Doom 3 Reaches Gold Master, Due August 5th 753
Rogerpq3 writes "Yes, this is the official word that [long-awaited PC FPS] DOOM 3 has been code released and has been approved for manufacturing! According to the .plan file of id CEO Todd Hollenshead: 'We literally just hung up with Activision and have confirmed that our latest release candidate has been mutually approved and is finally GOLD. So, the next question is release dates. Retailers in the States will be allowed to pick up games starting at 12:01 AM on August 3rd. The official street date is actually August 5th in the U.S.A., but some of your favorite stores will probably have it early for those of you who have to have it first. Check with your local retailer for that information... [Internationally] the UK will probably get it first, on or about August 6th. Everywhere else will probably be Friday, August 13th (cue Twilight Zone Theme) or close to that date, with just a few exceptions (e.g. Russia and Poland)'."
Ah... I can't... oh no... (Score:5, Funny)
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Now that's a bright idea (Score:5, Funny)
Hey boss... (Score:5, Funny)
Sincerely,
Your groveling employee.
Oh sweet honey yes (Score:5, Funny)
Doom 3.
Soon Half-life 2.
The second coming of Jesus.
And then - Duke Nukem Forever will at last be mine!
The end of the universe is nigh.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Ah... I can't... oh no... (Score:4, Funny)
If only I could afford a graphics card to actually run Doom on
Great! (Score:1, Funny)
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osx version? (Score:5, Funny)
At last (Score:2, Funny)
Too bad... (Score:5, Funny)
Nope, you can't take it back. I've already scheduled your vacation into the system.
- Your Boss
Call Work.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Minimum Specs (Score:5, Funny)
Note that with the minimum configuration, Doom 3 will only run in "text mode".
Re:Russia and Poland? (Score:2, Funny)
That means, they will start spreading the cracked version tomorrow.
I think they've got that backwards (Score:5, Funny)
I guarantee you that it will be available on every street corner in Russia and Poland long before it is released anywhere else.
Re:In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
In the earlier game, Doom 2, the subtitle was Hell On Earth. Being on Earth and thus susceptible to its changing climate [imdb.com] one could assume that it is feasible for Hell to freeze over. As for teaching pigs to fly I dunno, BFG maybe?
But then again, it is Hell - an evil place where sanity and rationality are unknown - so maybe there you are taught to fly and there are frozen pigs running around.
Or maybe I'm just talking bullshit.
In other news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The end of the universe is nigh.... (Score:4, Funny)
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So what's it like not being a virgin anymore?
Re:Ah... I can't... oh no... (Score:5, Funny)
What, fifty bucks?
Re:Great! (Score:5, Funny)
Get a Diamond video card and call it an anniversary present!
Warning: Only do this ONCE.
Re:Ah... I can't... oh no... (Score:3, Funny)
See: Quake(1|2|3)
Re:Minimum Specs (Score:5, Funny)
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Oh well... It's amazing. So sad you are never going to experience it. :D
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Re:I'm stunned. (Score:5, Funny)
My favorite finger story: I'm working an employment fair at my old University, and a cute girl comes over and gives her resume. It's light, we placed it in the "to be made into cool paper airplanes as we pray to Bernoulli" but I noticed she had finger: mane@university.edu on her resume. I tried it, and her
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Just watch yourself. One of these days, us Autosexuals will band together and have pride parades!
Re:Hey boss... (Score:3, Funny)
{ring} {ring}
ME: {checks caller ID} @#!&, hit the mute button. it's my wife...
Wife: What time will you be home from work dear?
Me: Honey, we're swamped, I'll have to work late tonight...
Wife: Ok dear, see you when you get home. Bye. {hangs up}
Me: Ok, un-mute. WTF!!!! You team-killing-fucktard!!!!!!
Re:Minimum Specs (Score:5, Funny)
You are in dark room. There are a couple barrels in one corner. A quickly fading light fixture above provides what little illumination there is.
There is a slobbering demon here.
>Shoot Demon with handgun.
The demon turns to face you, mildly annoyed by your pathetic attempts at exorcism.
>Equip Rocketlauncher
You heft the Rocklauncher to your shoulder. Something on the right side of your body makes a bone-cracking sound.
