I'll admit I'm not too thrilled by his reappearance...I was hoping for this to be a non-fame-vampire-centered story. I mean, they were an interesting concept the first couple of times they showed up...But lately, it feels like they've taken center stage, at the detriment of Numth'kul, Archio, Maledict...
I think I can see the incentive for using the fame vampires so often - they make it easy to add commentary on the real world. But ironically, it feels like they've been over-exposed...