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Making Games Live Longer With Mods

Posted by timothy on from the fun-if-not-deep dept.

rmohr02 writes: "Popular Science has an interesting article about people hacking games to get more replay value out of them. It mentions games like Quake and Doom which are still played due to the mods people distribute for them, and that the code for Doom's level editor was made free so hackers could use that code to get what they wanted. It also mentions that the next Team Fortress hack, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms, will not be distributed for free."

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  1. And as an art project... by Tom7 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There are some really neat experimental art mods for Quake 1.

    Check them out at www.untitled-game.org/...

    (Personally, I still play Quake 1 straight... a game doesn't stop being fun because newer games come out with flashier graphics!)