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3D First-Person Games, So Far

Posted by timothy on from the run-duck-shoot dept.

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 ;)

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  1. What grade is this guy in? by CaseyB · · Score: 1, Troll
    Not a bad attempt for that grade 8 composition assignment, but why are we peer-reviewing elementary-school essays on /.?

    Beside the obvious factual problems (starting with DOOM?), the grammar makes my brain hurt.

  2. academic? by rivers · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who gave this guy his Ph.D? I can even write more coherantly than him, and it is rumored that I am an idiot. I bet he got his degree from the same place I took my TV/VCR Repair courses. Yah for academia!

  3. Metaverse? by CNPOS · · Score: 0, Troll

    Metaverse? HAH! The metaverse is for SISSIES. You keep your little foofoo avatar playground Timmy. I want a DELIVERATOR so I can deliver pizza's in 20 minutes or less in *style*. That or I get whacked by the mob.