Life After Doom 390
An anonymous reader writes "What's next for the maker of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein? Chris Morris of CNN Money talks to id's CEO, who tells us the next id game won't be anything like the others. Rather than a re-hash of its sci-fi or WWII themes, CEO Todd Hollenshead says, 'I'd like to try something new.' [Hollenshead also notes that an as yet unidentified developer with 'a name that people recognize' has licensed the Doom 3 engine.]"
HL2 / DukeNukem4ever! (Score:4, Funny)
-theGreater Obvious Comment.
Un-named eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Whats next for the maker of Doom, Quake and Wolfe? (Score:5, Funny)
Something new, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (Score:5, Funny)
A color other than Brown might be nice as well.
Linus (Score:5, Funny)
Linus is incorporating cool stuff into the next kernel.
Yay! (Score:1, Funny)
And here I was worried all this time that Daikana II wasn't going to make it to market!
Life After Doom? (Score:5, Funny)
doom n.
1. Inevitable destruction or ruin.
2. Fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one.
3. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.
4. Judgment Day.
5. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.
maybe it's EA (Score:5, Funny)
Life after Doom? (Score:4, Funny)
I thought it was just a myth ...
No one I know personally has had much of a life since the release of Doom III. :-/
Re:The next Big thing (Score:5, Funny)
Having your Sim settle a dispute with his/her ex has never been so exciting.
- sm
The recognized developer is... (Score:2, Funny)
You heard it here first.
Uhh, I mean, you read it here first.
I'm totally making this up, like usual.
Re:Whats next for the maker of Doom, Quake and Wol (Score:5, Funny)
My life after Doom 3... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:3D Realms? (Score:3, Funny)
My guess is Blazemonger!
Re:Something new, Something Borrowed, Something Bl (Score:5, Funny)
I really dont think they used any brown this time around, in fact I think I'd remember something that bright standing out.
Movies based on video games (Score:5, Funny)
Pokemon: The Movie
of course there is always life after doom (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The next Big thing (Score:3, Funny)
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:5, Funny)
If you have any good ideas, I sure could use them right about now.
MMORPG: Slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
Re:3D Realms? (Score:5, Funny)
And now for something completely different... (Score:5, Funny)
Um. They've done "blowing the living shit out of Nazis" and "Blowing the living shit out of hell demons" as well as "blowing the living shit out of each other".
So, how to make that completely different? Blowing the shit out of Cheerleaders in a slumber party? Are ID going to recreate that old Sega game?
You frag Petunia's Pom Poms with a rocket.
Re:The next Big thing (Score:5, Funny)
Funny, I thought the word was "homicidal maniac".
Re:Un-named eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ultima X (Score:2, Funny)
Please please please (Score:2, Funny)
"And in other news, id Software - the makers of the popular Doom3 title - announced today that rival software house Valve Studios has decided to delay their release of the much anticipated title "Half-Life 2" due to compromised code last year. With the new partnership the release of Half-Life 2 an unexpectedly new entry into a market that's as cold as the new liquid cooled Nvidia GeForce 256000 cards. The confirmed release date: 2243"
That would be about year 3005 (Score:5, Funny)
Is that right (Score:2, Funny)
Re:HL2 / DukeNukem4ever! (Score:2, Funny)
Life after Doom....been there (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Something new, Something Borrowed, Something Bl (Score:5, Funny)
There's your brown.
Re:American McGee (Score:2, Funny)
I hope it involves starwberry shortcake...
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And now for something completely different... (Score:4, Funny)
Doom movie excitement (Score:4, Funny)
Zork (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:4, Funny)
Find Alyson Hannigan and Sara Michelle-Geller . . . Fast!
Re:The really scary part of Doom 3 (Score:4, Funny)
Then suddenly, it became fashionable to bash Mortal Kombat.
Then they made a sequel to the movie, which is such a despicably awful b-movie that every copy of it (Film reels, divx files, DVDs, VHS, Laser Discs, etc) should be shoved up the director's ass, never to see the light of day again.
But I digress...
