And there you go, I can't even properly define the genre...
I got Rise of Nations: Rise of legends free with my PC. The game disc currently keeps my frosty beverages from leaving rings on my coffee table. I played the crap out of Battle for Middle Earth until I realized that it, like all previous RTS games, was a race to resources. The game crew put a lot of stock into BFME2 but I just couldn't get into it. The BF2 peeps aren't speaking highly of 2142, evidently the beta felt like not much more than a futuristic mod for the existing game.
So right now it's GW, Civ 4 (warlords), and a fun 2d shooter called DUO2. I cancelled my WoW account (again)... I don't think I'm going back this time though.
And that concludes the Reverendsaintjay Gaming Update.