Charlie Wiederhold currently works for Infinity Ward as a mission scripter on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, so we’re not dealing with some anonymous weirdo here. Charlie just posted his memories of working at 3D Realms during the height of its power and what he recalls is chilling, stunning, and downright f’d-up. Let’s just say his memories make Cliffy B, Tim Sweeney, Mike Wilson and George B all look like major league assholes.

Example:

Faster than I can even remember (literally… I don’t remember) I was knocked out of my chair by I *think* of all people Tim Sweeney (it was a wooden kitchen chair) and was pinned on the ground by Mike Wilson and Cliffy B (he’s so much stronger than I ever expected). George walks over to my chair and fucking stomps the shit out of it until the legs are broken off. He casually picks up one of the legs that had split into a shit your pants style point and starts tossing it up and down. Scott and Mark Rein alternate on and off saying that I apparently wasn’t aware how *real* business is done and that if I didn’t want to find out why those two companies had maintained such a strong position in the industry dating back to the shareware days (when it seems people didn’t ask nearly as many questions about why developers appeared, made a game, and then disappeared without a trace)… I had better reconsider my answer.

Head here for the full, sordid story.

I’m sure there will be many more troubling stories emerging in the near future.