I thought about that too, but my last two forts were right next to rivers and I wanted something different. For extra fun I chose a “scorching” environment.

And many happy returns.

Fun fact: the name of that gap is Crysoceras, or “Golden Horn”.

Interesting. With a bit of find-replace you could turn this into a review of Dwarf Fortress. Loyal fanbase, frequent updates, and a huge draw of emergent storytelling that makes it ultimately a game about people.

My understanding is that most of the stops are user created, correct?

In the off chance that you are actually interested in a reply.

Horse isn’t bad tasting at all. Grind it up and it’s hard to tell from lean beef.

*crosses fingers*

A lot of kids aren’t actually downloading and playing the real FNAF game.

I’ve worked at a couple of elementary schools. I’ve met plenty of kids who were really into the games, and at least two kids who obsessed over it. As in, for days or weeks that seemed to be all they wanted to talk about.

I raised this with my class once (taught ESL in China for a few years). We did a novel study on “American Born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang. It’s all about growing up as a second generation Chinese American in a small town. As part of the unit they had to write journals on the chapters they read, answer questions, etc.

Morrowind was my gateway. I’d played other games before, “Secret of Mana” was something I sunk hours into at my cousin’s house.

Aye. Like Dwarf Fortress, Skyrim’s strength lies in our ability to project motivations and narrative onto the random interactions of systems.

Are you familiar with the biological concept of R and K species? R species, like salmon or dormice, produce huge amounts of offspring in the hopes that some will survive. K species, like elephants and humans, invest a lot of energy in a few offspring.

Did not know about that magazine. Thanks for the heads up.

Did Bethesda ever acknowledge it as an influence on the Elder Scrolls? Just curious. “Arena” came out 1994, before even the first fan translations, and as far as I know grew out of their home brew D&D setting. If it did play a role I’d love to hear the story behind it.

Regarding skeletons, no one is entirely sure what’s up with humans in Akavir. Supposedly the Tsaesci (snake people) ate them long ago, but there are also references suggesting the Tsaesci actually were humans. It’s Elder Scrolls; unreliable narrator is king.

Children’s librarian here.