Dwarf Fortress: Life Imitates Art

By: Derek Yu

On: April 16th, 2009

A programmer dwarf reclines with his pet and his lute.

Happy belated birthday, Tarn. Congratulations on the new kitten… gulp!

I’m going to get flamed for posting this, aren’t I?

Posted in Community, Games and Art?, Nerd Love, Sim | Tags: TarnAdams

Teknogames/Beau Blyth

is he in a forest?
Soulliard

At least he didn’t get a pet carp.
toastie

Somehow I knew in my heart that he looked like a mighty dwarven warrior.
Duckmeister

No, Tarn, DON’T FISH IN THE LAKE NOOOOOOOOO!
defacid

Awesome. My birthday was two days ago.
torsion

I’d pay for a “life imitates art” indie developer calendar.
FishyBoy

Someone get Pixel, hit him on the head until he gets amnesia, and drop him in a cave with a glock or something.
Xion

FishyBoy: lul
Xander

Haha, by the extension we need to split apart all of Flashbang. One wakes strapped to a jellyfish, one behind the wheel of a jeep and one to a jetpack brontosaurus.

That would be the greatest calendar ever!

Also by further extension; Life imitates Art, Art imitates Data.
ChevyRay

Happy Birthday, Tarn! You’re an inspiration to all of us!

… or, most of us at least!

… okay, the nerdiest of us. But an inspiration regardless!

<3
Bood_War

Derek Yu
Tarn Adams
Pixel
Jon Blow
Terry

Gah, I can’t think of anyone else
Corpus

Tarn is the incarnation of Productivity. I bet he didn’t even take a day off on his birthday.
http://theatreinathens.blogspot.com Dorian

Since he’s got one kitten, he probably won’t have to worry about a catsplosion…probably.
Chris

Some immigrants will bring another cat, and then there’ll be trouble…
Craig Stern

Ha! Nicely done. Happy birthday! (By the way, your cat is adorable.)
Mark

Kittens :D
http://www.phubans.com/ phubans

A cat is fine too.
Bood_War

If a male cat is brought, there will be a catsplosion. If a female cat is brought, there will be a catsplosion. If a dog is brought, there will be a catsplosion…
yo

Lacks a cap, and where is curly brace?
shipwreck

So he DID write that catchy tune for DF!

Happy birthday, master dwarf.
magallanes

Dwarf fortress can be resumed as:
“jesus christ it’s a elephant, get in the fortress! ”

:-P
Fuzz

That kitten is really scary…
http://elvisbrevi.blogspot.com Elvis Brevi

Happy birthday from Chile!
http://www.toadsanime.deviantart.com/ Toadsanime

And an even more-so belated Happy Birthday from me, too.
Person what enjoys indie games

PWEIG Cancels task: Driven insane by Dwarf Fortress’s complexity
http://www.mattmakesgames.com Matt Thorson

Happy birthday, man I don’t know!
data

I’ll just leave this here…
http://www.datarealms.com/stuff/DataCSR.jpg
Cobalt

Scamps looks a bit like a bird with that crazy fur. Hummingbird.
Undertech

data’s cheek muscles are bigger than my biceps. I am humbled once again.
undertech

On topic: that is a fantastic picture.
Allen Smithee

I wish I could actually play Dwarf Fortress and be just as amused by this

Too bad it doesn’t run right on my computer…

But still, a wicked picture indeed.
gulo gulo

i keep on accidentally playing the df bgm