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Ion Dallas Departures

By Steve Gibson, Jul 19, 2001 3:18pm PDT

Well it's become official, Ion Storm Dallas is pretty much dissolving. Eidos Interactive sent out a PR (Thanks GSD) making nice nice over the...

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"Actualy everyone but Romero left yesterday. John had to wait until today because he couldn't ..."

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Romero Interview

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 06, 2001 7:56am PDT

To continue their Doom week Doomcente has posted an interview with John Romero talking about the game. You can also win a signed Doom poster.

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" It was not very good, but it was nowhere near as bad as some people would have you believe."

- Midshift see all 23 comments

Lost Quake Map

By Maarten Goldstein, Jun 24, 2001 6:26am PDT

John Romero updated his person website with a new Quake 1 level that was produced for the original game but never included. It's called Lost...

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"#48 - In other words, it's not "a 'quake' game" it's "the 'Quake' game"."

- Boogieman see all 52 comments

Quake Turns Five

By Maarten Goldstein, Jun 22, 2001 6:28am PDT

Today is a big anniverary for Quake 1. It has been 5 years already since the shareware version of the game was released by id Software. Over at...

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""While Quake wasn't the first true 3D game (I think Descent was), it was the first true 3D first ..."

- nomaad see all 141 comments

ION Storm Dallas Closing Down

By Maarten Goldstein, May 31, 2001 5:49am PDT

According to very reliable sources close to ION Storm, ION Storm Dallas is shutting down today. Eidos apparently didn't feel like spending more...

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" Shut up fuckface. You've embarrassed yourself enough already, now take your dumbass out of here."

- archon see all 650 comments

Ion Storms

By Steve Gibson, Feb 26, 2001 1:36pm PST

Last week I ran a story about John Romero's status with Ion Storm. There were a couple of carefully worded responses out there but considering the...

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John Romero & Ion Storm

By Steve Gibson, Feb 22, 2001 11:55am PST

To continue the craziness today here is something for you guys. I've heard from a couple of reliable sources that John Romero's status at Ion Storm...

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" pr0n movies............NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo"

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Case Leaves Ion Storm

By Steve Gibson, Jan 29, 2001 6:47am PST

Stevie 'KillCreek' Case has put in her resignation at Ion Storm. Stevie gained a lot gamers attention for beating John Romero (whom she is now...

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"Maybe if we all ignore her she will disapear... who gives a fuck that shes a woman, what has she ..."

- JimboBob see all 194 comments

The Programmers

By Steve Gibson, Dec 26, 2000 5:59am PST

The Programmers Part2 is up at Fragland discussing things with folks from Croteam and John Romero among others. Worth checking out.

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""8. Any last comments on your job for future game programmers ? John : Learn as much as you ..."

- TERATOGEN see all 3 comments

id the Engine Company

By Maarten Goldstein, Nov 28, 2000 8:18am PST

A new editorial on 3D Action Planet discusses whether or not id should become an engine company as their recent games have been lacking in the eyes...

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"you see where romero has gone with his bullshit. while id has released q2 and q3, he has just ..."

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Q3F Interview

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 16, 2000 2:52am PDT

The Mushroom has an interview with Locki of the Q3F mod. There are 10 questions related to the fortress mod, and 10 more personal questions such as...

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"God damn, it's hard to think under pressure. Especially when you're really tired. Yo Steve, ..."

- timmie see all 2 comments

Romero Video

By Steve Gibson, Jun 25, 2000 10:35am PDT

Gameplay.com has a video interview with John Romero that they did at E3. The Romero discusses his thoughts on a persistent world etc etc. Hey, its...

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" that site has got to be a fake... but then again, there are some people really that stupid."

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Quake1 Beta Shots

By Steve Gibson, Jun 21, 2000 12:12am PDT

Considering the massive interest in those Quake3 beta screenshots, I figured we'll make it nostalgia week here. I dug up these screenshots of the...

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"The weapon balancing issue in Quake 1 was probably one of the things that made it so much fun, ..."

- Hypherion see all 133 comments

Eidos, Ion, & The Romero

By Steve Gibson, Jun 20, 2000 6:16pm PDT

Also, the rumor of the day about Eidos getting bought out by Infrogames has been confirmed by WellRounded to be not true. You can read the quick...

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" Nope it won't happen because there is to much ego involed to make a all-star team of developers. "

- JERRY see all 233 comments

Daikatana + Doom

By Steve Gibson, May 30, 2000 8:54pm PDT

Word from the FrontLine via John Romero is that a patch for The Daikatana will be available within about 10 days which is going to feature ports of...

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"I have the DTT2500 speakers and they sound good if you use them for their intended purpose - ..."

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