Yesterday marks the third anniversary of the appearance in stores of the Quake CD with the full version of the game on it in encrypted form that you could call and unlock after paying the registration fee. Recalling this reminded me that the first release of the registered Quake was actually via mail order! That old-school distribution method makes that seem longer ago than three years, though I guess the changes to this site since then reinforces that impression. In fact it was the flurry of activity at this point at that time that lead to older news being archived in weekly chunks instead of monthly ones to avoid being too large a download (down to two days now). Okay, enough of that, if I wax any more nostalgic, I'll turn into a candle.

Link of the Day: Gobler Toys reminiscing about the fun "we can't remember," taking a look at toys that never were from a bygone era. Thanks MrCoffee.