Did you think I'd run out of Michael Moore links?

Yet another Michael Moore link? And another? A third??? A fourth??? How is this possible? I thought he was a saint!

I'm kind of having to eat crow. After saying on Friday that Rise of Nations was not my cup of tea, I find myself playing the demo more and more. I firmly believe that the tech advances progress far, far too quickly, but having gotten into the game and learned some of the nuances, I'm starting to really like it and wish I could play beyond the limitations of the demo (my old arch-nemesis "Wonder Victory" cannot be disabled, nor can "Armageddon" which results from too many nuke detonations).

I wanted to like Rise of Nations, I really did. The tactics of RTS with the forward-thinking of a Civilization-type turn-based strategy game? Worth a shot! However, the demo has simply shown me that it simply has the swarming-rush of the RTS (which I hate) taking your necesssary attention away from the tedious and constant technological advancements. Unless you can really split your attention well, you're guaranteed to suffer. This, of course, is exactly the problem I had with Warcraft III, where you have to babysit your heroes at the same time you're trying to build up your initial base. Maybe this type of constant demanding multitasking appeals to some people, but not to me.