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What Are LitRPGs Anyway? How I Learned To Love ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’

Here's a look at 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' and the emerging subgenre of LitRPGs.

Inverse · 17h ago

I Love How Dungeon Crawler Carl's Jeff Hays Sums Up Princess Donut (And Why She's Not A Joke)

I mean, really, Carl.

Cinemablend · Sep 1

The Most Exciting LitRPG Fantasy Show Just Got An Intriguing New Showrunner

Peacock's 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' series has officially named its showrunners, with 'Shadow and Bone's Eric Heisserer joining the team.

Inverse · Aug 24

Why Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 9 Will Be Released As Two Books (I Blame Matt Dinniman)

Written as one book, released as two.

Cinemablend · Aug 7

As A Dungeon Crawler Carl Fan, I’m Relieved Matt Dinniman Changed His Original Plan For Donut

The original plan would've been an outrage, Carl!

Cinemablend · Aug 2

Why I Think The Dungeon Crawler Carl Show Could Be Amazing, Even Though I Didn't Love The Book

Dammit, Donut, it’ll be a better show than it is a book!

Cinemablend · Jul 30

Failed Filmmaker Turned YouTube Grifter Is Mad People Are Distancing Themselves From Him and His Grift

Oh here he goes again.

The Mary Sue · Apr 7

The Biggest RPG Phenomenon Of The 2020s Is Coming To TV

Matt Dinniman's popular LitRPG book series Dungeon Crawler Carl is coming to television from the creative team of Chris Yost and Seth MacFarlane.

Inverse · Apr 3

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward; Pagans by James Alistair Henry; Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo; Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman; A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13

If you haven’t read this video game-inspired sci-fi novel, stop what you’re doing and check it out now

Five years late to the party. Goddamnit, Donut!

Destructoid · Sep 2, 2025