The 1993 first-person shooter Doom is legendary. Its place in history is both untouchable and inarguable. The details of that history, though, are currently being debated on social media. Not by fans, mind you, but instead by two of the very people that created it. Doom co-creator John Romero and Doom level- and game-designer Sandy Petersen took to X (formerly Twitter) to dispute each other's recollection of the origin of Doom's groundbreaking DeathMatch PvP multiplayer mode.
Two Creators of the Original Doom Are Arguing About its History on Social Media
Source: IGN
Original reporting
IGN: read the full reportRelated stories
Rolling Stone
Macy’s Drops Thanksgiving Day Parade Anniversary Toys, With Buildable Turkey Float, Limited-Edition Puzzles
The retailer celebrates the 100th anniversary of its Thanksgiving Day Parade this year
Variety
Barry Keoghan Undergoes Skin-Tightening Cosmetic Treatment in Video Posted Months After He Called Out Online Abuse Over ‘How I Look’
Barry Keoghan is making headlines for appearing in a new social media video shared by U.K. celebrity facial expert and Dermaspa founder Nilam Holmes, who posted a behind-the-scenes look at the Oscar nominee’s Xerf treatment. Per Dermaspa’s website, Xerf forgoes injections and uses radio-frequency technology to tighten the skin and renew collagen. The treatment costs […]
Rolling Stone2 outlets
Danny Masterson Loses Rape Conviction Appeal, Vows to Take Fight to State Supreme Court
An appeals court has denied Danny Masterson’s appeal of his 2023 conviction on rape charges, upholding the verdict and his 30-year prison sentence. In an 89-page ruling, a three-judge panel rejected each of Masterson’s arguments in turn, including the claim that the trial judge was biased against Scientology. Masterson, a star of That 70s Show, […]
Kotaku2 outlets
GTA 6 s Expectedly Massive File Size Has Been Revealed
Ahead of the game's release in November, GTA 6' s file size has been revealed, and it is massive. PlayStation Game Size reports that the $80 standard edition will take up 210GB of storage capacity. Size details for the $100 Ultimate Edition--which includes a ton of content not in the regular version--were not made available. We also don't know the Xbox Series X|S file size, but it's likely around the same. As announced previously, preloading for GTA 6 begins on November 12, which is good news considering the game is massive in terms of its file size. People will no doubt have to delete other content to fit the game on the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S. This is double the file size of Rockstar's last game, Red Dead Redemption II. https://twitter.com/PlaystationSize/status/2115129198851522905 Everyone expected GTA 6's file size to be gigantic, but now there is a number behind it, and it's one tha
PC Gamer2 outlets
Messages in certain large public Discord servers will be searchable on the web after December
Over the last decade, Discord has become the de facto community space for gaming, and there are a lot of huge servers out there that you can find by scrolling through its public servers page. But starting on November 16, some messages in these huge servers will be viewable from Google.
Rolling Stone
Republicans Are Driving the Most Racist Election Cycle in a Generation
Donald Trump and MAGA have nothing to run on but rank bigotry