A Strange Mood: The Couple's Dwarf Fortress Podcast

Kristin McFarland, Drew Buschhorn
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A married couple makes a humorous attempt to understand and inhabit the world of Dwarf Fortress.

  1. 11/13/2024

    Episode 40: Oh God, Not The Kittens!

    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 […]

    49 min

  2. 10/29/2024

    Episode 39: Stephen From Story Dwarves

    “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)

    49 min

  3. 09/24/2024

    Episode 38: Dwarf Magic School

    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 […]

    49 min

  4. 09/11/2024

    Episode 37.5: Critter Cove

    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 […]

    34 min

  5. 09/04/2024

    Episode 37: Hot Dwarf Summer

    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)

    48 min

  6. 07/23/2024

    Episode 36: Games Other Than Dwarf Fortress

    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)

    40 min

  7. 06/25/2024

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

    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)

    53 min

  8. 05/07/2024

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

    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 […]

    35 min
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