Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it’s four times hotter than the surface of the sun

The many wonders of Dwarf Fortress are products of its complexity. The intricate interplay of fantasy simulation systems generate uniquely rich moments: Fortress mayhem can provoke a rash of traumatic baby hauntings, goblin highwaymen can be grabbed and thrashed about by their individual teeth, and—as one Dwarf Fortress player recently discovered—sometimes your soldiers might just…

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Poking around Hytale’s unfinished sandbox is the first time I’ve felt hope for a voxel RPG since Cube World broke my heart (twice)

Alas, poor Cube World. Your future felt so bright twice (thrice?) upon a time, when you popped out of the blue with so many brazen promises and then fizzled out in mere weeks. The reality of playing Cube World in 2019 was pretty dismal, but the underlying concept has always crackled with promise—a voxel-based, procedurally…

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Reforj – Join the Xbox Insider Playtest Today!

Category: Playtests February 11, 2026 Reforj – Join the Xbox Insider Playtest Today! Tim, Xbox Program Manager We’re excited to invite all Xbox Insiders on Xbox Series X|S to join the Reforj playtest starting today, February 11. Limited space is available, so join now to secure your spot! About the Game: 4J Studios – the…

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More details of an extra big Intel Nova Lake ‘bLLC’ CPU die with added cache and designed to take on AMD’s X3D chips emerge

The Intel Nova Lake leaks are coming thick and fast today. Earlier, Nick reported on the apparently outsized power requirements of the dual-CPU-die variant of Nova Lake with 52 cores. Now come claimed details about the equally outsized proportions of the widely rumoured “bLLC” version of the Nova Lake CPU die with added cache memory….

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