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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Comics!

I've found a new favourite internet comic: Wondermark. Here's a few of my favourites: hard at work, make it count, your civic duty, stick to your guns. Lots of other great ones in the archives, check it out. We put (among some other internet comics) the "make it count" one on our door at school. One of the professors I know walked by, looked at the comics, then asked something along the lines of "are these supposed to be funny?" To which I replied, "well, sort of...". He thought about it for a while longer, then concluded that "you have expanded my definition of what comics can be". Always glad to be of service!

The Greatest Game in the History of All Time, Ever (tm)

Belongs, of course, to Dwarf Fortress. I was shocked to discover that I hadn't written about this earlier. I played it obsessively for a few days, then got burned out and left it for a few months, waiting for a few more versions to come and go. The reason for this is that, amazingly, it is still in alpha - but it's probably the most complex game I've ever seen.

There are two modes: one is a fortress building simulation, the other more of a nethack-style adventure game. The other time, I only played the fortress building part. I couldn't believe some of the details. Some of the highlights included the dwarves having a party at exactly the wrong time (just as I'm yelling at them "plant those seeds you damn ******* dwarves, you're gonna ******* starve!), having a dwarf lock himself in a room to try and build a masterwork (and then going insane when he didn't get the right materials) and stealing supplies from the caravan that came to try and trade with me. One dwarf adopted a hunting dog as a pet, then refused to get out of bed after the dog died in battle. Crazy stuff.

Yesterday I tried the adventure mode. This part is definately still in development, but the combat is just as insanely detailed as the fortress mode. My first fight with an alligator ended with him biting off my leg - after I attempted to get him in a headlock (probably a bad idea). On my next adventure, I attempted to slash a zombie, only to have my sword stick in his arm, and refuse to come out. Then there was the time I got trampled by a horse....I read a great story in the internet about how a guy went to fight a giant with a master-work sword he looted from his last fortress - only to have it stolen by a giant, who proceeded to kill him with it.

If nothing else, be sure to check out the up and coming developments list for the game. The programmer is one crazy, organized person.
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