YourRustedParadox

April 24th, 2013 at 5:30PM

It was dark in my office in 1995, warm, and I was busy programming QuakeEd. I had my stereo playing Great White, Ratt, George Lynch and all other manner of hair metal. I was in my element - in the zone.
At some point, I needed to go to the bathroom. I went to my door, turned the knob, and nothing. The door wouldn’t open, the knob turning and turning. I was thinking, “Seriously?” The building materials were not grade-A, apparently, at our building in Mesquite, Texas.
I needed to get out, the pressure now mounting. I called John Carmack on his phone extension, 13.
“Dude, I’m stuck in my office. My doorknob doesn’t work anymore. I think you should chop down this shitty door.”
“I’ll be right over.”
I heard a noise on the wall, which had to be John getting his $5,000 custom axe off its mount. He walked in front of my door and tried the knob. Sure enough, the knob doomed the door to a swift death. John was telling the others in the office nearby that he was about to rescue me from my new prison.
Good thing I decided to stand with my back against the same wall as the door.
BAM! The first swing came through the center of the door, just a little, and sprayed wood fragments across the room, bouncing off the opposite wall.
BAM! More wood, splintering and flying. I would have been injured if I were standing in the middle of my room.
After about twelve good swings, the center of the door was completely obliterated, and I could climb through easily. I ran to the bathroom as everyone was laughing about the violence that just took place.
When I got back, I got the doorknob off and swung the door fully open. Later on, we tapped the hinges out and put the door in the storage room. A new door appeared the next day.
The story about the axe attack got around. Magazine journos that came by for interviews wanted to see the door that Carmack destroyed. We showed them. We took pictures with the door, some of which were published. The ruined door became an iconic item almost as venerable as the DOOM chainsaw.
Alas, no one at id thought the door that important, and it was taken to the scrapheap during our office remodel of 1996.
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It was dark in my office in 1995, warm, and I was busy programming QuakeEd. I had my stereo playing Great White, Ratt, George Lynch and all other manner of hair metal. I was in my element - in the zone.

At some point, I needed to go to the bathroom. I went to my door, turned the knob, and nothing. The door wouldn’t open, the knob turning and turning. I was thinking, “Seriously?” The building materials were not grade-A, apparently, at our building in Mesquite, Texas.

I needed to get out, the pressure now mounting. I called John Carmack on his phone extension, 13.

“Dude, I’m stuck in my office. My doorknob doesn’t work anymore. I think you should chop down this shitty door.”

“I’ll be right over.”

I heard a noise on the wall, which had to be John getting his $5,000 custom axe off its mount. He walked in front of my door and tried the knob. Sure enough, the knob doomed the door to a swift death. John was telling the others in the office nearby that he was about to rescue me from my new prison.

Good thing I decided to stand with my back against the same wall as the door.

BAM! The first swing came through the center of the door, just a little, and sprayed wood fragments across the room, bouncing off the opposite wall.

BAM! More wood, splintering and flying. I would have been injured if I were standing in the middle of my room.

After about twelve good swings, the center of the door was completely obliterated, and I could climb through easily. I ran to the bathroom as everyone was laughing about the violence that just took place.

When I got back, I got the doorknob off and swung the door fully open. Later on, we tapped the hinges out and put the door in the storage room. A new door appeared the next day.

The story about the axe attack got around. Magazine journos that came by for interviews wanted to see the door that Carmack destroyed. We showed them. We took pictures with the door, some of which were published. The ruined door became an iconic item almost as venerable as the DOOM chainsaw.

Alas, no one at id thought the door that important, and it was taken to the scrapheap during our office remodel of 1996.

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April 23rd, 2013 at 5:30PM

This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it’s in a bucket is because it leaked oil! That’s also why there’s newspapers all around it. :) Heh heh, yes, the name of the chainsaw was Eager Beaver. The little Post-It Note next to the chainsaw says “Borrowed from Ann Graver Holz”. Ann was Tom Hall’s girlfriend at the time and since she had a chainsaw (Most of us apartment-dwellers did not own a chainsaw!), she let Tom borrow it. Tom, um, forgot to give it back to her…..so……..it’s still around. Tom is going to do something with it, probably sometime this year!
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This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it’s in a bucket is because it leaked oil! That’s also why there’s newspapers all around it. :) Heh heh, yes, the name of the chainsaw was Eager Beaver. The little Post-It Note next to the chainsaw says “Borrowed from Ann Graver Holz”. Ann was Tom Hall’s girlfriend at the time and since she had a chainsaw (Most of us apartment-dwellers did not own a chainsaw!), she let Tom borrow it. Tom, um, forgot to give it back to her…..so……..it’s still around. Tom is going to do something with it, probably sometime this year!

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September 22nd, 2012 at 11:55AM

lady-littlefinger:

You know, I’d forgive Bioware/EA for all past transgressions if they release a small DLC in which Shepard can actually throw Allers out of the airlock and you get a glorious two minute cutscene of her painful death.

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September 18th, 2012 at 6:28AM

elleblr:

Reasons why Mika is amazing.

1 - She trolls the fuck out of me.
2 - She is one of the finest purveyors of crack-art.

You might have noticed that I have a thing about fan-art with Jack portrayed as crying…

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September 17th, 2012 at 11:55AM

tinycartridge:

“Yoshi, I got you something” by Anthony Clark (Nedroid).

I’m unsure how Isaac fared on his quest, but Mario managed to execute his plan for finding booty yesterday.
Buy: New Super Mario Bros. 2
See also: More Nedroid comics
[Via @nedroid]

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September 9th, 2012 at 5:28PM

skyrim scenery porn (1)

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September 8th, 2012 at 1:24PM

addictedtoskyrim:

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April 3rd, 2012 at 12:48AM

ourrustedparasole:

Ok so here’s my concept design of a mutant zombie bear boss. I did this up for a competition which, little known to me, ended before I even started but at least it was a crash course in using my tablet for the first time.

Pretty self explanatory really. It’s a bear who’s mutated under some wacko zombie virus and has developed a symbiotic relationship with the local bees, and has developed a beehive heart.

…the things I see. :/