LINCOLN CARPENTER × DWARF FORTRESS

Every piece Lincoln Carpenter has written about Dwarf Fortress.

13 articles spanning Dwarf Fortress's coverage, newest first.

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1 SEPT
1 piece
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PC Gamer·1 Sept
Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'
news
27 AUG
1 piece
LC
PC Gamer·27 Aug
Holy crap, it's happening: Dwarf Fortress gets its first Myth and Magic update later this year, bringing each player's world its own procedural magic system
news
11 FEB
1 piece
LC
PC Gamer·11 Feb
Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it's four times hotter than the surface of the sun
news
8 JAN
1 piece
LC
PC Gamer·8 Jan
Dwarf Fortress kicks off another year of bonkers patch notes with the saddest 6-word story ever told: 'Mothers no longer seek ghostly babies'
news
20 OCT 2025
1 piece
PS
PC Gamer·20 Oct 2025
The top 100 PC games of 2025
roundup
16 OCT 2025
1 piece
LC
PC Gamer·16 Oct 2025
Dwarf Fortress is getting a siege update in November with goblin battering rams and defense-destroying troll engineers that'll dismantle over a decade of dwarven siege strategy
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22 JUL 2025
1 piece
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PC Gamer·22 Jul 2025
Dwarf Fortress just made it easier for modders to add their own procedural creatures, items, curses, and more: 'All of these things have been hard-coded in Dwarf Fortress, inaccessible to modders. Now the algorithms and data are available'
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8 JUL 2025
1 piece
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PC Gamer·8 Jul 2025
After 15 years of busted marksdwarves, Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams says archers will finally refill their ammo 'instead of leaping over walls and clubbing people with their crossbows'
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31 MAR 2025
1 piece
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PC Gamer·31 Mar 2025
Dwarf Fortress dwarves are 'more human than human,' creator says: 'They're allowed to embody bigger emotions. They're allowed to make bigger mistakes. They're allowed to do anything'
news
25 MAR 2025
2 pieces
HR
PC Gamer·25 Mar 2025
Dwarf Fortress' creator is so tired of hearing about AI: 'Press a button and it writes a really sh*tty, wrong essay about something—and they still take your job'
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LC
PC Gamer·25 Mar 2025
After 23 years of making Dwarf Fortress, even its creator is still 'terrified' of drowning all his dwarves with aquifers: 'Part of the problem is we are just not good at videogames'
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12 FEB 2025
1 piece
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PC Gamer·12 Feb 2025
With Adventure mode squared away, Dwarf Fortress is entering a 'new era of development' as its devs shift focus toward future features
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23 JAN 2025
1 piece
LC
PC Gamer·23 Jan 2025
Dwarf Fortress finally got its roguelike Adventure Mode on Steam, so if you'll excuse me, I've got to go fire up a fresh wombat man
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