I was digging through a bunch of old gaming stuff and came across an icon only the seasoned gamers amongst you might remember: The Dopefish!

My first contact with this creature was back in 1996 when playing Quake. If you too played that game thoroughly you will most likely remember this scene:

There he is! Although it's not his first occurrence. As I learned, he was born in late 1990 and has appeared in numerous games since. Check his dedicated website for all the details and history.

And if you'd like to decorate some of your stuff with his most popular appearance, here is a SVG file for you.

Always remember: The Dopefish lives!

The official news has already been spread in February, but I it was today that I learned, that my favorite lan party organizers have finally given up to organize their great series of lan party events. Sad news, but it was the inevitable consequence of the ever decreasing number of attendees of the events. The heydays of lan parties are over, sad but true. Luckily they still meet for some loosely organized private lan parties and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the last time I've met them.

Well, nothing really new there, but in a nostalgic mood I've started to put up some old lan party pictures in the gallery. The complete set of 2001 is now viewable. More will follow.

Edit 2010-02-19: The whole lanparty set is now available :-)