I know, many have a love/hate or maybe just a hate/hate or a love/love relationship with what Jerry Pournelle writes, but one of his more entertaining items across the years has been his annual orchid and onion awards. Go to [link|http://www.jerrypournelle.com|www.jerrypournelle.com] and send mail if you wish.

My onion nomination was Microsoft's requirement for their OEM's to foist "system recovery disks" on us, rather than real Windows install disks. For the number of times I've had to reinstall Windows from scratch, because (in one way or another, Microsoft screwed up my system), this bites big time.

Orchid was to Wizardry 8, a great continuation of a classic series. You don't have to be a real-time clickfest to be a good RPG.