I like Stardock a lot. They started out as a windows accessory developer, and then branched out into games. Now they are running an online distribution network for games and other stuff called Impulse. Their president, Brad Wardell, seems like a great guy.

I bought Galactic Civilizations 2 from them and really enjoy it. (Man, I wish I had a Windows machine so I could actually play it, but I don’t have any windows machines any more.) I also bought a few other games from them over Impulse, and their weekend impulse sales, where they put really good discounts on games for just a weekend, are really tempting. Too bad I don’t have a gaming PC any more. Hopefully I’ll address that shortcoming in 2010 or 2011.

You can read their 2009 Annual Report (warning: PDF link) and I highly recommend it. Very interesting. I think it was the first annual report I ever read front to back just because it was interesting.