Re:Whats next for the maker of Doom, Quake and Wol (Score:2, Funny)
Shit, you mean I'm going to need another 55 dollars?
Re:Maybe "Quest"? (Score:2, Funny)
History of Doom/Quake (Score:3, Funny)
Doom II
Quake = Brown doom
Quake II = Green doom
Quake III = Shiny doom
Doom 3 = ??? (nobody knows, we can't see anything)
Re:Uh-oh... (Score:2, Funny)
System requirements are about the same
Next project (Score:5, Funny)
. . . So, let's see. They've done sci-fi, with demons, in the dark. And they've done roughly present-day, with demons, in the dark.
My theory:
Fantasy!
With demons.
In the dark.
Re:The really scary part of Doom 3 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And now for something completely different... (Score:3, Funny)
All we'd need are skins, and a "Soriety Dorm" map.
And a chainsaw.
Re:The really scary part of Doom 3 (Score:4, Funny)
A plot summary for that movie snagged from IMDb:
"In an isolated town named Raccoon City, the largest corporate supplier of healthcare, medical supplies, and defense technology has a secret research facility located half a mile underground called The Hive. Five hours ago the "T Virus" was "accidentally" released. Now the Umbrella Corporation has sent in a special team to contain the situation and re-take the facility. This becomes somewhat of a problem when all of the dead scientists come back to life in search of a snack."
Yeah, sounds about right.
Let's see the Doom 3 adaption:
"In an isolated research facility at Mars located half a mile underground, an experiment goes awry with extradimensional demons being released. Now the UAC has sent in a special team to contain the situation and re-take the facility. This becomes somewhat of a problem when all of the dead scientists come back to life in search of a snack."
Re:of course there is always life after doom (Score:3, Funny)
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:John Romero (Score:2, Funny)
He's the "well known" licensor to the D3 engine.
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Uh-oh... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My life after Doom 3... (Score:4, Funny)
aka The Codex of Obfuscation? Combine that with a DVD copy of "Glitter" or "Gigli" and William Shatner's Greatest Hits and you have the perfect tools to convince the demons that this is ALREADY Hell, and they can just go home.
Re:maybe it's EA (Score:5, Funny)
Where in The Fuck is Carmen San Diego -- Search for Carmen through the world's most nortorious brothels and bordellos for the slut of sleuth.
Where in The Hell is Carmen San Diego -- Search through Hell's levels for Carmen. Special Guest Star Pope Nicholas III. Comes with a copy of Dante's Inferno to help guide you.
Re:The next Big thing (Score:2, Funny)
although the graphics engine will be awesome.
"Choose your race"
"Hell spawn- 13 unique characters and 5 tech trees, from imps to hell barons and the toughest tank ever, the cyberdemon!!"
"Marines- one unit, the grunt, equiped with a flashlit and a pda"
Re:Linus (Score:2, Funny)
Un-named Licensee = StrongBad! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And now for something completely different... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The next Big thing (Score:2, Funny)
Am I anywhere in the ballpark?
Re:Yay! (Score:2, Funny)
Keep this one on the "down low" fellas.... (Score:2, Funny)
It's totally sweeet. Todd Hollenshead said it fits right into their plans of totally turning the gaming world on hits head. He said it was "Revolutionary!".
You find yourself in 1980 after just loosing a Presidential Election...
Your Mission: Travel around the world for the next couple decades negotiating world peace!
It's called "HOPE - Agent Jimmy Carter". What'd'ya think!?!
But, shhhhh. Don't spread the thread, dudes.
Because next time... (Score:2, Funny)
* Settings with light!
* and wide open spaces!
* and there will be beautiful settings which do not induce vomiting !
* and several shades of color!
* and no crates!
* and no keycards!
* and you can alt+tab!
* and no crates!
* and if you fire at a wall it will actually take damage and break down!
* and if you find a BFG it will actually remove walls and floor!
* and no crates! (though possibly a sixpack -where you can shoot holes in it and see the liquid spill out)
You guys are all way off, its DDR (Score:4, Funny)