Computer Games Online interviews Bruce Shelley, talking with the founder of Ensemble Studios about his early days in the industry (where he worked alongside Sid Meier) as well as the two wildly-popular Age of Empires titles. Bruce discusses the importance of the hardcore market, multiplayer gaming, the future of turn-based strategy titles, and even what Railroad Tycoon II would have been if the version started at MicroProse had ever been finished (years later PopTop would create their own).