Observations, rants, and musings by Joe Siegler.
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 […]
So there’s a new Star Wars trailer that came out last night. I’ve included it at the bottom of the post on the million to one chance you’re reading this post without having seen it. Ha. The trailer and the subsequent placing of tickets for sale broke a whole lot of online ticketing services. I […]
A friend of mine recently posted a list of his favourite albums. I read it, and thought “I can do that”, and then realized that quickly the list would get out of hand, because I have a LOT of music, and I’d list way too much stuff. So, I decided to do a list too, […]
Back in 1996, a few things happened in my life. I got married, and my former company released a few games that were fairly notable. The more notable game was “Duke Nukem 3D“, a landmark in PC gaming history. The other game that didn’t get as much attention was Stargunner. Stargunner was notable for it […]
Some years ago when “my” version of 3D Realms was still going, there was a really active community of Duke Nukem fans. There was a thread on the 3D Realms forums asking people to post their collections of stuff. Initially I didn’t want to participate, because given my job there, I was likely to have […]
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