Professional scientist by day; gamer by night. Started gaming in the late 1980s (D&D; strategy & tactics; Warhammer RPG). In 1992 as I was starting grad school, I got deeply into Civ1, but decided to take a long hiatus from gaming during grad school. Didn't really get active in computer gaming until about 2000. I was sufficienty satisfied with Civ3 that I didn't really play any other games for a long time. In about 2004 I started to branch out: Matrix, Paradox, Bethesda. Mostly still enjoy strategy sorts of games, but a few RPG or FPS games too. The game I dream of is a combination of many: tbe detail, complexity and effort to achieve historical accuracy of Matrix Games War in the Pacific Admiral Edition. Graphics somewhere between Civ4 and Tropico (who needs more really?); historical sweep somewhere between the Civ games and the the Europa Universalis games; diplomacy and combined strategic+tactical dimensions of the Western Civ Software games (e.g., Crown of Glory Emperor's Edition or Forge of Freedom).