So, what are some good recent games?

[Jeunemaitre]

AAAAARGH!!!!!!!11 (yeah, I'm 1337, NOT)

I had a huge plug email written out for "Black & White" and hit the wrong series of keys and deleted the whole thing.
Here it is in redux:
Pros:
Choose to micromanage or not (train your creature to do it for you)
Play an alignment (choose your path, good or bad, effects your population potential, strength of belief, appearance of your temple and creature)
Fun to shake the ____ out of your believers to make them forget their previous assignment, or for fun grab them and sacrifice them for power, of just throw them around (one of the boards has an immortal dude, he's fun to throw around...)

Cons:
Sometimes has the propensity to induce "No, wait, stop that, go the other way" type responses (although many of these are intentional)
Hugely detailed worlds (zoom in to see only one person at a time, or out to see the whole island), nearly killed an earlier video card.
has a tendency to crash (Although this was probably related to the prior video card, haven't tried on my new system)
voice acting/coach characters (could be viewed as pro) commentary is usually amusing, but the avatars can get in the way.

An expansion has been released, but I've no idea if it's any good. Not sure about pricing, but it may be making it's way into the bargain bin soon. Don't know about anyone else, but I liked it...

edit: god I'm long winded, tried to shorten it
edit2: not only am I longwinded, I'm dumb too