First, my thanks to SBE for exercising the kind of compassionate reasonableness I've come to find at the Heavens Games sites.
Second, I too am curious about the Black and White phenomenon. From screen shots I've seen it doesn't look all that impressive, but neither do the Sims. I wonder if the gameplay is really so compelling.
I waiting around for Unreal 2 to come out sometime in the third quarter. In the meantime there doesn't seem top be anything on the shelves that seems interesting. The Longest Journey is interesting in its way, but, truly, it is the longest journey.