Glad you're doing this kind of article GameSpot - it's the kind of thing I find really interesting and it would be great to see more editorial articles like this. For anyone really interested in more on writing in games - I just read a quality and lengthy interview with Rihanna Pratchett yesterday discussing pretty much all the important questions you could want to ask: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4104/vital_game_narrative_a_.php

Nice article Gamespot - I found it really interesting reading. Please write more stuff like this, though I know it won't appeal to everyone.

This is the kind of thing I want to see from you Gamespot, so keep it up - really interesting interviews with the minds behind games is always great to see (more 'Behind the Games' would be awesome btw). They've got a nice mix of strategy types represented here though they were never going for an authourative list here. The more traditional games of this genre from Civ and C&C mixed with the more innovative avenues being explored by Will Wright and Gearbox is a good balance here. Btw I really like Spore.