Who the heck is Kaapeli47?

Kaapeli47 is a Finnish Twitch streamer who specializes in classic first-person shooter games. His show Golds of FPS explores the history of games like Doom, Half-Life and beyond. He is also a Quake esports commentator and a hobbyist Doom modder.

Kaapeli47’s Golds of FPS on Twitch

Over the past few years, he’s been on a mission to explore the genre of classic FPS games. From Wolf 3D to Half-Life 2 and everything in between, his mission to play through them all and share it with his generation is a gem on Twitch.



As a commentator, Kaapeli has done play-by-play for several organizations including: Rocket Jump Zone, QuakeAngelAvadica‘s Quake Cafe and the now defunct Quake Open League.

Kaapeli47’s Interview

You can listen to his interview and many others on The Keep’s website which contains links to subscribe and listen on your preferred podcast app. Or you can just listen on YouTube…





Whichever you choose here is a list of timestamped topics provided by the incomparable Branflakes:



00:50 Cthalhamas/Motherload’s introduction to Kaapeli

02:58 Kaapeli- retro/classic FPS enthusiast

08:35 Golds of FPS

11:56 Console FPS gaming

16:26 How the Source Engine came about

21:40 Kaapeli’s Quake Champions commentary

28:04 Quake Champions & more casting

38:35 Build Engine games

43:42 Kaapeli’s origin in old school fps

47:01 Convenience in remakes and modern titles

51:05 Heading into the military

52:28 Newer games on his mind

54:16 Kaapeli’s MIDIs and absolute pitch

59:32 Doom modding

01:05:05 Kaapeli’s origin (continued)

01:09:15 Closing questions

Kaapeli47 on Twitter

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