(reposting in plain-text, sorry)
Just as the Media Center has done for ..media, the Games Explorer could do
for games; evolved into a full-featured hub for everything related to gaming
instead of just being a fancy folder..

Installed EAW on build 5270
Install went ok but when I go play the game it continues to say that DirectX
needs to update and launches the DirectX install, it looks as though nothing
installs the gives a finish successfully. I click the OK button and it goes

The games in Vista a pretty nice.  It would be even cooler if Chess and
Hearts took advantage of Windows Communication Foundation to allow for P2P
games.  Imagine I'm at the airport with a colleague and we're both on our
Vista laptops and play a game of chess over WiFi.  That'd ...