Gweek 010: "Losing is Fun!"

Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about comic books, science fiction & fantasy, video games and board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff.

In this episode, Rob and Mark interview Jonah Weiner, the author of "Where Do Dwarf-Eating Carp Come From?" an article in the New York Times Magazine about the game Dwarf Fortress.

Show notes:

1. Dwarf Fortress, Rob's experience with the game.

2. The amazing crime comic book mini series Blue Estate.

3. Boing Boing switches from Movable Type to WordPress and hopefully gets a lot faster.

4. LEGO Mindstorms.

5. Dexter Industries' Sensors for LEGO Mindstorms

6. Six Days, by Philip Webb.

7. Interview with Jonah Weiner, author of Dwarf Fortress article in the NY Times Magazine.

8. 1000 True Fans, by Kevin Kelly.

9. Dungeons of Dredmor.

10. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

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