Archiving the history of the video game Quake 2: created by id Software; customized by the Quake 2 community.
A real-life Quake-guy It's maybe worth trying to translate some of Quake's basic units into real world ones to get an idea of how player abilities compare to those of a regular human. Not that anyone's hoping for any great realism here: any human that can walk away from a shotgun blast to the face …
Running up that hill When you run down a slope in Quake, gravity is on your side. You can run a little bit faster horizontally as a result of the downwards force, just as in reality. The greater the incline, the more noticeable the effect. If it's too steep, though, you'll actually leave the ground. …
Up Against The Wall! By Anthony Bailey An Editorial by Anthony Bailey (QdQ) You are reading QdQ's local copy of this article, published on Planet Quake on 15th November 1997. If updates are needed, or other notes are relevant, we'll change this copy and add them here. Clearly, it ought to have been mentioned that …
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Levelord rules over game design: Mysterious 'superhero' known for Duke Nukem strives for originality 07/21/98 By Harley Jebens / The Dallas Morning News Don't bother asking him what his real name is. "As with any superhero, I simply cannot reveal my true identity," he says, adding, without a hint of modesty and with more than …
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Bring Back The Rush: Paradigms of Weapon Design — by Severen Recently, the feel of First Person Shooter DM has moved into a direction, which some might argue is more cerebral, but ultimately most people agree is much less intense than in the past. Most of this can be attributed to one thing -- weapon …
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