Cease your tomfoolery and listen to me tale of high-seas adventure! Yarr.

Brixtone talked me into playing “Sid Meier’s Pirates!” and I’ve gotta say, I’m digging every minute of it. There’s really nothing more satisfying than pulling up along side a treasure galleon, giving it the broadside, then boarding the ship to plunder and loot. It’s been a while since I’ve missed sleep and showed up late to work late because of a game, but this one did just that to me last night.

Time to plunder booty.
The gameplay is pretty varied. All the aspects of a pirating life are represented in this game (at least, what we wished pirating could be), so you’ll find yourself in ship-to-ship combat, fencing duels, city raiding, and even seduction. Find an attractive governers daughter and you can use your rakish charm to sweep her off her feet.

Still time to plunder booty.
I will admit to being a fan of pirates. In the epic battle of pirates versus ninjas I come down firmly in the pirate camp, but I’ll go out on a limb and say this game is fun even for ninja fans. At $20 it’s a great price as well.

My name is Inigo Montoya.