Ask the Kotaku Scouts, and ye shall receive. A reader whom I shall dub "Hamswaddle the Fierce" to protect his salty identity has written in to assure me that Introversion's swaggering is misplaced. To further protect Hamswaddle's precious alter ego, I have also obscured his voice with my handheld iPatois, which came bundled with a Buccaneer setting:

Avast! As Elizar be askin' fer stories o' the bounding main, I be givin' ye me own tale o' Introversion, honest as true.

'Tis ship-shape! If there be some yellow-bellied sneakery to stop honest gennelmen o' fortune from downloadin', they be weak as seasick chorus girls.

Any crew worth their salt be releasin' torrents emblazoned with their own pers'nal skull n' bones, so if there be unmarked versions they will very likely be under seeded and \, or e'en given the Black Spot. Puts a chill in me beard, it do!

Y'see, with certain crews ye be gettin' quality goods every time, tharfore Introversions' methodoggery seems a wee backwards. But sakes, I applaud their clever ways, an' give 'em full marks for effort.

'Tis an ironic thing... Soon as I test-sailed the buccaneerin' version of the game, I enjoyed it so much that I stepped out and bought the bleedin' thing with good coin!

A whole passel o' seadogs nowadays use the ol' Torrent as their own pers'nal demo station, digging up the whole trove and deciding if they are worth the 'orrible price. Be ye unsure if a game is worth the 50 bones? Plunder it, test the blessed thing, then make yer decision. 'Tis only good sense.

Thanks for your contributions, Hamswaddle. May the rest of your voyages be as pleasant and rewarding!Eliza Gauger

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