Holy crap, took me a long time to read (over a few days at work lol) but MAN great read! for a bit there I forgot who was writing it... top notch stuff!!
but yeah, Apogee/3D realms could be other honorable mentions at least. who here hasn't played any of the duke games? or rise of the triad? shadow warrior etc... games that I still install and play with from time to time because they were just that dang fun