If you like how Stardock develops its games, one of the big reasons it is able to do that is because of the other side of Stardock's business: Desktop experience software.
Programs like WindowBlinds and its big-brother suite, Object Desktop provide the capital through their sales which enables Stardock to develop its games without requiring any outside capital which enables it to make the games how it wants and release them when it wants.
If you don't have WindowBlinds, now's a great time to get it. Today, Stardock released WindowBlinds 6.0. It allows users to completely customize the look & feel of Windows Vista.
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Review: CNET.com
Download: http://www.windowblinds.net
