Quakeweek
May 2, 1997


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Children's Television Workshop Sues id Software

id to License Prey Engine for Next-Generation Game

Quake Linked to Violent Behavior

Quake For Convicts

QPsychic Released

Transparent Water Spawns New Debate

id Software Hires Tom Zito

Camper Tournament Drags On

Microsoft Releases Own Quake Competitor

AOLWorld Beta Released
Quake Recalled


"God may sue us for infringing His right on reality."
- Jay Wilbur (formerly of id Software)

Courtesy of the WebMuseum NetworkHEAVEN - God today responded to id Software's allegations of recreating reality on computer systems by ordering the discontinuation and recall of all Quake and Quake-related products. According to The Creator, "The people of id have violated My exclusivity rights on The Universe. I am requesting that they halt all further development on any computer-generated 3-D environment or risk eternal damnation."

John Carmack updated his .plan today to formally announce the news:

Quake has been discontinued by God Almighty. I received a vision from the Lord that ordered us to cease all activity. We're waiting for Him to wreak Holy Vengeance on us - we can only hope that He will settle for a warning.

In light of this, you must remove all Quake and Quake-related files from your hard drive, disks, etc. If you keep an Internet site or homepage, you must also remove all references to Quake on your web pages. You cannot keep anything - the game, modifications, whatever. If you happen to come across a copy of Quake or a reference to it somewhere, I ask you to let the maintainer know about this and make it clear that he/she must remove any references to or copies of Quake from his/her site.

Please pray for our souls.


In related news, 3D Realms and Epic Megagames announced that they too will be discontinuing development on Prey and Unreal, respectively.