Shameless Dwarf Fortress Plug

Dwarf Fortress is seriously the best game ever made, if you can get past an *insanely* difficult learning curve. What other game models air and water pressure so you can build lava-fueled steam vent traps in your fortress? In what other game can your dwarfs go insane and drag their fellows to the nearest butcher shop, emerging 20 minutes later wearing a pair of legendary dwarf leather gauntlets? In what other game can your dwarfs starve to death in jail for kicking a kitten because their best friend was killed defending the fortress in the last goblin attack?  Its not a luke-warm over-hyped game like Gears of War 2, I can assure you…