Reviews

I have a theory. I'll walk you through it, and then you can tell me I'm an idiot, and I can tell you that you're retarded.Dominion is one of the most influential games of the last ten years. Whether or not you like it, it's tough not to see that a whole new kind of game has been invented. The game has drawn a huge audience, and people from all over the gaming spectrum have been drawn to it like skeeters to a bug zapper. That kind of success draws more than just fans, too - it draws people...

I think it would be hard for any gamer with kids, especially one who appreciates the Ameritrash style of gaming, to look at a game like Haunted Ruins and not think, where was this game when I was growing up?? I mean, just look at the thing... It's a 3D pop-up board of a haunted graveyard, with moving obstacles and passageways, and you're being chased around by a ghost and a zombie. Being a rabid Scooby Doo fan as a kid, this would have been something akin to a "Grail Game" for...

In this week's bid to piss off Fortress: AT readers, I'm reviewing a game that almost no one will be able to play. It's GREED, INCORPORATED and the review is, as usual, at Gameshark.com. Some suggested topics for you to bitch about: - Why is Barnes writing about an obscure game when he's supposed to be writing for those snot-nosed kids that do nothing but play HALO? - Barnes is a hypocrite because he believes that games should be under fifty bucks but he's giving a great review to a game that's well...

Open Letter to Mayfair Games: Dear Guys Who Make Settlers of Catan,It is my sad duty to inform you that you are not Fantasy Flight Games. I apologize for the rude awakening, but I felt it important that you realize as soon as possible that you should not make Ameritrash games. You make some of the finest Euro games on the market, and you do it very successfully. I have personally enjoyed a great number of your European-style games. However, I do believe you are not very well suited to creating games with heavy themes...

RPGs are great fun. I honestly think that some of the funniest nights of my life have been with my friends, playing an RPG. They don’t deserve the label they have as a dorky past-time, consisting of various Asperger’s sufferers hiding in Mum’s basement pushing a lead dragon around. As I’ve said many times, I don’t understand how an activity that requires social interaction can be called sad, when sitting at home playing on your X-Box isn’t.