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Word: doom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...friend Audrey, a Doom aficionado, diagnosed my condition as dims. "Doom-induced motion sickness," she explained. "Lots of people get it. At first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A REVENANT ON MY BACK | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...interest of participatory journalism, I swallowed my rising gorge and tried again. I wanted to understand why Doom, in the hands of an estimated 10 million players, may be the world's most popular computer game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A REVENANT ON MY BACK | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...overcame my DIMS. And immediately contracted an acute case of DAS--Doom addiction syndrome. In the space of a week, I was late for two meetings, canceled three lunches and spoke curtly to friends and family. Worse, my trigger finger has begun to itch when, in real life, I round the corner to the coffee machine. The demons, I fear, are everywhere. I plan to worry about that later, after I escape from Level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A REVENANT ON MY BACK | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...appointment I did keep was with John Romero, co-founder of a company based in Mesquite, Texas, called Id Software, which created Doom. I called him at 2 p.m., as arranged, but he wasn't there. I recognized the symptom. Later Romero explained how he handled appointments while living in Doomspace: "I try not to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A REVENANT ON MY BACK | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...that looks like a fever-dream parking garage in which I'm pinned down by a pair of lethal skeletons. The Wad Master nods thoughtfully, then gives me a closely guarded five-letter password that, when typed, will bring me every weapon and secret key. I will be a Doom god. In the elevator back to my office, my fingers twitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A REVENANT ON MY BACK | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

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