Quake Video Game Industry Legend Paul Steed Has Passed Away

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by jschuur • 14 years ago

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pka• 14 years ago

RIP Paul :( You've helped make some of the best games of all times. Thanks.

cjstewart88• 14 years ago

sandieman• 14 years ago

Great quote:

“The real trick is staying known, staying relevant and staying excited about what you do. Our little ‘game industry that could’ has become the juggernaut that won’t be stopped. Ambition, hard work, perseverance, luck and shameless self-promotion – it’s all part of the deal.”

bitwize2• 14 years ago

Yeah, the "little game industry that could" turned into "triple-A game industry clusterfuck" that eats its own young.

I'm sorry, but I'm not really enthused about what game development has become.

quaunaut• 14 years ago

Congratulations, you're covered in nostalgia.

The games industry used to be just as covered in me-too crap. Today's AAA games are more consistently good experiences than they ever were in the past, though they're just as samey as well. The one difference is, the indie movement of today is much stronger than it has ever been- even back when being 'indie' wasn't far from being mainstream.

angrycoder• 14 years ago

Flixel, Flashpunk, XNA, Unity, Unreal Engine, Cryengine, Ogre3d, SDL, Allegro, libtcod, Tengine, SFML, Construct, GameMaker, Scratch, Stencyl, Cocos2d, Kobold2d, libgdx, corona, BlitzBasic, Monkey, and on and on all available for free or very little money.

Steam, Humble Bundle, GamersGate, Desura, Indie Royale, Xbox Live Indie Games, iOS app store, Google Play all there to sell your game. Or just do it yourself on your website with paypal or stripe.

Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, 8-Bit Funding if you need funding.

Yeah, game development sure is awful these days.

the_mitsuhiko• 14 years ago

Where there are shadows there is light.

georgeecollins• 14 years ago

I have been a professional in the game industry for 17 years. Every one of them someone was saying it USED to be great/ creative / exciting etc. Whatever! Someone is always doing something cool, someone is always doing something lame.

colkassad• 14 years ago

This is terrible news. He was way too young! Back when I hung out on polycount he was a helpful member of the community and an inspiration to many there. Dammit....goodbye, Paul...:(

bitwize2• 14 years ago

Wow, he was young, wasn't he? Tragic...

I will always remember him as American Muscaley Supar Hero Paul Steedve.

RIP Paul Steedve. Jason Hall, King of teh Monstars salutes you.

JanSolo• 14 years ago

I was expecting to see headlines saying 'RIP Muscaley American Suparhero PAUL STEEVE'... This is the closest thing I've found. I guess SomethingAwful was never as mainstream as they thought.

For those who have no idea what the hell this is about, this will just confuse you more: http://www.somethingawful.com/hosted/jeffk/cliifyintarview/i...

PAUL STTEEVE, he'll kick yuor shit, unreale

silentific• 14 years ago

Terrible news, very sorry to hear. I remember he was quite the personality back in the day. Also, who can forget he was the creator of the 'Crackwhore' Q2 model. :)

macarthy12• 14 years ago

After reading Daemon, should I be worried?

38leinad• 14 years ago

read the sequel; then, you should be looking forward to it...

Quake Video Game Industry Legend Paul Steed Has Passed Away

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