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Head In The Clouds: Flying In Video Games
7:00AM AJ Glasser | There’s something fantastical about flying in a video game. We can easily run, jump and swim in real life. Flight is more exotic. But we do fantasise about it. Where do you think the term “flights of fancy” comes from? More »
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Don Ivan Punchatz, Doom Box Artist, Dies At 73
5:00AM Owen Good | The artist Don Ivan Punchatz, whose artwork on id Software’s Doom helped establish the game’s hardcore reputation and appeal, has died of a heart attack. He was 73. More »
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Sid Meier Bringing Civilization To Facebook
8:20AM Mike Fahey | Sid Meier is taking two of the most addictive games ever created—Civilization and Facebook—and melding them into one. Today he announced Civilization Network, coming to Facebook in 2010. More »
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Doom Creator On Whether New PlayStation Or Xbox Will Be First
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | You know John Carmack. He’s the programming wizard responsible for games like Doom. You know what John Carmack thinks? More »
Hands On
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | id Software and Escalation Studios have compacted the essence of Doom 3 into an iPhone app with Doom Resurrection, an on-rails first-person shooter that teleports the player from Mars to Hell and back. More »
Doom Resurrection Micro-Review: What In The Sam Hell
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | id Software and Escalation Studios have compacted the essence of Doom 3 into an iPhone app with Doom Resurrection, an on-rails first-person shooter that teleports the player from Mars to Hell and back. More »
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QuakeCon 2009 Is Going To The Gaylord
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | id Software’s annual gathering of Quake, Doom and Wolfenstein fans will happen August 13th to August 16th. And it will happen at a new location, the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas. More »
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Doom Resurrection: The IPhone Game That Nearly Wasn’t
5:20AM Mike Fahey | With the rail-shooter Doom Resurrection for the iPhone hitting the App Store at any moment, Kotaku spoke to John Carmack about design decisions, multiplayer, and why the game was nearly cancelled months into development. More »
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1:45AM Stephen Totilo | Doom, Fallout, Oblivion, Wolfenstein, Carmack, Howard… all in one company. More »
Id Software Bought By Bethesda Parent Company, ZeniMax
1:45AM Stephen Totilo | Doom, Fallout, Oblivion, Wolfenstein, Carmack, Howard… all in one company. More »
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Id Resurrects “Next-Gen” Doom On IPhone Next Week
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Quake developers id Software are very fond of Apple’s iPhone as a gaming platform. The first-person shooter focused id has already released Wolfenstein 3D Classic and is planning double the Doom, including a scaled down semi-remake of Doom III. More »
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