A Strange Mood: The Couple's Dwarf Fortress Podcast

Nov 13 2024 42 ep. 46 mins 86

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A married couple makes a humorous attempt to understand and inhabit the world of Dwarf Fortress.

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Episode 40: Oh God, Not The Kittens!

Nov 13 2024 49 mins

We’ve got fort updates, strange characters, and artifacts galore! Drew tells us about his monster encounters, and Kristin shares her new favorite weirdo, Shem the Shirtless Fisherdwarf. As a bonus at the end, we talk a little about some other games we’ve tried, including Elin, the game that feels like Adventure Mode! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for […]

Episode 39: Stephen From Story Dwarves

Oct 29 2024 48 mins

“For Gods Sake, Someone Pull The Lever!” Today we’re visited by a very special guest, who brings along his process, stories and great Dwarfy tips! Stick around in the episode for another great bop? ditty? (idk, I’m old – Drew) from Stephen! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)

Episode 38: Dwarf Magic School

Sep 24 2024 49 mins

This week, we actually played Dwarf Fortress! Drew has a cool new fort with some artifacts, and Kristin has a new fort that will be cool eventually, probably… hopefully? For the start of spooky season, Kristin talks about Mind Over Magic. And finally, Drew tells us all about Amazing Cultivation Simulator and how it doesn’t […]

Episode 37.5: Critter Cove

Sep 11 2024 34 mins

We’ve got a special episode all about Critter Cove! This is 100% a Kristin Game, with cute creatures, exploration, crafting, and much more! We tell you all about the game and then discuss the concept of early access, and our experiences with games in development. Note that Kristin raises some questions about game features and […]

Episode 37: Hot Dwarf Summer

Sep 04 2024 48 mins

We’re back with an update about all the games we’ve been playing. There are dwarves, we promise! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)

Episode 36: Games Other Than Dwarf Fortress

Jul 23 2024 39 mins

We’re alive! We’ve returned briefly from our summer interlude to discuss what we’ve been up to, and Drew tells us all about his recent Rimworld experience. We’ll be back soon with more dwarfy goodness, we promise! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)

Episode 35: This. Is. RimWorld! … Not Really.

Jun 25 2024 52 mins

We’re back from summer break! Kind of! Indiana is going crazy in the heat, yo, but we’re staying cool with Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld, and all the good settlement games available right now. Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)

Episode 34: A Squirrely Town of Crabmen (and Lobsterwomen)

May 07 2024 35 mins

Kristin starts settling a volcano start location, and realizes it’s a bit more fun than she thought it’d be. Drew continues with the adventure mode beta, making best friends with a hermit-crab-man and his platonic life partner, a master swordsman squirrel-man. Together with their cuddly pet giant war turtle and giant war bear they attempt […]

Episode 33: Onward, To ADVENTURE!

Apr 23 2024 63 mins

We’re back, this time with more goblin murder! We talk in the first 20ish minutes about adventure mode, some of the reactions we’ve seen to it, and how we’re feeling about the current state of the beta. Then, in the last 40ish minutes, you can hear us create an adventurer and almost immediately become murder […]

Episode 32: A Shocking Amount Happened Today

Apr 09 2024 50 mins

We’ve got so much going on! Drew has a metropolis, Kristin has a city, and we have all the encounters that go along with a larger population! Forgotten beasts, creepy underworld creatures, and artifacts galore. Plus, we talk a little about the Stardew Valley update and probably way too much about what manga and anime […]