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 ...

I have found that, for the most part, people do not want to go rogue with their health. Going rogue is risky, laborious, and alienating. Most people want medicine to work for them. Most want ...

For over 35 years, the Final Fantasy franchise has captivated fans with its anthology storytelling, keeping things fresh in its magical fantasy world by continuously introducing new characters and ...

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 ...

Corin Silva, left, as Jim Almonds with Jack O'Connell, who plays Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, in the second series of BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes Jim Almonds, a founding member of the SAS, earned the ...

A 15-year-old student from Bristol says it "feels surreal" to have topped the worldwide fantasy football league. Charlie, a Year 11 pupil at Bristol Grammar School, topped the league for a ...

Dwarf Fortress is still the champion when it ... paid version of the text-based ASCII art original that first launched in 2006. It’s a magnificent thing, laden with systems that let you ...

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 ...

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.

Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different ...