The first paragraph of Lefebvre's article is a textbook example of how not to report it, with a focus on his last sentence as being my biggest issue (I have added the bold): 

Unless you've deliberately avoiding learning about what's going on in the world, you've doubtlessly heard of the massive earthquake that hit Japan on Friday. Our thoughts and good wishes go to any and all of our readers, and their friends and families, directly affected by the disaster. But it hits people in many ways, and it's even reaching into the MMO sphere, with both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV shutting down completely for at least a week of service.    

Given the enormity of the events in Japan right now, it feels kind of ridiculous to be writing about the massive earthquake's effect on video game servers, but here we are. Both Final Fantasy XI and XIV have had their servers temporarily closed in an effort by Square Enix to help conserve energy in the ailing country. The publisher's web portal services will also be temporarily closed.