| As graphics technology improves in leaps and | | | | the joy of chasing them down and eliminating |
| bounds for the next pc generation, more and | | | | their ability to exist as a whole entity will continue |
| more gamers expect, and more or less demand, | | | | to bring a smile to your face over and over again; |
| new and innovating concepts to blow their mind. | | | | and if no-one wants to play against you anymore |
| However, there are some games out there that | | | | because you're too much of a savage, you can |
| simply stand the test of time for pure | | | | always play against bots.The engine this game |
| entertainment.One of these games is Quake III | | | | runs on is good enough to enable a relatively |
| Arena from ID Software.This game still remains, | | | | intense dispersal of body parts from the shot gun |
| after half a decade, as one of those games that | | | | blast you administor to your victim, and yes, |
| never seems to fade in appeal when it comes to | | | | produces blood splatter on walls and screams of |
| going one-on-one against a fellow gamer over the | | | | agony. A midrange system can handle all that the |
| age of fourteen. (The graphic nature of the game | | | | game offers.The extra staying power of the |
| is not suitable for children.)Whereas there is the | | | | game revolves around the creation of new maps |
| impending release of Quake 4, which will go more | | | | and bot models by gamers themselves; which can |
| towards a storyline, Quake III Arena remains | | | | be found for download at places like LvLWorld |
| simple: Deathmatch - Hunt down and kill your | | | | and Polycount. Thousands of maps and hundreds |
| opponent. This is your only task.The game is a | | | | of bots can bring a whole new dimension to the |
| First-Person Shooter that takes place in a | | | | game, and the creations continue to this day. |
| futuristic world, with gameplay featured on a | | | | Take on Homer Simpson, Darth Vader, or the |
| couple dozen core maps. Your weapons, ranging | | | | creature from Aliens in maps ranging from being |
| from real to fantasy, deal out devastating | | | | inside a computer tower , where you are about |
| damage. Powerups throughout these maps give | | | | two inches tall; to rampaging through a city, |
| you more speed, damage, etc; and each map is | | | | where you can leap from the top of each building |
| usually multi-levelled and reachable by various | | | | in a single bouncepad ... all the while trying to |
| bounce pads, stairs, and elevators. You just have | | | | evade a plasma gun, rocket launcher, or |
| to watch around the corners, as you never know | | | | flamethrower.Austin Culley is an avid gamer |
| who's going to be camping there waiting to blow | | | | whose wife continues her efforts to take his |
| you away.Now, whether your opponent be your | | | | Quake 3 Arena Title away from him at least once |
| best friend, your neighbor, your kid, or your wife; | | | | a week. |