This chart, measuring two metres wide and a metre high at print resolution, was developed over the course of five years with each weapon captured, isolated and finally presented in rough chronological order by hand. Upon completion, a single, full-sized chart was printed and donated to the Child’s Play Charity for their 2010 Auction Dinner fundraiser, where it generated over $500USD for the Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Two years after completion, a few titles which were missed by my initial research were discovered, thus proving it to be not quite as complete as it was intended to be. Despite this flaw, it remains the most comprehensive visual guide to the progress of the First Person Shooter on PC and represents a decade of ‘golden age’ gaming.