Doom 20th Birthday Video Perfectly Captures the '90s Slaughterfest

I remember playing Doom at my horrible just-after-college job in the mid '90s. After my boss left for the day, I'd turn off the lights in my office, fire up the Mac version on my PowerMac 8500 tower, don some cheap headphones and start blasting away at extraterrestrial demons.

It speaks to how well the creators of Doom nailed the atmosphere of the game that I actually got a little creeped out as I played, staring at a VGA-resolution monitor while listening to the synth-rock tunes and monster roars through drug-store headphones, sitting in the comfort of a locked office with plenty of snacks. Read more...