I suspect it goes deeper than that - one thing I've noticed is that the Dwarf Fortress community has much more depth than the TF2 community. I suspect that this

I suspect it goes deeper than that - one thing I've noticed is that the Dwarf Fortress community has much more depth than the TF2 community. I suspect that this is due to TF2's ease of consumption in comparison to Dwarf fortress, or rather Dwarf Fortress's high barrier to entry in comparison to TF2.