Courtest of the New Yorker's Book Bench: no, it's not a joke. Or if it is, I'm not sure whether it's a joke on the publisher or the readeers.
Jun. 16th, 2008
I'm still working on my review of D&D 4th. In the meantime, courtesy of enworld, someone addresses the accusation of D&D 4th being too "Wushu" or "Anime", by giving a description of the highly magical powers fighters can get in the game.
I think if I ever run a game of D&D 4th, I'll replace the actual fighter power names, with these descriptions.