Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy &
To : Gamgee
From : Boraxman
Date : Mon May 12 2025 06:35 pm
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Bo> It IS the gold
Bo> standard of fantasy, and set the template for many other fantasy works
Bo> later. Tolkein was to fantasy what iD Software was to First Person
Bo> Shooters, but to be honest, that may be UNDER stating it.
Ga> As a former ID Software addict, I am 100% in agreement; and great
Ga> analogy! ;-)
Bo> How did you get over the addiction? I'm not recovered yet! In fact,
Bo> I'm making levels for Quake right now, hopefully will release a short
Bo> episode this year, inspired by Dante's Inferno.
Ga> Well... interesting question. I guess because "Life" moved on and
Ga> other games grabbed some attention. Also the transition from DOS to
Ga> Windows, and then to Linux make it less easy to run the old DOS stuff.
Ga> Also Duke Nukem 3D was a MAJOR distraction. There was some software
Ga> called "Kali" that I registered, which allowed online multiplayer
Ga> "Duking" and that took a lot of my time away... ;-) I still fire up
Ga> Doom/Duke/Quake1/2 now and then. Absolutely LOVED Quake2 also.
Ga> Heretic/Hexen had their time as well.
Ga> These days I'm not doing much gaming, too many other distractions.
Ga> Likely will after I retire in about 2 years. :-)
I don't play games much actually. Testing these level is really the
only gaming I've done all year, unless you count solitaire or 2048 or
Wordle. I don't have the inclination to spend my time gaming, but editing
ives
me a creative outlet.
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