I've been playing a lot of Dwarf Fortress lately. If you needed any proof of my masochism, the simple fact that I love this game would more than suffice.

Speaking of masochism, I am now reading Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon, and rereading George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Both excellent books, but painfull as all get out to read. I've also just picked up short stories by Ambrose Bierce, a copy of George Gissing's New Grub Street, and a collection of short stories by various french writers, including Albert Camus, Max Jacob, and Sartre. Some good reading ahead for me, without a doubt.