@urfe: football (soccer)? :P

what's the least worst method of introducing a (relatively) complex game to a newcomer?

@BrilliantGreen: yeah, just reasonably :P

@spencer8ab: hahaha no problem. I could list a few older games too. during my days of buying games with magazines I bought a few that I barely touched, like Giants: Citizen Kabuto and Messiah (I think I played Messiah ONCE). I still have the CDs though, so I can at finish them ONE DAY.

what recent game did you buy wanting to love it, but in the end you couldn't finish it for whatever reason, even if you still liked it - and played for many hours?

@Mromson: I would need to buy MS Points to do that, and I won't waste my money with that.

as I don't own an Xbox 360, I'll only get it if it comes out in retail here in Brazil.

@ViiLink: I piss on it and force the cook to eat it.

they should have gone with sprites.

@Cooking Utensil: great, I think I'll buy it.

@Foxith: well, I'm out of "everyone" because I suck at controlling a billion units at once while keeping an eye at my base and building new units and picking research and.. whatever else is needed!

I tried yesterday, but it was too late I think. Anyway, again:

@data_enabler: the one that comes after it!

Sins of a Solar Empire is $9.99 on Impulse (without expansions).is it too much RTSey?

Tetramaster!

@Deanb: talking about independent titles, Tripwire made themselves a (still small) name earning a commercial UE license after winning an UT2k4 mod competition. kinda ironic me thinks.

@idDobie: same here!

@Befitzero: fantastic news. so, IW.net was NOT forced upon IW by Activision then?

@Jack McCauley: hey, I'm not saying that. they are...

PC gaming started in 1998.