> For some reason, however, id Software would begin distributing updates and news about their
games through this protocol.
Maybe it was a bit weird, but didn't seem that random. Meeting a need somewhere in the times between BBSes and full-on WWW.... and even as the web took off more gaming sites used to post the latest plan files as updates. Micro-blogging before it was a thing!
> For some reason, however, id Software would begin distributing updates and news about their games through this protocol.
Maybe it was a bit weird, but didn't seem that random. Meeting a need somewhere in the times between BBSes and full-on WWW.... and even as the web took off more gaming sites used to post the latest plan files as updates. Micro-blogging before it was a thing!