I am really wondering, that what is the username of David Kidd on this forum.
Allright, on a more serious note: This is NOT a review at all. I find the author's article quite "contradictial", in fact if he would post something like this on the forum, I would call him a troll. [An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.]
Take a look at this note, what the author has added later on:
"Note to Dwarf Fortress fans: this article
praises your favourite game. Please read it, twice if you have to, as it's apparently quite a complex piece of writing. To stop you from embarrassing yourselves, or tainting the otherwise insightful, funny, and civil Dwarf Fortress community, we'll be removing the blatantly insulting comments. Except the German one, which is kinda funny."
Now take a look at this:
"It's fun, interesting, innovative, and full of awesome, but a good game? No."
"Bay 12 draws in revenue from nothing more than a crappy ASCII game with a big, fat, Promise."
Eh?