Community heroes: Tarn Adams, for Dwarf Fortress

Jaz McDougall at 03:44pm August 2 2010
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This week, we’re still interviewing some of PC gaming’s greatest heroes – the pillars of the community who have devoted huge chunks of time and love to make the PC a better place to game. Today, we’ve got an interview with Tarn Adams – one of the two brothers behind Dwarf Fortress, the ASCII Dwarf civilisation simulator that still produces some of the most amazing stories in gaming.

Fold space in Fault Line

Jaz McDougall at 11:46pm August 1 2010
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The depressing thing about real life is that you can’t send one of your detachable rocket hands to grab two points in reality and pull them together. Luckily, there’s this game that simulates what it would be like. If you were also living in a series of devious puzzles.

Realtime Worlds announce MyWorld

Jaz McDougall at 11:46pm August 1 2010
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I’m about to show you a video, but first, let’s have a moment of silence for the APB fans. Just, you know, bow your head or something.

Alright, here’s Realtime Worlds’ new game you can explore “early next year.”

Stay in and play The Curfew

Jaz McDougall at 02:08pm August 1 2010
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I’ve just had a play of The Curfew, the game by Littleloud, written by Kieron Gillen. If you were thinking of it as an educational game, you need to stop that nonsense right now. It’s an adventure game with quite good music, and one quarter of it is ready to play.

Battlefield 3 stealth announcement

Jaz McDougall at 02:07pm August 1 2010
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Of all the ways DICE could have revealed Battlefield 3, they had to go and do it with a Medal of Honour pre-order bonus. In addition to the extra guns they promised, you get access to the Battlefield 3 beta when you purchase before release.

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