Did you ever play Highborn? Sort of a similar pros-turned-indies vibe, but a play-by-mail strategy game with some humor. I dug it. I'd downloaded Helsing's Fire based on the fact that it looked awesome, and was developed by an (ex?) Naughty Dog employee(s?), and frankly, after Uncharted/Uncharted2, I'll buy anything that anyone who worked on those games puts out. Which may be irrational, but it is what it is.