What was Stardock doing there?
Before we get to the show floor portion, I should probably explain what the heck we were even doing there. In a nutshell, we were there to announce two things: Galactic Civilizations has begun coding development and the development of a new kind of on-line gaming network called The Drengin Network (www.drengin.net). The Galactic Civilizations home page is at http://www.stardock.com/products/galciv The Drengin Network is harder to explain. But briefly, as anyone who hangs out a lot of Usenet knows from talking and listening to others, the game industry has really consolidated over the past few years. It is not very difficult to create new and original games because to really make money on a game, you have to either make a $20 mass market game like Deer Hunter or a thoroughly massive game that sells at around $50 like Half Life. There are exceptions such as Roller Coaster Tycoon, an original game that has been a big hit but usually, high quality original games just arent made. A great ga
