Word: doom
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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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...