Simpsons map for Quake III Arena

Posted by Cory Doctorow, June 23, 2008 10:39 AM | permalink

< br> This incredibly detailed Quake 3 Simpsons map looks like it'd be a hell of a lot of fun to play -- especially if you skinned the bad guys as Worker and Parasite. Link (via Waxy)

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#1 posted by GregLondon

, June 23, 2008 11:21 AM

wow

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#2 posted by AceJohnny , June 23, 2008 11:45 AM

It's cute. Sadly, these themed maps usually aren't very fun after the initial discovery... Nevertheless, does anybody know where to download it? The youtube description links to Yet Another Myspace Band Page.

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#3 posted by AceJohnny , June 23, 2008 11:49 AM

Um, never mind me. The band page actually does have a link. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the band though, so it looks like obvious link farming.

I don't know if I should hate them for fooling me thus, or be commend them for the idea. I hesitate to post the direct link to the map here...

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#4 posted by iamcantaloupe , June 23, 2008 12:30 PM

Wow, it's ridiculous how detailed the maps can get for these nowadays. I remember back in the day when Q3A first came that if you even attempted to run a map like that you'd be going at a stead 3 or 4 frames per second.

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#5 posted by Milarepa , June 23, 2008 12:33 PM

seems to me the video has been taken down...

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#6 posted by Brian Damage

, June 23, 2008 12:50 PM

If only the scale weighed you at 239!

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#7 posted by jennfrank , June 23, 2008 1:02 PM

@5 I've been having trouble with YouTube lately, too. Refresh the page and try again; the video is OK.

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#8 posted by Patchouli Pete , June 23, 2008 1:05 PM

Even after upping the com_hunkmegs setting, the map crashes out on Linux. Oh well.

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#9 posted by FrankenPengie , June 23, 2008 1:27 PM

Crashing for me too. Getting cull parm errors on many texture shaders. (sigh)

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#10 posted by vonmises , June 23, 2008 1:41 PM

Th vd plys fn fr ths wh hv fnctnng Ss.

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#11 posted by delta5 , June 23, 2008 2:42 PM

@10 Uhm, Linux IS a functioning OS, and they're talking about the actual map not working in Q3A, not the video above...

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#12 posted by Chocolatey Shatner , June 23, 2008 3:30 PM

Cory, if possible, I love you even more now. You don't happen to have an identical gay clone stashed away anywhere do you? No? I call first dibs when you do get one!

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#13 posted by Antinous , June 23, 2008 3:35 PM

(smashes bottle)

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#14 posted by Takuan , June 23, 2008 3:40 PM

if he has clones there's enough to go around you know

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#15 posted by Gilbert Wham , June 23, 2008 4:00 PM

Well, I was supposed to be working tomorrow, but I figure there are at least 4 machines in my house will run this without falling over, so I might just set it up & make some calls.

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#16 posted by csixty4 , June 23, 2008 4:16 PM

Gives new meaning to "who shot Mr. Burns?"

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#17 posted by leonjacobs , June 23, 2008 6:49 PM

It's weird how the house looks like a bit of a hovel on the show. But in here it looks like a nice pad. Must be a 2D/3D thing.

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#18 posted by pentomino , June 23, 2008 7:37 PM

I can't help but wonder if this was ripped from an official Simpsons game somehow. I can almost believe they modeled the whole house in that much detail, but Moe's too?

I wonder how the Back to the Future mod for GTA is doing.

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#19 posted by eustace , June 23, 2008 9:59 PM

The art was ripped from various Simpsons media, but the 3D Homer has been available to lan partiers since Quake 2 at least.
The video rocks, once the walkthru is over (and the lame noob rocket launcher action is replaced by the more refined shotgun circle-strafe style). But from the walkthru, it looks like a decent capture-the-flag map to me. I wonder if they have a Quake 4 version?

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#20 posted by themagus , June 23, 2008 10:57 PM

@19 refined circle strafing?

man that style of gameplay is sooooo old

try COD4. will make you hate Halo and Quake and all that old stuff.

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#21 posted by eustace , June 23, 2008 11:11 PM

What's that sonny? Can't hear ya over the sounds of my ENEMIES DYING IN TF2...

Okay, break between fragfests, I loved the demo, it even runs great on my 3.2 P4! I tried to buy it thru Steam, no luck. Just haven't retried yet.

Time to teach noobs to fear fire.

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#22 posted by aDub , June 23, 2008 11:32 PM