Another one for the „not news, but news to me“ pile: you can download a free updated version of classic 4X space strategy sim Starships Unlimited from creator Andrew „APEzone“ Paul Ewanchyna’s website. Originally released in 1999 – an era of relative mental calm, before the Broadband Blight – it’s a turn-based affair with four ages of technology to discover, a range of alien factions who (in the original version, anyway) all look like gurning hoover attachments, and the prospect of zesty tactical combat involving ships of your own design.