Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy &
To   : Boraxman
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun May 11 2025 14:11:01

-=> Boraxman wrote to Gamgee <=-

 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.

Well... interesting question.  I guess because "Life" moved on and other 
games grabbed some attention.  Also the transition from DOS to Windows, 
and then to Linux make it less easy to run the old DOS stuff.  Also Duke 
Nukem 3D was a MAJOR distraction.  There was some software called "Kali" 
that I registered, which allowed online multiplayer "Duking" and that 
took a lot of my time away...  ;-)  I still fire up Doom/Duke/Quake1/2 
now and then.  Absolutely LOVED Quake2 also.  Heretic/Hexen had their 
time as well.

These days I'm not doing much gaming, too many other distractions.  
Likely will after I retire in about 2 years.  :-)



.... Toto, I don't think we're in DOS any more...
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