However incredible Dwarf Fortress is, and it is, it never landed the, “why I give a shit about this character or that character.”

Oh my I disagree so much. I’ve not launched DF for a year and I can still rent about the stories of characters that I only know from their descendants and the legends.

Both awesome games no doubt

I may still have a pdf listing free software (or just games?) somewhere that you were writing from nearly two decades ago, and still today you provide so many great resources. Thank you!!