Let's be honest, though. The act of merely staking your claim on a vicious, acid-drenched landscape is starting to get stale. Your galactic colonists long to feel the sting of space-sea salt on their atmospheric containment suits. Hence, the folks at Firaxis have announced the game's first expansion, Rising Tide, which aims to expand your colony's reach beyond the lava beaches of T'zalke 5 and onto the fluorescent oceans of Planet Dave.
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When I was very young, I would visit my aunt's house a few times a year, excited to see my cousins whom owned the latest consoles and games. During one of these visits, I found one of my cousins engrossed in some sort of strategy game, though it was tough for my adolescent mind to determine the exact details. This was my first introduction...