Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20151224121621/@comment-1496755-20160228123031

The "general" GameSpy forums were a good expample of this - they were a peculiar community where people knew each other very well and had established some sort of "social order" among themselves. And thus every newcomer was an automatic outsider, who could barely fit in. PlanetDuke, as mentioned, was reduced to 3 or 4 angry regulars that were so fed up with the constant stream of "When is DNF coming out?" that they were very paranoid and hostile towards any new person. And I won't even mention the Half-Life forums... just imagine all the CS fans going there (shudder).

Dancing bear erotica - well, I just learned something new, thanks. Indeed, some people do like hairy stuff. Must be some animalistic thing.

When the time for Hexen comes, make sure you tell me in advance, don't want to miss it. I hope it won't buffer so much this time.

Speaking of new stuff, last night I finally installed RAGE. The first game to use the id Tech 5 engine, and also (currenlty) the last game made entirely by id Software (the new Wolfensteins were developed by Machine Games). So what can I say... this game is huge and very detailed. The price for this high level of detail is that most level textures are pretty low-res due to high compression, but I don't really mind that (character and weapon textures are hi-res, though). John Carmack said somewhere that without compression the game would be nearly a terrabyte big! I've been playing it for a few hours and I've already found two easter eggs, including the Quake Room - it's pretty hard to find, you have to literally find three tiny red buttons (actually Quake buttons), and activating them plays the 25 Health pickup sound (that's neat!). Then you get access to an obscure corridor with a crude Quake logo on the wall and there is a slipgate there... which takes you to the first room of Introduction. The difficulty selection portals don't work, but there is a collectible Shambler plush toy, which is very cute :)

I wish I could show you screenshots but... strangely, there was only one, even though I took many. I have no idea where they've gone. Could be some glitch.

Nohtxam!