The gamble with regietheater was largely successful, an entertaining, bold rendition that some will conclude lacks new insight and others will find frenetic and fun.
This is about having somefun and getting more opportunity for kids to be active and to find a way that connects with each of them, because not every kid is going to connect to activities in the same way.
But XCOM: Enemy Unknown is certainly some of the most fun I had in 2012, and even now in 2013 I still find myself gravitating to its turn-based goodness.