3D First-Person Games, So Far

Gernot Ziegler writes: "One of my professors (Stefan Gustavsson) has written a good summary that explains the history & technical background/innovations that Doom, Quake & Unreal brought with them when they were released. Check it out." It's a pdf file. Gustavsson ends with a list of hopeful questions about where such games can go, after nearly a decade of running and violence. What I'd really like to see is a goal-free 3D world like the Snowcrash Metaverse, but it will take games to get there ;)

Comments

Goal Free Universe?

[KarmaBlackballed]

What I'd really like to see is a goal-free 3D world like the Snowcrash

Real life is already goal-free. Part of the allure of games is that they have goals. A goal-free virtual universe would at best be a novelty and a fad for a few moments.

Re:It's a PDF file???

[Anonymous Coward]

Nope, the Adobe boycott was last week. We're mad at Microsoft again this week.

LOL

[wrinkledshirt]

With the source code open for years, this should have been easy to check.

Easy for you to say. Some of us still get the intellectual equivalent of a slurpee brain freeze trying to get all the way through Abrash's Black Book.

Jeez, who does this guy think he is? John Romero or something?

Re: noodity

[po8]

I find the prominent Adam's Apple on that ``woman'' rather, er, disturbing...

It's a PDF file???

[Robber Baron]

I thought we were boycotting Adobe!

Re:Already here.

[warpath]

I've been working on a project that combines a variety of social/physical simulations into one MMP world, which can have a variety of interfaces (graphical, text, web-based, etc.) People are born, grow up, work, play, have relationships, have offspring, etc.; The focus is on the world itself, rather than on having a pretty place to chat.

Ugh! I'm already doing those things, IRL. Can't my avatar in your world sit around and drink beer and play the Sims all day or something? Maybe camp Slashdot, so I could get one of those cool First Posts?

Escapism is the whole reason to play, isn't it?

Re:Already here.

[CaseyB]

Its been around for at least 4-5 years already.

Uh, yeah, look out Neal Stephenson, the metaverse has arrived.

This term's assignment

[Rupert]

is to see who can drive the most traffic to a random PDF on the professor's website.

A+ for a slashdotting.