I should have been a pair of ragged claws

I've started listening to Scientific American's 60-Second Science podcast this week and they had an excellent Halloween story that's too good not to share.

Sid Meier's Railroads! went gold early Monday afternoon and should be hitting the shelves around October 17th. While I don't think it'll ever be "fun" to finish a game, working on Railroads! with my team at Firaxis has been an awesome experience from beginning to end. I'm immensely proud to have worked with these individuals and, for the first time, feel that I contributed a significant portion to the final product. It's hard to know how well an economic strategy game with trains will do in one of the toughest Christmas seasons in years (with the PS3 and Wii launches and the World of Warcraft expansion), but I hope that it surprises some people who wouldn't normally expect to enjoy laying track, dropping depots, and routing trains. I've always enjoyed economic strategy games, and I feel like we've made a title that stands with the best of them. Official site (Best promo site for a game I've worked on.) Demonstration Video Previews: GameS