The Stack Overflow Podcast

You don't need a math PhD to play Dwarf Fortress, just to code it

Tarn and his brother Zach are the brains behind Dwarf Fortress and the community that rose around it. Dr . Tarn Adams received a math PhD, but left his post-doc because he was too busy making games. A bug created the statue Planepacked , a massive structure that contained the entire history of the world as well as 73 copies of the statue itself. Many…