No longer mere earthbeings and planetbeings are we, but bright children of the stars! And together we shall dance in and out of ten billion years, celebrating the gift of consciousness until the stars themselves grow cold and weary, and our thoughts turn again to the beginning.

Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.

A good game impresses you with what you're doing. I think that's a fundamental difference that I as a game designer need to recede in the background.

It may be that other developers are finding that their games play better on one platform over the other, so they're choosing to migrate to that platform.

I like games that are simple. Not games that are trivial, but also not games that require you to invest a week or to relearn something. I like games that you can just pick up, sit down in front of, and get going.

Our goal has been to stay true to what people most love about the original Pirates! while upgrading, enhancing, and in some cases, re-inventing the game to make it a great experience for todays gamers.

I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished.