Pixel art is a staple of the industry, going back to the NES era. For more than a decade, this visual style defined the gaming industry, with Nintendo and Sega's early consoles making great use of ...

Dwarf Fortress is often called the most complex video game ever made. While that claim is difficult to verify, it can undeniably be quite intimidating to newcomers, with dozens of menus to sort ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.

Dwarf planet Ceres: Building blocks of life delivered from space Date: January 27, 2025 Source: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Summary: The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic ...

Dwarf Fortress is still the champion when it comes to the most in-depth sandbox games on PC, but there’s another side of it that’s just as rich and rewarding, and perhaps even an easier way to ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy.

Dwarf Fortress released its long-awaited Adventure Mode update on January 23, following eight months' worth of beta testing. The new update is available for Steam and Itch.io versions of the game ...

Back in December 2022, I wrote in our Dwarf Fortress review that its Steam release is "a worthy revision of the legendary settlement sim." And I stand by that. But there was something missing ...

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