It's been a while since we've noted any gaming anniversaries, but David Chase, who enjoys staying on top of these things, sent along a big old batch that helps make up for lost time. It was already three years ago today that American McGee was let go from id Software (Trey Harrison announced his departure from Crack dot Com on that same day as well), and it was later that day that John Carmack updated his .plan announcing that id was beginning work on Quake III Arena. It was also a year ago today that it was announced that Thief II had gone gold, and it was a year ago tomorrow that Soldier of Fortune was declared gold, and it was three years ago tomorrow that the Quake II Demo was released (whew!).

Link of the Day: Lost in Translation (thanks Chris Johnson). Using BabelFish for a one-stop game of telephone.
Wired Science: (Not to be confused with Weird Science) California dominates U.S. most-wired list (CNET). Thanks Ant.