A Beautiful Waste
HIGH The Dead City section is a varied high point in the campaign.
LOW The end of the final mission is a turpid joke.
WTF Who races a "time trial" once the Apocalypse has gone down?
Tag: John Carmack
John Carmack and games as art
John Carmack has been quoted a couple times as saying that he believes games are not art, and I was always put off that someone who has such a prominent place in the industry took such a disappointing line.
Doom 3 – Second Opinion
It's the exponential progression of these things that bothers me most. Ever since the original Doom, the majority of First Person Shooters (FPS) have followed an incredibly strict formula: The hero begins the game with a ridiculously underpowered weapon, and is besieged by an army of enemies that can be just barely killed by that first weapon (it's challenging enough that each enemy put down feels like something of an accomplishment).
Doom 3 – Consumer guide
According to ESRB, this game contains: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence
Doom 3 – Review
An impressive achievement in audio and visual technology, Doom 3's visceral gameplay is a deliberate throwback to the original Doom from 1993.
Quake III Arena (DC) – Second Opinion
I'm pretty much in agreement with Mike on this one. Quake III Arena is fast, violent and addictive—so much so that I found myself glued to the game without a care in the world for what I was doing, where I was or how I got there. I became so addicted to the game that my brain would liquefy and go on auto pilot for hours at a time—totally desensitized to all of the lightening-quick violence and utterly oblivious to the online opponents I was mercilessly fragging.
Quake III: Arena (Dreamcast) – Review
The Dreamcast port of Quake III has for the most part stayed true to its PC cousin.
Quake III: Arena (Dreamcast) – Consumer Guide
According to ESRB, this game contains: Animated Blood and Gore, Animated Violence
Quake III: Arena – Review
Videogames have also been considered another plain old recreational activity, but with the release of the much anticipated online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS), Quake III: Arena (Q3A), that perception may finally change. The activity of Deathmatching (dueling to the death in cyberspace), which was popularized by FPS games like Q3A, may finally be considered a legitimate sport; digital or otherwise.
Quake III: Arena – Consumer Guide
According to ESRB, this game contains: Animated Blood & Gore, Animated Violence
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