no, i haven't communicated with him.
but i wouldn't send an email to his work address, since i figure i'm sure he knows about the Game (and I presume our interest in an update).
Which makes me wonder :
I can completely understand not getting time to do a significant update, but I've never understood not letting us know what's happened.
It just takes (literally) one minute, and it lets us all know that nothing catastrophic has happened to him (or, by extension, to the Game we are thoroughly enjoying).