i'm gonna sing the doom song now

wagner james au's salon review of masters of doom, a biography of the founders of id software, is in that fine tradition of reviews that largely uses the book as a pretext for exploring the topic on its own. the book comes off as something like a late-’90s dotcom puff piece, whereas james is much more critical of id's real impact outside of the hardcore gamer community.

reportedly doom iii features less of the huge-horde-of-creatures battles for which id games are known. it will be interesting to see if that's really happens, and how well it works.

i remember when the original doom came out, and crippled some machines on our campus network. the first version used ipx broadcast messaging for its networking support, and that caused enough network traffic to overwhelm slower machines on the same network segment. needless to say, they got that sorted out in the next release.

(oh, you'll probably need to jump through hoops to read the full review. i decided to spring for a salon premium account a while ago.)

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BEWARE THE MOOSE! /___/ ^//^ (OO) (oo)

Invader Thunder (the alien ::) )

» Invader Thunder » september 26, 2003 7:24am

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm done now...

» invader hin (link) » may 1, 2004 12:42pm

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» Im not gonna tell youuuu...... » september 4, 2004 5:53pm

aww... you little robot boy is broken...AAHH,NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..ok

» sarah » october 17, 2004 5:39pm

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» doom? » november 4, 2004 11:58am

Doom on pc. Best game ever. end of story. Not doom 3 doom 1

» Christian » april 23, 2005 11:06am

doom doom doom doom doom doom doomy doomy doom doom doom doom! oooo whats that?

» Not now son im making ................ TOAST! » may 11, 2005 5:11am

aww my bees :( i love you Gir!!!!!!!!!!!!!

» Not now son im making ................ TOAST! » may 11, 2005 5:13am

Doom doom doom doomity doom.

» DLP » may 23, 2005 12:33pm

ddddddddddddddddddoooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

» matt (link) » july 8, 2005 5:10am

The doom song rox my sox! I'm gonna sing the doom song now! DOOM DOOM DADOOM DOOMYDOOMYDOOMYDOOMY DOOM DOOM DOOM DADOOM DOOM DADOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOOOOOOOOOOM DOOMY DOOMY DOOMY DOOMY DOOMY DOOMY DOOM DOOM DADOOM DOOM........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................DOOM DOOM DADOOM DOOM DOOOOOOOOM DOOMY DOOMY DOOMY DOOMY DOOOOOOOOOOOM doom doom doom dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom

» allison » july 10, 2005 11:26am

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» Saku » august 3, 2005 12:52pm

NOthinG. Except for DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

» gir » august 8, 2005 1:23pm

GIR IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE

» Maria » august 12, 2005 11:34am

i think gir is really weird and odd but thats why i like him lol i love gir alot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

» cassandra » september 7, 2005 4:00pm

Gir is ......

'I Love'ed you piggy, I love'ed you!!!!!!'

» belle » september 9, 2005 1:03pm

*sniff, i miss you cupcake. I love Gir and his crazy little antics.

» Yasmin » september 18, 2005 11:08pm

I LOVE GIR TOO!!!! WHY NICK HAVE TO CANCEL It :( GIR ROX

» Saati (link) » october 1, 2005 6:29am

Gir is my freakin hero.... Now lets sing the doom song!!

» mousey » november 14, 2005 6:02pm

doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom! i loooove the doom song :)

» allison » january 16, 2006 5:46pm

doomdoomdoomdoomdoom

» Jason (link) » january 25, 2006 7:53pm

Gir freakin' is the coooolest. He is so cute and funny. It shouldn't be called invader Zim it should be Gir the super intelligent robot. Viva la Doom!!

» Jaimee » february 23, 2006 10:14am

If gir were any cuter the chinese would be making dogs that look just like him! LOL. Dooooooooom doom dodoom doom doomy doomy doomy doom doom doom the end.

» Jaimee » february 24, 2006 9:57am

I'm gunna sing the Doom Song now!!! Doom Doom Doom Doom Doom Doom Doom Doom!!! Doom Doom Doom Doom! Doom Doom Doom!! Dooooooom Doooooooooom! DoomDoomDoomDoom Doom Doom Doom Doom! DoomDoomDoomDoom!! DoomDoomDoomDoomDoomDoomDoom Doom Doom Doom!! Dooomy Doom Doom Dooomy Dooomy Doom!! DOOOMY DOOOMY DOOOMY!!! DoomDoomDoomDoomDoomDoomDoom!! Doomity Doom Doom Doom!!! Doom Doom Doom DIB!!!!

» Gir » march 13, 2006 10:57pm

Here is a website with the doom song www.siberkat.com/thedoomsong.html - 3k

» LilGir » april 6, 2006 8:55am

They're coming.... ONG invader zim is my idol i couldn't live without it i mean even my bed is invader zim!!!! DOOM! I love the little tacos. I love them good.

» Wendy » april 22, 2006 10:35am

doomdoom...

» Kitty_cat84 » april 28, 2006 7:07am

Zim: I finnally found you, which way to home? Gir: I don't know? Zim: How could you not know, I just upgraded your guidance system?! Gir: I left that at home! Zim: Left what at home? Gir: Guidy-chipy-thingy! Zim: Why would you do that?! Gir: I needed room for a cupcake!*zim*

» Gir (link) » may 4, 2006 7:15pm

i just have one single thing to say- GIR ROCKS! Oh, and..... DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOBYDOOBYDOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM DA DA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!

» super dweeb » may 5, 2006 1:17pm

Zim: hmmmm these waffles are pretty good, whats in 'em

Gir: theres waffle in 'em!!

You should all know me and gir are gettin married one summer, you're all invited! :o

» Abi » may 26, 2006 1:34am

I LOVE GIR!!!!!:)

» gir » june 23, 2006 9:52pm

INVADER ZIM IS BACK IN THE AIR! YAY! and the unaired episodes are on nicktoons network! if you REALLY love invader zim google invader zim petitions and you can get him on air on nick and they'll start making new episodes to.

do it for Gir :(

» Toni » july 26, 2006 12:48pm

I love gir sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much! the doom song is fenominal! I dont care if i spelled that wrong.

» moose 666 » august 6, 2006 4:35pm

GIR is about the coolest little robot who dresses up like a dog!!!!

(exept for me of course!)

I LOVE HIM GOOD!

» Almighty Tallest Ashct » august 24, 2006 3:39pm

I love Invader Zim and GIR with all my heart *sniffs at the joy* but honestly....that petition isn't going to help.

*sobs hysterically*

» Almighty Tallest Ashct » august 24, 2006 3:42pm

I LOVE GIR!!!!! HE IS THE SUPREME RULER OF THE WORLD!!!(INCLUDING TACOS!!!) YAY TACOS!!

» me » october 12, 2006 12:40pm

gir is da best!!! TACOS!!!!

» GIR » january 12, 2007 5:37pm

If nick brought back GIR & ZIM my life would be complete GIR TO TALLEST: YOU GET MY TEQETOS YET??

» GIRfan#1 » january 12, 2007 5:43pm

gir is the bestiest!!hes the awsomest person in da world!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

» vanessa » september 9, 2007 5:46pm

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