News Roundup: Supreme Trek Crisis

• Defunct Games draws a startling parallel between Dead Space, Prince of Persia, and Left 4 Dead.  We gotta hand it to 'em.
• It's time I shed my fear of the frighteningly deep strategery in Europa Universalis III.
• The CoolIT Systems Domino A.L.C. Water Cooler fills in the sub-$80 price point.
• Star Trek Online published a timeline updated to the year 2384.
• The current flagship for the ECS Elitegroup is the ECS X58B-A Black Edition Motherboard.
• Spire Torq Laptop Backpacks are practical, roomy, and with "infinite" numbers of pockets.
• It may be time to draw new conclusions on products from this mid-level motherboard roundup.
• If you want groundbreaking aesthetics and design, you want the Thermaltake SpinQ Heatpipe CPU Cooler.
• GameRanger added matchmaking for the Global Crisis expansion for Supreme Ruler 2020.
• AtomicGamer probably doesn't have any surprises in their Top 10 Games of 2008.