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GameTales: The Bilestoad

GameTales: The Bilestoad

We were in Quake development. It was at the beginning when things were going smoothly, not the last seven months that turned work into a very dark place (from December 1995 on). But, I digress. Michael Abrash, the legendary programmer, was working at id and occupying the space where Tom Hall, followed by Sandy Petersen, resided - out in the [...]

R.I.P. John J. Anderson

R.I.P. John J. Anderson

One of my favorite writers and game authors from the 80's was John J. Anderson. I first got acquainted with John from his excellent game Sea Dragon (published by Scott Adam's company Adventure International) and then Eliminator. I used to read his columns in Creative Computing magazine and he was a very bright guy, crossing over between the [...]