Enough with the match-three games already, I'm getting match-3'd out. It was great the first time (Puzzle Quest Warlords), but only because it was so new and innovative. Now it's just a wee bit stale, and if the frills aren't there, like Galatrix, it can become a headache fast.

You know what I miss? Those old town-building kingdom games you used to see coming out of Germany. They had charm, strategy, and most importantly, were a lot of fun. Can't someone re-do one of those for the DS? Anno 1701 was OK, but I'm talking about the really medieval ones from yore, whose names escape me. I loved those, and would pay a dollar or two to play them again....plus there's a whole new generation of players who never saw them waiting to get medieval on you.

If I want to watch television, I'll turn on the damn TV.

1 vs 100?

CSI?

Hell's Kitchen?

The Price is Freakin Right????

They ran out of PC games to cannibalize onto the DS, so now they're turning to the tube. And we're supposed to just take it, like gas prices and tainted sandwich meat.

Oh, the troubled times we live in.

Imagine my surprise when I popped into the local EB to discover that Anno 1701 is already available for the DS. Well, $30 later, and I am sitting here playing one of the finest town-building army-generating real-time sims ever made. I love this game. It's what The Settlers could have been, but done so much better.

Of course, for some bizarre reason, Gamespot isn't allowing reviews to happen yet, so I have to wait, but needless to say, it will be a very positive one indeed. I recommend you run, don't walk, to wherever you buy video games, and get a copy. You will not be disappointed.