Doom

  • Masters of "Doom"

    David Kushner's new book about id Software calls the company the "Nirvana" of computer gaming. But did John Romero and John Carmack revolutionize the genre, or ruin it?
    By Wagner James Au May 5, 2003

  • Trent Reznor's pretty hate machines

    A geek before geeks were cool, the high-tech musician explains why he had to reclaim his programming roots for his next album.
    By David Kushner September 17, 2002

  • How do game developers hack it?

    All-nighters, 18-hour days, sleeping at the office -- John Romero's posse keeps up a "death schedule" to get Daikatana out of beta.
    By David Kushner March 7, 2000

  • The waiting game

    Will John Romero's Daikatana ever hit the shelves? When it does, will first-person shooter players still care?
    By Howard Wen February 8, 2000

  • Pretty pretty bang bang

    Is Quake 3 too beautiful to live up to its promise as the "ultimate death-match game"?
    By Marc Spiegler September 8, 1999

  • Games don't kill people -- do they?

    Before we rush to damn the video-game industry, let's remember: There's both bad and good in blowing up pixels.
    By Greg Costikyan June 21, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Re-waging the battle of the sexes; vouchers won't fix our schools.
    Letters to the Editor May 19, 1999

  • Quake, Doom and blood lust

    Violent games aren't a problem, says the computer gaming press -- while lovingly hawking the latest innovations in pixelated gore.
    By Wagner James Au May 12, 1999

  • The shooters and the shrinks

    After Littleton, the media declared that studies show computer games lead to violence. What studies?
    By Mark Boal May 6, 1999

  • Doom, Quake and mass murder

    Gamers search their souls after discovering the Littleton killers were part of their clan.
    By Janelle Brown April 23, 1999

  • 21st Log: Ion Storm exposé sparks online storm

    By Jennifer Vogel January 18, 1999

  • 21st Log: Brief reports and tidbits from the info-sphere.

    Prank takes down anti-impeachment site; Id's Carmack loves, hates the Mac; The truth about Chinese movie-title translations; Haiku error messages surface in Microsoft courtroom!
    By Salon Tech Writers January 11, 1999

  • Shoot to thrill

    "Unreal" takes the first-person shooter game to the next graphic level. But is that enough?
    By Greg Lindsay July 10, 1998

  • 21st: "Ate My Balls" ate my balls.

    How one nutty meme took over cyberspace.
    By Milo Miles August 10, 1997

  • 21st: Joystick Nationalism

    Video games are most kids' first contact with computers -- therefore, says author J.C. Herz, they'll shape our world.
    By David Adox June 19, 1997

  • 21st: Fellowship of the Net

    In the dungeons of Diablo, cooperation is the best way to survive. That may be why it's sparking a new wave of online popularity for multiplayer gaming.
    By Andrew Leonard June 8, 1997
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