I read a review for SEIV Gold in PC Gamer that piqued my interest.
I went to Electronic Boutiques to see if it was on the shelfs, but the staff hissed at me like a cult of reverse vampires!
Then I went back to the mag, got the link for Shrapnel, downloaded the demo, played the Tutorial, started dooling, built a few ships and discovered I could change their names, started to drool more, and then promptly bought the game Online from the fine, handsome, imensley sophisticated folks at Shrapnel.
