>>For the record, we remain quite happy to talk about X-COM!
>
>The reaction on this board surprises me, since the sequel is
>demonstrably superior to the original in nearly every way.

I still like it a lot! But the learning curve was a bit shocking - as was the fact that it makes me put more thought and effort into time management than my actual job.

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>I should give Our Witches At War another look; it left me real
>cold when it first started coming out. Which is weird as hell,
>considering how involved I was in the Fly Girls stuff, but.

Well, do give it another look!

>
>I regret deeply not being around for Taken By Storm, otherwise
>known as "production team finally lets Akio be Akio." (The number of
>people assigning credit to Surtur and/or predicting this will simply
>lead to a crushing beatdown seems... surprising.)

I would greatly enjoy your review - and all I will say is that quite a few things are in motion.