Comments for Maelstrom tag:bradchoate.com,2007://4- 2005-08-19T05:32:47Z The man, the legend. Movable Type -en-trunk--20070910 tag:bradchoate.com,2002://4.1038-comment:272 Comment from Joel on 2002-09-19 Joel http://joel.deyoung.net Brad,
Many late hours did we spend in the Faculty Resource Center playing that game, if I recall correctly. :)

Joel

]]> 2002-09-19T17:53:29Z tag:bradchoate.com,2002://4.1038-comment:277 Comment from Eddie on 2002-09-20 Eddie http://www.edzdesign.com Brad,

Maelstrom is one of the greatest games ever created for the early mac days. As a junior in h.s. i wasted away much of my life playing it. My favorite features were the Simpsons sound pack we had for it. Thanks for keeping a legend alive!!

]]> 2002-09-21T00:38:49Z tag:bradchoate.com,2002://4.1038-comment:278 Comment from Jeff on 2002-09-21 Jeff http://life.outtacontext.com Maelstrom led to my "almost" demise. I am not a gamer but got addicted to the game. My soon-to-be-wife pleaded with me to stop. My eyes going back and forth, up and down. I started to get dizzy--even when I wasn't playing the game.

It got so bad I couldn't stand up straight in an open space (interestingly, an enclosed space, like a car, was fine). After seeing specialists they assured me I didn't have a brain tumor. While the symptoms got better when I was*forced* to quit the game, it wasn't until just two years ago that the mystery was solved.

It turns out I have a perceptual problem. At close range my eyes do not work in tandem (sort of like a frog's independent eyes!). Oh, you can't see it and I don't appear to be a reptile. But it has affected my vision.

After finally finding a eye doctor who cleared things up he said I probably had this condition since childhood (could this be the reason I became an artist?) but that my excellent eyesight compensated for it. Playing Maelstrom only exacerbated the condition that was only becoming apparent as my aging eyes began to show their years.

]]> 2002-09-21T15:46:42Z tag:bradchoate.com,2002://4.1038-ping:45 Maelstrom ***Dave Does the Blog http://www.hill-kleerup.org/blog/mtarchive/002793.html One of my favorite Mac games, long since abandoned, is back up in GPL and available for free download on 2002-09-24T00:59:06Z