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For those who don't know what Dwarf Fortress is, and want to read about the marvelous story behind Dwarf Fortress and its creators: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
by GuiA 12y ago
For those who don't know what Dwarf Fortress is, and want to read about the marvelous story behind Dwarf Fortress and its creators: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/the-brilliance-of.. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/the-brilliance-of....
- ttflee 12y agoSorry but I just hit a Page Not Found. Is there a typo in the hyperlink?
- plorg 12y agoIf a cursory googling is any indication, it's probably the following link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/the-brilliance-of-dwarf-fortress.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/the-brilliance-of...
- hudibras 12y agoSome additional googling turned up this follow-on story about how the Times made the ascii art in the original article. http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/the-fine-art-of-dwarf-fortress/ http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/the-fine-art-of...
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- huskyr 12y agoAnother enjoyable read by the folks at Ars Technica:Ten hours with the most inscrutable video game of all time http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/02/dwarf-fortress-ten-hours-with-the-most-inscrutable-video-game-of-all-time/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/02/dwarf-fortress-ten-hou...
- tfinch 12y agoAnd if you want an idea of the type of 'generated stories' it can tell, you might be interested in http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/ http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/ - a "Let's Play" told by successive rulers of a fortress. (The story proper begins in Update 2 of Thread 1) Warning, you may spend the rest of the day reading it...
- TheCraiggers 12y agoAnother warning: You'll never look at an elephant the same way again after reading this. I used to think they were intelligent, noble creatures. Now I know the truth.