A 639-year-long piece of music being played in a cathedral in Germany has just changed a chord for the first time in 2 years - after letting that previous single chord drone out day and night - as crowds gather in anticipation.
For Doom fans, legend John Romero is releasing SIGIL II today as a free Megawad!
The first SIGIL was an unofficial fifth chapter in Ultimate Doom, and contained some of the best level design I’ve seen. It’s also a free download as well!
"There's a relentless pressure to act happy now. You have to go to the office. You have to go to bars and restaurants. You have to go to concerts. You have to go on vacation. You have to post about it.
You have to talk to strangers.
But...
You can't talk about all the friends and family you've lost. You can't talk about how tired you are. You can't talk about politics. You can't talk about climate change. You can't talk about the wildfires or that town that burned down. You can't talk about living through the hottest days in human history. You can't talk about masks or air purifiers. You can't talk about student loans. You can't talk about the wars we're fighting or getting ready to fight.
You can't talk about anything that matters."
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💯 I can very much relate to this. During all the research and writing of my book, I often felt the need to talk about all the shit that's happening and the amazing info I found, but no, it's kinda taboo.
Just be happy and party while we can...🙁
(when you don't want to close your eyes for the darker side of our existence: my book #CrashCourse can be downloaded for free for my Mastodon followers until Friday 18 Aug. 12:00 UTC (midday))
I moved to mastodon a while ago, and while I managed to reconnect with most of my interest groups and some of the people I followed on birdsite, there is still a void I'd love to fill.
Where my Doom people at?
I asked this question early in but now that the fediverse grew a bit and that my instance got bootstrapped way more, if you are part of the Doom community or know people I should follow, I would love if you could reply/boost!
The latest version of my retro texture pack is now available. That's 300 high-quality, low-resolution textures, for just $5! They take heavy inspiration from #retrofps games like #doom and #quake#pixelart#gamedev
A man discovers through a DNA test he is actually the son of a famous #DOOM mapper known as Dr. Sleep who had sadly already passed away by the time he found out. What follows is his discovery of Doom and the vibrant mapping scene that has continued to this day so he builds his first Doom map to better understand the father he never knew:
✨🎉 Version 13 of my retro texture pack is out now!
It's a small update, adding just 6 new textures, taking the total texture count to 345! But it's the first of what I hope will be weekly updates from now on. 😊
Doom is 30 today. It's been my favorite game for so many years. I could wax lyrical about how impactful it is, or how it essentially is perfect, the ideal platonic FPS, the NIST reference from which everything is derived and measured. I could also point out how incredible it is that we're all still playing it, and that it is still getting TONS of community content in 2023, but I feel everyone else has already said it better than I could.
The Doomworld thread didn't get picked up. I'll just ask here. #DOOM and #quake fans, what color does characterise PSX Doom/Final Doom, Doom 64, Quake 64 and Quake 2 64?
Let’s celebrate DOOM’s 30th anniversary, the legendary shooter that changed gaming forever. Since 1993, DOOM has inspired many games and left a lasting impact on pop culture. Experience the thrilling action, amazing design, and the iconic demons again. Happy 30th, DOOM!
This video shows DOOM 95, an official port of DOOM to Windows by Microsoft.
It’s pouring out so hard, the streets have turned to rivers, and it’s legitimately unsafe to be out driving.
So, is there a more appropriate album to have on right now to match the weather outside?
The fairies BETTER have their boots on today.
You gotta believe me.
😂 #vinyl#vinylrecords#blacksabbath#metal#heavymetal#classicrock#doom#paranoid
I just found this lovely Reverse Engineered port of the Playstation version of Doom, and it's really well made.
It's my favorite console port, and it was weirdly different : It has colored lights, merges Doom 1 and Doom II into a giant game, with mobs from Doom 2 in Episode 1, and subtle changes here and there.
It has new special sounds and music, and so it hits different. Feels much more like a tense horror game.
John Romero plays MYHOUSE.WAD (Youtube, 1:14:05) (www.youtube.com)
John experiences My House for the first time.