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Holy shit, it's not even 'all the stuff they needed', they're basically openly admitting that not having an optional luxury is enough for them to steal from their child.

Wow, pretty amazing Alan coined that word. Easily one of the most contentious parts of British press law today - says a lot about the Guardian's pivotal role in the industry.

Post-modern? As in, de constructive/post-structuralist? Or do you mean futuristic? Or...?

Thanks for the AMA!

Age of Empires Online was very nearly brilliant, and made me lust for a true sequel to the original series. It did a lot of things right, but the F2P/persistent element was extremely controversial to say the least - and marred the original release to the point where I don't think people gave it the attention it was due when you subsequently improved it. It also seems to have prevented any sort of competitive scene developing as occurred with previous instalments.

In light of Blizzard's success with Starcraft 2, do you think there's any chance of taking that series back to its roots? The huge popularity of Age of Empires 3 since its release on Steam paints a similar picture. I don't know how much influence Gas Powered Games has over the IP - and I appreciate you did not develop it in the first place - but it would be interesting to hear your opinion having handled it recently. It also seems like you're one of a handful of studios who "gets" the RTS genre who could be in a position to resurrect it...