Doom Game Gets Social Media Treatment
'Let me take a selfie, just gotta shoot this Cyberdemon first.'
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If you've ever been a gamer you've probably played Doom at
one point or another. I was just a wee lad when the gory shoot and blood fest
first launched. On its release in 1993 it was critically praised and since then
it has been hailed as one of the most important and influential video game
titles to date.
Being such an
influential and cult classic, Doom has been a key target of the modding
community. Modding is where fans will take the base game and fiddle about a bit (technical
terms galore from me today) to give it different looks or features. Some mods
include turning the Doom game into a Mario themed experience
or even giving it a nice Batman
vibe. Those two just about scratch the surface on the weird world of modding, I
fear for your sanity if you wish to delve deeper.
In a more light-hearted and social media spin however, a
modder has created the very first ‘Instagram’
mod for Doom. It has 37 different filters for taking selfies. It also has a
selfie stick. Yes really, a selfie stick. How else are you going to snap the
perfect picture of a demon exploding after you've load it full of bullets?
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The mod is called InstaDoom and was made by the modder Linguica.
Linguica described the mod in a post saying that:
‘You can only take so many pictures of your food
slaughtering demons! You want to show the world how hot you are while you do it
and now you can! Use the latest in stick technology to get more of yourself in
the shot! It's American President Approved! Show how artistic you are while
visiting far-away places!’
Instagram users will no doubt recognise most of the filters used
such as Mayfair, Rise and Inkwell
because they've been taken straight from Instagram. Linguica has also added
some more to really give you some variety in your campaign of pain against
hell.
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The mod is fantastic. It’s great to see a tongue in cheek
attempt to mock Instagram and it’s endless hashtags and filters, I think it’s
been done quite well to boot and isn't vindictive at all.
What is more wonderful is to see a game made over 20 years
ago get a modern revamp thanks to someone who just had an idea. The modding community
is great. Even if they’re adding a selfie stick into Doomguy’s arsenal.
Tom Welby
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Doom Game Gets Social Media Treatment
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