Cool mention of Sins of a Solar Empire from NASA's Jeff Norris.

"Norris praised particularly 2008′s Sins of a Solar Empire; “I’m struck by the complexity of the interface, that you can walk up to, start using, and be ready in a couple of minutes.”

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/04/06/nasa-describe-how-holodecks-and-spider-robots-will-make-us-all-space-invaders/