> (A snippet of the famed Wilhelm Scream would become Quake’s sound for taking damage in lava.) Huh, I never would have guessed. And yet — and several readers

> (A snippet of the famed Wilhelm Scream would become Quake’s sound for taking damage in lava.) Huh, I never would have guessed. And yet — and several readers here with me I guess — reading that sentence immediately retrieves that sound from wherever my brain was keeping it and plays it internally (on repeat). Playing Quake I as a teenager on a LAN with friends must've had an impact.