Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20190122212854

There's officially a flu outbreak in town and the schools are closed down for a while... but universities aren't affected by this, so we keep working (it's exam season, after all). The good effect of this is that traffic is very calm in the morning without all the kids and parents going/driving to school. And keep in mind that it's not a very harmless kind of flu - there have already been a few fatal cases in some other towns. The greatest danger of the flu is the complications it can cause, the worst of which is pneumonia.

Believe it or not, Quake 1 is in the spotlight on social networks - a lot of id Software fans are talking about something called "Quake v1.5" - some kind of mod. A mod of a mod, actually, since it's an addon for the Darkplaces source port. From what I've heard and seen, it's an HD mod of sorts, adding hi-res textures, models and some new stuff too (new maps even?). At any case, this seems like a too modern thing for the likes of us, hah!

They also made a modern renderer for Quake 2 with raycasting - some fancy modern technology for realistic reflections. This had an amusing side effect of reflecting the player's viewmodel from surfaces... so you see the reflection of a disembodied flying hand holding a weapon. That's pretty unsettling.