Gang War: A Paid Review
PDFer John Cooper directly compensated Wonderfuse News reporters to review his board game, The Gang. The reporters, who received signed copies of the game and hung out with John Cooper for a bit, described the game designer as "super cool" and "a legend".
According to those reporters, the game involves working together to rank poker hands. One PDFer playing the game, but who asked to remain anonymous out of a fear for their lives, told Wonderfuse News reporters that the game "really makes you think". Another anonymous PDFer who did not play The Gang was quoted as saying "I dunno, sounds like a mid ripoff of Balatro. Whatever".
Yet another anonymous PDFer who was nearby when the game was happening, but with unclear control of their faculties at the time, was overhear to say "A mind-expanding game pause [sic] of tantric pause [sic] social pause [sic] consciousness." [Sick - Eds]
John Cooper, who paid reporters for this "favorable" review, added "thank you for playing my game".
According to those reporters, the game involves working together to rank poker hands. One PDFer playing the game, but who asked to remain anonymous out of a fear for their lives, told Wonderfuse News reporters that the game "really makes you think". Another anonymous PDFer who did not play The Gang was quoted as saying "I dunno, sounds like a mid ripoff of Balatro. Whatever".
Yet another anonymous PDFer who was nearby when the game was happening, but with unclear control of their faculties at the time, was overhear to say "A mind-expanding game pause [sic] of tantric pause [sic] social pause [sic] consciousness." [Sick - Eds]
John Cooper, who paid reporters for this "favorable" review, added "thank you for playing my game".
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