I have been chatting with icy recently and this is the gist of what's going on: He's dealing with some heavy stuff in his life right now while at the same time working full-time on the books and possibly even a new version of Insomnia. So he's going to take a year off both sites (the other being Orgy) to finish all the books, and then he'll come back. At that point he will either refresh Insomnia 3.0, fixing the bugs etc. and update everything, or, if Joomla and RocketTheme have by then brought out sufficiently advanced products that could noticeably improve the Insomnia experience, he will work for the additional one or two months needed to make Insomnia 4.0. Either way he says the 100 or so Videogame Art reviews he has planned and the last Videogame Culture essays will blow everyone away and conclude his vision for the site. After that he will get people to update the site on a daily basis and build up the clan to hundreds of members playing all the best games 24/7 no matter which part of the world you live in. I am paraphrasing from a letter he sent me (he's got very sporadic internet access), but he says that while he's very enthusiastic about the future, the books will have to be finally finished before anything further happens, so he's buckling down to do just that. In the meantime everyone here is free to use the forum as always, and if he finds the time he'll send me an essay or two at some point to share with you (and maybe some aphorisms for Orgy).
Except if he dies before he has a chance to do any of that. In which case he says we are on our own and it was nice knowing us. That's all I have right now, and if he gives me more I'll be sure to share it in this thread.
P.S. He still has the names and addresses of everyone who ordered the books, and will contact them when the time comes to ship them, so just sit tight and wait for that mail.