Because I follow your website :P 

thing in other countries, or at least attempting to. It's a dispute over patents. Who knows whose claims are rightful. 

 

Fight fight fight fight 

I think Quake worked out better with the "frustrated" Romero.

All the stuff they were talking about wouldn't have given us the Cthulhu Mythos mixed with fantasy that made it such a weird game. I like the mix of settings, the hazy way in which they're linked. It gives the game it's atmosphere.

Less is more kind of thing. This is why I dislike mods that add things like cutscenes and dialogue. Nothing cuts up the strange, lonely atmosphere more for me than that (I think scripted elements aren't a problem though, as they don't take you out of the character, and if done well make the world feel more dynamic).

They did screw up the weapon balance though :P 

Also the gameplay of Quake and Doom has yet to be recaptured which is another reason both games remain on my computer at all times. The mixture of arcade combat, weird and varied monsters and complex 3D environments is awesome. 

You might be interested in this: http://lunaran.com/page.php?id=200 

To me, it was atmosphere. As a kid, it was very easy to lose myself in the gloomy nightmare world that id made with Quake. It was very engrossing - it was mysterious, it was frightening, and it had a lot of little details like swamp/wind sounds and imposing architecture. The monsters were psychotic, I remember the first time I saw a fiend, it scared the SHIT out of me. Not literally, but it was really scary. Vores, too. Damn those things blew my mind.

The gameplay is alright, but really it's the imaginative, frightening, tense atmosphere. 

That's some excellent feedback guys. Keep it coming. I especially like the link to Lunaran his site, I never thought about it that way. But it does make a lot of sense. 

It's fast and evil ...but with a grim sense of humour.

You can tell they had fun making it, despite all the various interviews and so on claiming otherwise. 

Rumor control:

http://kotaku.com/5851953/doom-4-indefinitely-postponed-following-rages-disappointing-launch 

 

spreading tabloid crap from a disgusting gawker media spam site is not rumor control, it is supporting such rumors. they pay their editors based on pageviews, so the more controversy and links the better. please do not link to gawker media. 

Apparently I missed that memo. I'll keep it in mind. 

Tomorrow (today...) it's 7 years that I run a Quake website. I kinda want to launch the new Quaddicted now but it is in a rather sorry state. If you think you might be interested in giving random feedback or even be willing to help out, go visit www2. (and ignore links that point to www.). Feedback is welcome in the forum there (no registration needed), per mail to me or here. Any kind of feedback really but if you write an essay on some small cosmetic things it might be a waste of your time. There are many things to do...

Existing user accounts should work. If not, tell me. Wiki and forum posts will be kept, but no changes/tags/ratings in the map system. 

Infje,

Please, take Spirits criticism with a grain of salt. Ask him who his previous sponsors have been. There was nothing wrong with what you did. No need to apologize. 

Main page (www2), section "The latest singleplayer maps": link's refer to old site verion. 

 

i wish it wouldn't have such an abismal ui :((( 

Seeing as everyone is bashing 7zip, I will stand up for it.

How hard is this? -

1 - Right-click on the archive.

2 - Click '7Zip' on the drop down menu.

3 - Click on 'Open Archive'.

Really terrible and sooo difficult, I think I'm gonna go and cry about it........ 

Thank you Gus. In that case, Spirit, who have been your previous sponsors. 

err, and then the shitty gui starts, yes. I've had weird drag and drop behavior yesterday for instance. 

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/blizzcon-11-diablo-iii/722895 

not sure what Gus is hinting at. I had a text link ad on my site which was just static text. there was a fixed agreement prior to that and there was nothing else. for the link target it was purely about Google ranking. nothing about sending traffic from my site to them nor any kind of tracking (eg to see how many people saw the text).

so I have no clue what that has to do with my critic of gawkers pay-per-view model.



digs: aye, many links point to www. thanks! I think I'll just flip the switch and polish later.