I've been playing an oldie but goody the last few days.  I bought Sid Meier's Pirates on Steam for $10.00 and have sunk several solid hours of gaming into it.  I'm really surprised that the 2004 title received so little press attention (or maybe I just missed it).  It's a fairly complex game with bits and pieces of several genres rolled into one fat package.  You get to build your own fleet, build up your crew, hire specialists, and purchase improvements for your ships.  You can represent one or more of the four kingdoms (Spanish, English, French, and the Freaky Deaky Dutch) and attack their enemies, progressing through various ranks with each country.  As you progress through ranks, you gain benefits at home ports and receive entitlements of land from the King.

You also have to contend with pirates, indians, and religious entities.  You can invade cities with your pirate crews and ransack them for gold, and slowly build your own empire if that's your gig.  There are other pirate leaders on the sea, though, and once you gain enough recognition you'll be sure to catch their attention.

All in all, it's well worth $10 and I'd highly recommend grabbing a copy if you're up for something non-traditional.  You can only play so many FPS/RTS/RPG rehashes before you need something a little different!

So what are you bums playing these days?  Hopefully something other than WoW has captured your collective attention?


-b0b
(...thinks we need to set up an online "game night" or something.)

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I suppose I should tell Meredith to go down to the police station and register herself as an "offender."  What a bunch of nonsense.  Sure, it isn't my type of game, but to say imply that an adult that plays Animal Crossing is some sort of child predator is unabashedly absurd.

The best part of this whole thing?  The only way an Animal Crossing player can interact with another player is if they swap Wii codes.  In other words, for a predator to stalk a child in Animal Crossing, he would first have to contact them in some other way (i.e. chat forum, instant messaging, etc.) and ask for their code.  If they can already contact the child in some other fashion, this is really just a moot point.


-b0b
(...sighs.)

spanky wrote on Mar 20^th, 2009 at 6:45am:


While you're at it, will you drop off the $2.50 I owe his mom?


-b0b
(...wonders why Spanky is up so early?)

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OH MY GOD!  ERGEHORHG!  #$@%(@#KFKWJEFEKWF~!~!!

DSJRGSHIERHgsergpsoei4jt43093it34t!

Egreg@#463567443reger@##$qa@!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...annnnnnd I'm spent.


-b0b
(...got a little excited.)

The first teaser trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released after the GDC awards show last night...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47178.html

It certainly looks... interesting!


-b0b
(...two w00ts for Infinity Ward!)

This might be the most retarded product I've ever seen.

http://www.gillette.com/en-us/#/home/FusionGamer/en-US/index.shtml/


-b0b
(...seriously, who buys this crap?)

I call BS.  Everybody knows you've got no facial hair to shave.


-b0b
(...unless it isn't facial hair you're trying to shave!)

http://www.closerangegame.com/