>Fire Rocketlauncher
Your random display of violence has caused the destruction of a pile of barrels in the corner. The resulting explosion has engulfed the demon, and the failing light fixture above.
It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Who is right now? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Minimum Specs (Score:5, Funny)
New box.
KFG
Re:Awesome! (Score:2, Funny)
oooooooooh... i get it! Hah, you're smart. Using those big sciency words. Wow, man, didn't see that twist comming.
Re:Minimum Specs (Score:5, Funny)
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
We need a nostalgic mod point.
Re:Now that's a bright idea (Score:0, Funny)
It's a trick! a plot I tell ya! (Score:2, Funny)
The Doom Carol (Score:2, Funny)
Dashing through the demons,
in a single player eff-pee-ess,
through the corridors we go, shrieking all the way!
Ahh-ha-ha-ha!
Belts on chainguns fling, barrels blazing bright,
what fun it is to kill and sing a slaying song tonight!
Ohhh.. Doom in hell, Doom in hell, iD's game is almost here!
Oh what a price it is to buy, just fifty four ninety niiii-ine!
Pick it up at Best Buy, EB Games, or Gamespot!
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Is this some weird way of declaring that you have sex with gay cars? Not that I have a problem with that mind you, it's your perogative. I just want to get the message straight. Err, I mean clear.
Re:Awesome! (Score:3, Funny)
Actually.... (Score:5, Funny)
--LordPixie
Re:Great! (Score:5, Funny)
...per wife...
Re:Who is right now? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm suddenly reminded why amdzone is no longer on my sites-I-check-every-day rotation.
Re:Call Work.... (Score:4, Funny)
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The first thing I thought was:
Re:osx version? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
I wish I could make them write their reviews with a heavy dose of Sodium Pentothal.
Re:Ah... I can't... oh no... (Score:3, Funny)
Of course it is.
You just have to wait Forever....
Re:Oh sweet honey yes (Score:5, Funny)
The second coming of Jesus.
I haven't heard about that one. Who is publishing it? Does anyone have any screenshots?
DOOM3 will ruin the modern world economy for weeks (Score:5, Funny)
I predict that the release of this game will have so many computer geeks, nerds, gamers, etc. (I'm in all those categories) out of the office for most of August that the following will happen:
IronChefMorimoto
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Relax. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh sweet honey yes (Score:3, Funny)
Why don't they just call it "Whole Life"?
The second coming of Jesus.
Sorry, there will be no second coming in the age of instant international media. There will be no saintly 'miracles', either, so there will be no more 'legitimate' saints.
Re:Oh sweet honey yes (Score:5, Funny)
I haven't heard about that one. Who is publishing it? Does anyone have any screenshots?
It will be based in this [bettybowers.com] movie
Re:Oh sweet honey yes (Score:5, Funny)
Not much... A couple of boards, some nails...
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Well if someone called Hogwash McFly doesn't know, who does know ?
Re:Might be better with Nvidia (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Oh sweet honey yes (Score:3, Funny)
Sweet mother of... You mean you're going to nail Him up again? For crimeny's sake, man, why?
Re:Ah... I can't... oh no... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, I've got a better history.
1993: Doom released
1 month later I go broke buying a 486
1994: Doom II released
1 month later I go broke buying a better 486
1996: Quake released
1 month later I go broke buying a Pentium
1997: Quake II released
1 month later I go broke buying a Pentium MMX
1999: Quake III released
1 month later I go broke buying a Celeron
id Software is the bane of my existence. Curse you Carmack!
Re:Oh sweet honey yes (Score:3, Funny)
You are Pontius Pilate. You must fight to save the empire from this madman. But he is not alone. He has resurrected Peter, Paul, and Luke, and 9 other henchmen and has created an army of thousands of half-living zombie followers. Your job is not going to be an easy one.
Fight through 12 levels of pulse pounding action!
Fight through thousands of zombies, 12 henchmen, 4 horsemen, and the big man himself.
Enjoy amazing atmospheric effects such as snow and rain of frogs.
Only for the Game Cube.
Are you Ro-MAN enough?
[gratuitous picture of an underdressed Mary Magdalene removed]