VIDEO OF THE DAY: Quake II in HTML 5

No plug-ins required

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2 April 2010 12:00 GMT / By Stuart Miles

Why should you get excited about HTML5? Because it lets you run Quake II in your browser without any plug-ins.

The video above, which will work in any HTML 5 compatible browser shows just what is possible.

For those really having a geeky moment, in the port, they use WebGL, the Canvas API, HTML 5

Now stop camping and get fragging.
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Software, Browsers, Chrome, Safari, HTML5

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