Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy &
To   : Gamgee
From : Boraxman
Date : Mon May 12 2025 18:35:00

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 -=> 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.

 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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