Brodzky Books

This is reposted from a thread I created on the Dwarf Fortress forums to percolate some discussion about what people get out of the game.  It was equal parts devised to get some talk going amongst players about what they want to see more of from the development, what keeps ‘em around and such, as well as to use that information for DF Talk fuel.  Once the DF Talk episode about playstyles drops, and some discussion filters out from that, I’ll be posting a follow-up in the thread to crystallize the completely non-scientific findings.

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Here’s the pictures from the Shasta Caverns bit.   Only one of my interior pictures turned out.  Overall it was a fun trek up and into the mountain.

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For the longest time, if anyone would have asked me “Hey, Kyle, what do you think about Arthur C. Clarke?” I would have replied something along the lines of “Oh, he’s pretty cool.”   I’d almost certainly have gone on to list the 2001 series as well as his correspondence with Lord Dunsany as reasons of my vague approval.   But this isn’t going to be the case anymore, and I will now say, if questioned, that I simply don’t care for him.  The reason for my sudden change of heart is simple as cake:  I’ve discovered that Clarke has no class.

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Alright, so I’ve decided to open this site up with a sort of retrospective on Dante’s Inferno; a book I’ve noticed I own several copies of. Given my absolutely ridiculous rate of acquiring books I vaguely intend to read at some point, this isn’t exactly an endorsement- I just happen to have several different editions and translations of it.

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