id Renews Business Contract![]() According to inside sources, The Devil was at first very reluctant to delay foreclosing on id's souls, due to the fact that the "boss" characters in its latest game, Quake, were fictional demon entities called "Cthon" and "Shub-Niggurath," not "Satan," "Beelzebub," or "Mephistopheles." "I was infuriated by the whole thing," The Devil was quoted as saying. "It's bad enough that I lose perfectly good souls to aliens hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet; id just HAD to add to the competition! Thankfully, the new terms should prevent any further complications." To extend its lease on success, id agreed to feature only Biblical demons in all of its future games, as well as incorporating subliminal Satanic messages. "We are very pleased with the results of the negotiations," said Barrett Alexander, 'biz guy' for id. "With the new arrangements, Satan gets to advertise more, and we get to keep our souls for a few more years before going to hell. Short of Daniel Webster's, you can't get a better deal than that." As for being condemned to an eternity of pain and suffering, id remains worry-free: "We don't really mind," said lead programmer John Carmack. "We're atheists." |
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