I surprised myself over the last couple of weeks by experiencing a sharp, penetrating sensation that wasn’t my appendix rupturing. Instead, it was a long buried sense of anticipation, a particular giddiness that feels a little bit like a kid realizing he just might get the #1 toy on his Christmas wishlist. For me, this feeling came when it was announced that XCOM: Enemy Unknown was an actual game, in development that was going to respect the roots of the original. It is, for better or worse, going to be a strategy game, on consoles as well as the PC, that is turn-based.