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I have to come to realize that my problem with "After the Quake" is that the stories leave me hanging mid-air!
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One thing, Wolf, they do have to watch for is that tweets containing the word quake are not necessarily about an earthquake, There's a popular video game called Quake so just because someone is talking about that, it does not mean the earth is shaking where they are.
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It kind of reminds me of R1ch. net Jump system in Quake 2.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Portal gun in HL1 (Source) 2007
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IF Quake is an adaptation of Quake for a Zork-like interactive-fiction engine.
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In a way that’s a pity, since familiarity with high-tech weapons systems instilled by hours of pointing, clicking and shooting in Quake, Doom, etc. is reportedly one of our soldiers’ big edges in Iraq.
Television 2009
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If you jump around in Quake 3 you’ll notice immediately that it’s not realistic in earth terms.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Have not done one in ages 2006
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That night among other significant events, split by the earthquake, half a mountain fell away and 80 million tons of rock came crashing down on the campground at which we'd intended to stay the night, entombing twenty or so campers whose cars hadn't overheated on the way there, as well as damming the river, afterwards forming the body of water known as Quake Lake west of West Yellowstone that one can visit today.
"Earthquake Warning Has Oregon on Its Toes." Ann Althouse 2009
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Landslides after the quake created so-called Quake Lakes.
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But in a game like Half-Life or Quake, which is clearly NOT designed around platforming, it's pretty much a recipe for tedium.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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But in a game like Half-Life or Quake, which is clearly NOT designed around platforming, it's pretty much a recipe for tedium.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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