As noted on the 3D Realms Entertainment Web Site, yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the debut of Rise of the Triad, their seminal first-person shooter that introduced several features to the genre. The page gives a rundown on just a few of the new wrinkles introduced in ROTT, which are so numerous that when constructing trivia questions asking where given features were first offered, the first thing we need to do is figure out whether or not it is another that was introduced in ROTT (and more than once, features that we thought were not from ROTT turned out to have been first introduced there after all). If this has just whetted your appetite for more on the history of gaming, a post by 3D Realms' Scott Miller to a thread called Duke Nukem History on the 3D Realms Bulletin Board gives a brief history of where Duke got his start, including who came up with his name, which in my opinion, is one of the great all-time game character monikers. Turns out it was yesterday that Mahir was on the Daily Show, DNapalm says dance clubs were on the agenda (and they didn't call me!). Should be at least a couple of repeats today.

Link of the Day: The Online Pregnancy Test. That was a load off my mind! Thanks Steve Strickland.
Image of the Day: Santa Heavy Gear. Apparently a date-related Easter egg (or is that Christmas egg?). Thanks Heavy Gear News Network.