<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] RE: DOOM Gets a Storyline? --> <!--X-From-R13: "Ybfgre, Dncu" <exbfgreNbevtva.rn.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:03:55 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199804302001.NAA25198#ea,com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] RE: DOOM Gets a Storyline?</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00276.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00278.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00289.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00273.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00277">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00277">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00277">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] RE: DOOM Gets a Storyline?</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] RE: DOOM Gets a Storyline?</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:02:10 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Thu Apr 30 13:03:56 1998</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:03:56 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Envelope-to</em>: claw#kanga,nu</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent,,,," <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Thursday, April 30, 1998 2:05 PM Holly Sommer [SMTP:hsommer#micro,ti.com] said: > I was reading the April 27th issue of Newsweek at the doctor's office > today, and there was an article in there on DOOM, in which the creator > (Rob... ?? forget his last name) says, essentially, that hack-n-slash > gets boring after awhile - you can only enjoy a BFG for so long. Hee :) That would be John Romero, who is trying very hard to position himself as a "rock star" in the world of computer gaming, playing off his credits on games such as Doom. His startup, Ion Storm, has a sick amount of funding. "Daikatana," the game referred to, nonetheless looks a lot like, well, Doom, with a barebones linear plot that involves shooting things. > Also, he said that he wants to effectively add a storyline to DOOM. The > tone of the article was muddled, but the overall piece was interesting, > so I'd recommend to everyone here to check it out. > > -Holly It is fairly unusual to see computer games get this much coverage in mainstream media, so it was interesting for that alone. -Raph -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00276.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! 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