What they came up with is a game about Hitler’s alleged desire to control the Spear of Destiny and a mission for BJ Blazkowicz to take it back. While they could have created just about any new game, they were encouraged by the World War II theme and looked for what else might fit in. John Romero and company thought there was at least another game in this engine and thought what they would develop next. John Carmack had moved on from this engine and was working on expanding its features to make the even more successful Doom game engine. Our story left off with the guys at id Software raking in the cash for their Wolfenstein 3D game and they are looking for an encore. What is harder to understand is why his spear became so special.īefore we go there, we have to step back a moment as discuss why we are even thinking about this. Ok, probably not the blog of Centurion Longinus but from his point of view, a fairly typical day. Early to bed but for the life of me, I can’t seem to remember where I left that spear.īlog entry for Gaius Cassius Longinus, AD 31-ish The crowd seemed interested in my spear though.
The one in the middle didn’t bleed like the others – strange.
Had to spear the prisoners as we didn’t want them hanging there over the Sabbath. Marched to some place and then marched back. Cleaned sword, shield and helmet until I could see my face in them.
