Dwarf Fortress is notoriously difficult to learn how to play, and also incredibly detailed. The dwarves you order around can go insane or lose limbs. Individual trees have unique names, though the ASCII-like art makes it hard to tell what’s going on for the uninitiated. One game with a similar feel
The Scrabble dictionary is full of odd words that seem poised to give players excellent triple word scores. Often, these words are archaic forms or thrown in to make two-letter combos more exciting. Part of the game of Scrabble, in competitive play, is memorizing which words are allowed in tournamen
Quora, the question and answer site that encourages users to take pride in their real names and coherent answers, occasionally features answers from videogame professionals. John Romero recently reflected on the difficulties in developing Doom: – – – Each person on the team had a hard time with whic
What happens to those games on Newgrounds that no one ever plays? After they shrivel up like a raisin in the sun, Zero Feedback spotlights them. The Tumblr is dedicated to finding videogames on game forums that have received no feedback. The quotes that accompany the games asking for feedback are a
Videogame fans are growing up, and so is the paraphernalia associated with games. Instead of taping posters to the wall, fans can have chic furniture in their living rooms. This arcade-inspired couch and shelving come from Igor Chak out of LA. Chak describes the sofa as “an old friend that kept tryi
