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Those of you who have followed my stories about my days at Apogee/3DR will know one of my friends then was the late William Scarboro. He died of an asthma attack at age 31. That was really sad, and whenever I turn my thoughts to the past, I’m sad about that. I wish my old […]
In the earlier years of 3D Realms, when we were known simply as Apogee Software, we were known for many popular games in the scroller genre. Duke Nukem, Bio Menace, Hocus Pocus, Commander Keen, and many others. But today we’re here to shed a little light on the 1993 scroller, Monster Bash. Monster Bash […]
One of the last old school Apogee/3D Realms games was released 20 years ago today. On May 13, 1997, 3D Realms released the original Shadow Warrior to the world. The very anticipated next game from the makers of Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior followed in much the same path as Duke Nukem 3D did. Over […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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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