Adam

Wow, awesome, this came out of nowhere. I remember playing King's Bounty when I was very young, so I'll definitely check this out.

Thanks!

Sure, why not? It could end up being a pretty interesting sociological study. It might reach no particularly deep conclusion, but that's the risk you take when funding scientific research.

I actually enjoyed the cell phase quite a bit. It wasn't perfect,
but I liked the way you had to swim around and fight off the
mish-mash of other organisms. It portrayed the primordial soup, so to speak, rather well, in my opinion.

I have mixed feelings about the creature phase. I would have much rather seen some more like the cell phase here, where you explore the environment at-will, rather than being tied to a nest and being the sole creature doing any exploring. This way, you could have either been a solitary animal, hunting around and then searching for a mate, or allow you to grow a pack organically. I presume that this was the original intention of the game, and that they had to scale it back to its current form for technical reasons. But your point about social creatures is certainly true as well. The game is much more suited to carnivorous creatures. I would have much rather seen the social game take place between members of your own species. Inter-species alliances/sociability doesn't make much sense; why are you making friends with your competitors when that doesn't help the expansion of your genes, and might actually hurt it? Basically, the creature creator saves the creature phase; it's an absolute blast to watch your creature evolve, even if any evolutionary constraints are entirely self-imposed (other than herbivore/omnivore/carnivore).

Office:
-A Boondock Saints movie poster signed by Troy Duffy and David Della Rocco
-A collection of Soviet Pins from the 1960's/1970's
-A collection of shot glasses from cities in which I remember to buy one

Living Room:
-A series of photographs taken in 1938/39 by my Grandfather around Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens (including the 1939/40 World Fair)
-An original drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge
-family photographs

Dining Room:
-1 antique family crest (~late 19th century)
-1 less antique family crest (1950's)
-A photograph of the Chataeu de'Chillon from the air

Bedroom:
-Circular mirror
-Mid-sized Swiss flag

The link you reference is for an outdated list. That covers the 2005 Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI).

The 2008 CEI includes 195 Corporations that rate 100%, and can be found here: http://www.hrc.org/issues/workplace/cei.htm

There are also alot of really bad M games. What's your point?

Thanks Jason.

More coverage of the less mainstream games is greatly appreciated. Stardock is a great publisher/developer, and I'm expecting good things from Ironclad with Sins of a Solar Empire.