Yeah, I laughed my ass off at the Zero Punctuation.

So far, I haven't gone back to the Space segment of the game once I realized it was simply a big, randomly-generated Star Control II. Has anyone else played a significant amount of time in the Space segment?

I did, however, go back and do the Cell/Creature stage a couple of times just to try out different kinds of creature approaches. I'll probably do it a few more times. That's quite fun.