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Quake 3 Source Code Review: Network Model

June 30, 2012 The network model of Quake3 is with no doubt the most elegant part of the engine. At the lower level Quake III still abstract communications with the NetChannel module that first appeared in Quake World. The most important thing to understand is: In a fast paced environment any information that is not […]

2025 BMW X3 30 xDrive Review: A Refined Daily Driver

I traveled to South Carolina, home of BMW’s Spartanburg plant, to sample the 2025 BMW X3 30 xDrive, one of brand’s most popular crossovers worldwide. Known for its versatility, the X3 lineup has always struck a balance between practicality, performance, and refinement. For the 2025 model year, BMW has updated the design, enhanced the powertrain, and […]

How Britain Poisoned Its Own Soldiers

In 1952, Britain was nearly bankrupt. Its great imperial possession India had declared independence, and other parts of the empire were being slowly dismantled. Yet the country still had pretensions to great-power status. It was, after all, still the third-largest economy in the world. “We’ve got to have this thing over here, whatever it costs. […]

Alan Moore Wants You to Invent Your Own God

England’s greatest, weirdest living author lives in a terraced house in Northampton, where he worships a snake god in the basement. Alan Moore revolutionized the comics industry in the 1980s with Swamp Thing, in which a nearly forgotten character was turned into an exploration of the United States’ environmental and historical horrors and glories, and […]