Happy DOOMsday!

It's the 11th birthday of the mighty DOOM! Unfortunately, I don't remember anything about its development history anymore - I don't know how that happened.

Ok, just kidding. If you haven't visited the DOOM page in a while, take a look for a minute to remember what was once a world obsession.

To celebrate, I've put up some pictures from DOOM's development in the Photo Gallery - the amount of pictures in there just doubled. Stay tuned for more old pictures next week when it will be Commander Keen's birthday two times! (First & second trilogies)

Daikatana News

I just put up the beginnings of the Daikatana page. Since it's taking so long to get these game pages up, I decided that I'll at least make a start at them!

The cool news about the Daikatana page is the release of a long lost pre-alpha! So if you're a Daikatana lover (or liker), check it out...it's slightly interesting.

Also, the heading on all pages on the site will direct you back to here.

Random Stuff

Just watched National Treasure and it was really great! Very reminiscent of The Goonies but for a more grown-up audience. You should definitely see it - and bring the kids if you have any.

I sold my iPod within a week of posting that I'm selling it in my forums. And the person who bought it isn't even registered on the forums but is a lurker on there! It's such a hot item that the buyer sold it at a higher price to someone else who wanted it - before I even shipped the thing!

Thanksgiving's coming up... the 4 day weekend will be really nice, like a mini vacation. I'll probably be chillin' at home playing GTA:San Andreas since I'm ADDICTED to the thing. The previous addiction was Burnout3 which I still play on occasion, but GTA:SA is Da Bomb. Right now. I'm putting off buying Half-Life2 until it gets patched a bit....since I have an awesome game to play right now anyway.

Work is going really well - just showed the current status of Gauntlet to Midway's execs and everyone was happy with the progress. The game's looking really nice and playing unlike anything in the genre.

Oh, I just pumped some Ion Storm pictures into the Photo Gallery if you want to see what all the fuss was about ...all those years ago!

That's about it! Have fun - it's the reason you're alive!

Quake Day

Happy Birthday Quake!

Today is Quake's 8th birthday! As the years march forth, my game babies get older...and older....and older. But I remain the same age! Well, mentally at least. Keeps me sane, I guess.

So, yeah, eight years ago it was a lonely Saturday afternoon when I was by myself up at ole id Software, putting together the shareware distribution of Quake and getting ready to upload it to The Planet. My, how times have changed. And there's a Quake 4 yet to be released, too. I'm excited to see how that one turns out - my friends at Raven have always done a great job on id's games.

Oh, and I can't wait for DOOM 3 as well. Major sequelitis. Let's see, since I've been gone we've all played Quake 2, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Commander Keen for GBA, Quake 3, DOOM/DOOM II for GBA, Wolfenstein 3D for GBA....and now we wait for DOOM 3 and Quake 4.

Okay!

Of course, I wish Quake's brothers well and they will all have some great birthdays, whenever they are, and maybe they'll eat some cake and grow some legs and arms and scare the hell out of some people and....ummmm....

Anyway, just wanted to say Happy Birthday to the most special Quake of all!

New photo section - check it out, you can click on the link that says "The ROME.RO Photo Gallery" and if you belong to the forums and send me your pic, you can be in there too!

Wolfy Turns 14

Happy Birthday Wolfenstein 3D!

Today was Wolfenstein 3D's 12th birthday! That means that the FPS market is 12 years old as of today, since many regard W3D as the first true game of the genre. It's cool to see how the genre's evolved over the past 12 years with the advent of the tactical shooter (Rainbow Six; Ghost Recon), online tournament shooter (Quake 3; UT2K4), and massively multiplayer military shooter (Battlefield:1942). I know there's some more but they are more nichey and one-off-ish.

Geez, we made Wolfenstein so many years ago that I can't remember anything that happened back then. JUST KIDDING! I remember everything almost as if it was yesterday. I definitely remember it being great fun - it was a great time for id. And it's great to see the legacy survive in Return To Castle Wolfenstein.

Sadly, on February 26th, a few months ago, the creator of the original 1981 classic Castle Wolfenstein, Silas Warner, died. I've always been an admirer of Silas' and Tom Hall and I went to his wake in Chico, CA in March. I was lucky enough to get Silas' last collection of disks and memorabilia which included a pristine copy of the original package of Castle Wolfenstein. R.I.P. Silas.