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December 12, 2007

Amphibious elephants and red spinel embargoes

Filed under: Nerdery, Games, Strange Tales

Last year, I briefly mentioned the strange but surprisingly compelling game Dwarf Fortress.

Here’s a most excellent archived version of a Something Awful thread about a relay of people playing the game.

By the time it got to StarkRavingMad’s managerial tenure, I injured myself laughing.

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  1. Note that this story is about a previous, simpler version of Dwarf Fortress, which didn’t even let you make a fortress with more than one level.

    The very idea!

    Comment by Daniel Rutter — December 12, 2007 @ 7:42 am

  2. I can’t believe I just read the whole thing. Hilarious.

    Comment by RichVR — December 12, 2007 @ 9:49 am

  3. Here’s a big Penny Arcade forum thread about the game as it now stands.

    Comment by Daniel Rutter — December 12, 2007 @ 10:05 am

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