Anyone who knows a thing or two about legendary id Software graphics programmer and technical director John Carmack will be aware that the genius programmer and rocket scientist consumes books at an incredibly rapid rate, tearing through tomes of knowledge at an inhuman pace.

These books range a gamut of topics, from history and science to technology, programming and science fiction - and anything in-between - perfectly showcasing his philosophy of ‘learning everything from anything.’ Anything can be an opportunity to discover something new.

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While the original fellows behind id Software had all been making games for years before the company’s official formation in 1991, this legendary game development studio first rose to prominence with the release of a cult-classic side-scrolling platform game, Commander Keen.

After that watershed game which contained graphical and technical wizardry as-yet-unseen on the PC, id Software went on to release classic after classic, with Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM and DOOM II, Quake, Quake 2 and Quake 3: Arena, and DOOM 3 representing the studio’s last in-house developed title.

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When PC gamers of the 90’s think back there must surely be one name that’s synonymous with their digital leisure antics of the period: John Romero.

Not only did Romero co-found legendary development studio, id Software, and work on seminal titles such as Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM and Quake, but good friend and fellow developer Tom Hall was there too (up until the beginning of DOOM II’s development), serving as id Software’s creative director, no less, and key contributor to the Commander Keen series that brought the team so much success in the first place.

After splitting up following their stints at id Software, rejoining at the ill-fated ION Storm, then joining up again at mobile developer Monkey Stone, then joining up again at Midway Austin, then parting ways again to try their respective hands at massively multiplayer online game development, John Romero and Tom Hall are once more working together in an official capacity at their new company, Loot Drop.

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What kind of evil magic is this?! 27 games comprising titles from id Software and Bethesda Softworks’ back catalogue, all for $69.99?!

A celebration of that pagan ‘QuakeCon 2010’ ritual down in Dallas, Texas, no doubt!

I feel an unholy presence behind this ‘QuakeCon Pack,’ which is now available through the Steam digital download service to purchase.

Should you take advantage of this offer, you’ll save a whopping $233.35, which is the price you’d pay if you bought each of the games individually – games like DOOM 3, Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and more.

The full list of games available in the QuakeCon Pack is as follows:

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