ELLO NEW YEAR! AND WELCOME TO 2013! 

actually do some quake shit/ vaguely-game-related shit 

I hope to get to play more quake this year (not having any more babies will help with that I expect) 

And Happy Birthday ScamPIE! 

:> 

I hope there is cake and beer. Or beer cake. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtlYi1yLTVQ

... and I highly recommend to have a look to other videos from this guy.. :D 

http://youtu.be/2h7bTo5xLyQ

from about a year before it was released 

Gil Ziffer is a dickhead! But, anyone living in my part of the world already knows that ;-) 

If anyone wants to Facebook him indicating so, I will map for you!!! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=NvgEx1g9dW4 

Nice find !!! 

I recently went dual monitor. On my new monitor (backlit TN) when I spread my fingers and wave my hand in front of it I can clearly see temporal aliasing, on my old one (5 years, edgelit TN) I don't get it at all. Anyone else try it and share results? I'm curious. 8-B 

who didn't wave his hand in front of his screen? 

tried with a guitar, while jamming on milkdrop.
Unfortunately it was a tube screen and I'm glad it didn't electrify my waves. 

 

Carmack on why he thinks Linux emulation of games is better business than Linux ports

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/17x0sh/john_carmack_asks_why_wine_isnt_good_enough/c89sfto 

Properly evangelized, with Steam as a monetized distribution platform, this is a plausible path forward.

Is he saying Steam + emulation is the best solution ???
Valve's Linux games are native afaik.

I truly do feel that emulation of some sort is a proper technical direction for gaming on Linux.

Hmmm.... He sold his company, so money is obviously more important to him than the thing he loved. When he sold iD, he lost his right to mouth off too imho. Or at least be taken earnestly. 

Even if he hadn't sold his company, it employs 200 people and projects take years and cost millions. If they were independant money would still be a huge concern. 

 

Why wasn't this news?

https://github.com/SiPlus/WebQuake
http://www.quaddicted.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=438

Amazing webgl port of Quake that runs in Firefox and Chrome.

Anyway, Quake is still much better native, but this is really fantastic work by the guy that made it. Seriously incredible port - especially when compared to other webgl games. Crazy how well it runs.

Shame running in a web browser makes input all wanky. 

Gut-wrenching story by Don Rosa about why he quit: http://career-end.donrosa.de/ 

Original News Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaAd8OuwwPk

Remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFEoMO0pc7k