Observations, rants, and musings by Joe Siegler.
May 5, 1992. That was a date that forever changed the landscape of PC gaming. That was the day that id/Apogee released Wolfenstein 3D v1.0 – a full quarter century ago. In 2017, not many people need a history lesson on Wolf3D, but it was the 3D shooter that redefined what was possible on […]
This is a short, admin type message. I’ve moved my blog. It’s been on joe.siegler.net for ages, but I went and registered one of the new domain name extensions for it. If you are seeing this, it is on its new home: https://joesiegler.blog. The content is all the same, just the site URL is different. […]
I’ve written about Rise of the Triad many times on this blog before. I will write about it again. I loved my time working on that game, and I have a ton of fun memories of the people who were on ROTT with me. But that’s not why I’m writing. I’m here to mention a […]
I’ve been doing websites a long time. First ones I ever put online were back in the summer of 1995, almost 22 years ago now. In all that time I get asked a lot about doing websites for people. Those who know the Internet and know how it works have a handle on what that request […]
I worked on many titles in my years at Apogee/3D Realms. As I age, I realize things are getting old. I looked over the release list for 1997, and noticed that several titles (a couple of them notable) will turn 20 years old this year. I don’t think I’ll do huge history pieces on […]
On my web server that I run several sites (including this one), I wanted a relatively cheap backup option. My host will offer me a backup option, but it’s more than I wanted to pay, so I looked into a few other options. I settled on a combination of freely available domain backup software […]
Several people I have called friends, or have just worked with in some capacity speak in this really awesome documentary on the making of PC Sidescrollers. Several of these games I had a small hand in working on back in the day. One of my all time favorites even gets a mention here, “Monster Bash”. […]
As has been documented elsewhere on this blog, I worked for Apogee/3D Realms for almost 17 years in the 90’s and 2000’s. I did several things there, but one of the things I did in my earliest days was handle phone support. Back then (which was late 1992/early 1993) we would FREQUENTLY get […]
Going into last year, I’ve seen an option on my Amazon checkouts called “Amazon Locker”. I wondered what that was, and did some research. It’s basically a place where you can have your Amazon packages delivered to in place of your home or work, and you can go pick it up when you want. […]
Duke Nukem as a character as been part of my personal and professional life for some time. Given today is December 31, 2015, I thought I’d take a moment and look back at the games that meant something to me over the years. There’s been quite a few Duke games, and it’s been now almost […]
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