Saturday, March 29, 2008

Boss Key

clipped from hdrlying.com

It is becoming more and more obvious to both developers and gamers, though, that PC gaming is slowly changing. Where complex strategy games and western RPGs once reigned, relaxing puzzle games and twitch shooters now stand. Just hearing about Peggle on professional PC gaming enthusiast podcasts speaks volumes about the state of the industry.

Back when games like Wolfenstein and Doom were easily installed on University Computer Lab PCs and office desktops, they all shipped with the infamous “boss key,” which brought up mock spreadsheets and DOS prompts designed to fool passersby that, yes, you were in fact working.

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