The Jefferson Bible [1] is excellent in this regard. He removes all miracles and most mentions if the supernatural in a cut & paste job of a King James version of the Bible. The result is portraying Jesus as a person, not divine.
Thomas Jefferson knew Greek and Latin (was a "polymath" of the old Enlightenment era sort) and used somewhat more original sources than King James, translating them himself into English. He probably did cross-check the King James Edition for some of the English wording, or at least couldn't entirely escape its orbit/gravitational pull, but it is mostly true the Jefferson Bible was a fresh early-American translation.
Deathmatch was always a blast! I remember playing with headphones on, the sound design was good enough to pinpoint where other players were hiding, and you could even shut off your engine to coast around silently.
I would recommend the story if you have a chance. It's a good revenge story and John de Lancie is a great sounding villain. The presentation is incredibly cinematic, which I feel was enhanced two things:
1) in-game cut scenes within the engine, good dialogue and voice acting, as well as the "car movie" camera angles
2) choosing to have even the pre-rendered cut scenes match the mostly flat polygon style of the engine avoided the gap between gameplay and cutscene. Not exactly the uncanny valley. The "why doesn't it all look like that?" valley perhaps.
Interstate 76 was an amazing game and lead to me having a chance to volunteer with Activision as an external tester. It was high school, and the chance to test games before they came out, even for free, seemed very cool.
I wasn't there in time to test I'76, but was able to work on a few games and see my name in the credits before I moved into a more traditional software QA career and beyond. Truly a life changing game for me!
Damn, cool story. I never had a chance like that at that age, but I definitely would have thought that was the greatest thing ever. What a great experience.
I recently came across Curio (https://github.com/dabeaz/curio) & really appreciated their FAQ section on contributing. I plan to use it in any future open source projects:
Q: Can I contribute?
A: Curio is not a community-based project seeking developers or maintainers. However, having it work reliably is important. If you've found a bug or have an idea for making it better, please file an issue.
It never was useful, people differentiate based on the choices they make outside of school and the people they meet. Public education is there to level out the childhood trauma and normalize things. It’s a big sander that levels down.
The Jefferson Bible [1] is excellent in this regard. He removes all miracles and most mentions if the supernatural in a cut & paste job of a King James version of the Bible. The result is portraying Jesus as a person, not divine.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible