he has his account here set not to display his last activity timestamp and his updates just appear one day without much build up, so he's probably not one to respond to emails.
he's been making regular updates for years and you are jumping to the conclusion that he's in a coma or a grave because he didn't update the last one for the playoffs? I think the assumption that there will be an update about a month into next season is much more reasonable.
I do stuff. I'm working on a Star Fox hack and I've done a few others here and there.
http://trudatmangames.blogspot.com
I finally fixed the Street Fighter link, too.