Quake

Until I can get commenting enabled here, I guess I'm stuck forwarding readers' comments manually, which in a way is itself fun. A certain individual, who some years ago used to delight fans at football games with cheers of "Gimme an S!...Gimme a P!...Gimme an A!...Gimme an M!" and so on (note, this was *years* before the internet), writes:

So, I read your 2/1 blog update. I noticed you said: "Some had a LAN
party with unknown (to me) first-person shooters," so I wanted to make
sure and mention that the only FPS we played, Quake Team Fortress, is
pretty much the Quake I engine (with modifications so you can play on
teams and do capture the flag). I have to believe you've heard of Quake
I, whether or not you've heard of or played QTF.

So now I know. And yes, I'm familiar with the Quake I engine. Very much so, in fact--it makes me throw up. Yoinks!