History Of Doom Movie Debuts

Rogerpq3 writes "A G4/Tech TV feature on DOOM 3, offering a history of the DOOM franchise in the words of the folks at id Software. The clip can be found on the air on The DOOM Franchise, episode 310 of a series called 'Icons.' The piece offers clips from DOOM 3 and other games, interview footage, analysis and more, and for those without access to the program. You can download the movie at: 3DGamers, Doom3HQ, Doom3.de, Doom3maps.de, and FileShack. It's really worth the download for any Doom and id fans out there. (Thanks: BluesNews)"

history of dooom

[spacerodent]

Doom is such an integral part of gaming history. How many of you played it as your first game? How many of you remember the first modding tools? Or the joys of downloading your first TC? Anyone remember Aliens TC by Justin Fisher? That mod had better atmosphere and gameplay than most comercial games I've played. Fourty or fifty years down the line I bet our kids look back on doom as the Model T of PC gaming.

G4 sucks

[MacFury]

I used to watch TechTV quite often...atleast it was one of the few channels that I did watch other than comedy centrral and the history channel. Now I don't watch it. Who the hell wants to watch someone else play games to B grade music and video that has as much production value as a middle school class project...

Why must they destroy everything likable in the world...

Re:Wow! It's a wonder Doom went anywhere...

[fgb]

Believe it or not but when Doom first came out those same graphics were jaw-dropping. It's all a matter of perspective.

Re:Something good on G4TechTv

[chrispl]

And on top of that several of the hosts on TSS are actively promoting Linux and OSS to "the masses" every day.

I think its great when they are warning people about the latest MS bug, and note that the open source alternative is uneffected... then they cut to a microsoft commercial! Have to get some damage control in during the breaks I guess.

Same old * 2?

[DThorne]

I'll probably buy the game, yadda yadda, but *man* I find these games built around technology instead of story reek. So they hired a scifi writer? Big whoops - in the quickie excerpts I saw sad ripoffs of Alien(1-4), Blade 2, and they're even *obviously* ripping off the feel of Half Life. Yup, ID has always been about blowing things up, but it holds my interest for about a week. Instead of getting all worked up about poly counts(what made their jaws drop in 2002 are now common technology displays nowadays), would it hurt them to do something original again, like Doom 1?

I was around when all the Dooms came out, I was playing till the wee hours of the morning like everyone else...these guys are a part of gaming history, make no mistake. Watching these movies, I sorta felt like I was watching the Stones or Rush..."geez - you guys are *still* doing the same thing?".

They just have louder speakers...

DT

Re:ID software...how do you say the name?

[Peter Cooper]

I know, this is shocking, I (and everyone I know) have always said ID as two separate letters. Always a shock when you learn the 'real' pronunciation for something. Just like when I found out 'jif' was the official pronounciation for GIF.. which really makes no bloody sense.

Every gamer?

[Peter Cooper]

In the video some guy says 'every gamer' is desperate to get their hands on Doom 3. This may generally be true of PC gamers, but I have some pretty savvy non-PC friends who get all the latest Xbox and PS2 games who've never heard of Doom (or, at least, may have screwed with Doom on the PCs back at school, but have no idea there's a number 3 due out). I think we tend to overrate ourselves here in the PC sphere..