The 2009 Review

Thanks almost entirely to the existence of Fortress:Ameritrash and my ongoing need to fill column inches therein, 2009 has been the first year of my entire life during which I've played enough of the new releases for the year to actually do an annual review. It is unfortunate therefore that in terms of new releases 2009 has been a pretty poor year all round. Indeed if it wasn't for the last three months it'd be pretty much a write off. Maybe it was the hangover of so many great releases at the end of 2008, or perhaps a combination of GW's and Martin Wallace's lawyers scared everyone into submission, or maybe we have finally reached "The Ceiling" but whatever the reason I've found it hard to get immensely excited about any more than a tiny handful of games this year. Which makes writing this piece all the easier.