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Will Doom 3 revive the struggling PC Gaming Industry?
CNN:Money ^ | July 14, 2004 | Chris Morris

Posted on 07/15/2004 7:51:30 AM PDT by Paradox

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To: Give Piece A Chance

August 2 is the date - it will ship in 18 days! Oh, the glory that will be ours!


101 posted on 07/15/2004 9:00:01 AM PDT by Xenalyte (I'm thinkin' of a master plan . . .)
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To: Give Piece A Chance
I meant: "Nothing comes close to the intensity of a well crafted multiplayer first-person-shooter on a computer"
102 posted on 07/15/2004 9:01:19 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: dts32041
so looks like I get a new machine next month.

Mine arrived on Tuesday. Doom III was the driving force behind the decision, but don't tell my wife. She thinks my old computer was just worn out and I had no choice.

103 posted on 07/15/2004 9:02:53 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Xenalyte
Half-Life 2 . . . we need only wait 18 more agonizing, gut-wrenching days. August 2 is THE date!

It's been a year since I started drooling at the big E3 demo of Half Life 2. Looks like I am going to be buying a couple of games soon.

104 posted on 07/15/2004 9:03:24 AM PDT by SaveTheChief
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To: Incorrigible
I've been known to kill a few hours on multiuser PC Halo. Halo 2 is coming in November.

Hehe - I've been playing Halo ever since I upgraded to Windows XP and my Quake III stopped working correctly (I have to have my FPS fix, you know). Nothing like hopping in a warthog and driving over every person you see. I need to upgrade my system though if I want to be competitive.
105 posted on 07/15/2004 9:04:08 AM PDT by fr_freak
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To: KC_Conspirator

There has been a purge of PC gaming software producers. I strongly suspect it has more to do with Xbox, PS 2 and the like than anything else.

I've read somewhere the average PS 2 user is 28 years old.


106 posted on 07/15/2004 9:05:17 AM PDT by Badeye ("The day you stop learning, is the day you begin dying")
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To: Smogger; Poohbah

And what's wrong with having $$$ and too much time on our hands?


107 posted on 07/15/2004 9:06:39 AM PDT by hchutch ("Go ahead. Leave early and beat the traffic. The Milwaukee Brewers dare you." - MLB.com 5/11/04)
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To: antiRepublicrat

Reminds of a time a friend and I were playing Doom 2 via dialup.

I was loaded up with weapons, and I hid directly behind a doorway waiting for him to open it. I had him. He was dead, but didn't know it yet. I could have used the pistol or knife, but NO, I had to choose the BFG (I really wanted to blow him away).

He had no idea where I was. When he finally open the door, I laughed and fired the BFG, but before it got him, he killed me with some small weapon. Totally ticked me off! The BFG took so long to load, he had time to shoot me 3-5 times before I could get him.

I can't believe I still remember that after 8 years.


108 posted on 07/15/2004 9:07:13 AM PDT by Skooz (My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
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To: Smogger
Console games are for kids. Counter-Strike/Condition Zero/Doom III are for men with $$$ and too much time on their hands.

True, but those kids have parents who are buying $200 consoles instead of $1000 PCs. That is probably the market segment where the industry has been hurting since the golden era of Quake 3/Half-Life et al.
109 posted on 07/15/2004 9:09:58 AM PDT by Give Piece A Chance
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To: fr_freak

Must... resist... urge... to get... CD... from... drawer... on... other side... of house...

Must... be... productive...


110 posted on 07/15/2004 9:10:10 AM PDT by Incorrigible (immanentizing the eschaton)
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To: Give Piece A Chance

Half-Life 2 will be almost as popular as Doom III


111 posted on 07/15/2004 9:10:58 AM PDT by corkoman (Logged in - have you?)
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To: Paradox
. I would get kinda sick too, from the 3D immersion effect or something. I called it "getting Doomed".

Doctors had a name for it, "Doom-Induced Motion Sickness."

112 posted on 07/15/2004 9:11:28 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Xenalyte; humblegunner
Oh yea Doom 3 is gonna be gorgeous. I anticipate visuals at least as pretty as Far Cry and bad guys as tough as the fatboys from the same game.


113 posted on 07/15/2004 9:11:43 AM PDT by Bacon Man (Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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To: Xenalyte
If you have never played Morrowind, go out NOW and get it.

Thanks for the tip! I'll go look for it.

114 posted on 07/15/2004 9:12:00 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves
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To: Xenalyte
Sloth, is your assassin a solo or a multiplayer character? My claw assassin Ralla had lots of trouble with Duriel - claws were not the way to go for him.

Solo. I haven't played D2 multiplayer.

Here's what I did. Ralla still had her rogue archer mercenary from Act I. She also had a couple points in Burst of Speed. We Bursted, then entered Duriel's lair and immediately set up a Town Portal (I have it hot-keyed to F1). Ralla had a few points in the first fire trap - can't remember the name - and she lobbed them at Duriel until the rogue got slaughtered. Then she'd TP back to town, resurrect the rogue, and repeat.

Hmmm, I guess I'll give that a try. I don't have any points in Burst of Speed, but I've got lots in the Fire Blast, and I think I have some magic items that increase speed anyway.

115 posted on 07/15/2004 9:12:22 AM PDT by Sloth (We have to support RINOs like Specter; their states are too liberal to elect someone like Santorum.)
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To: Paradox

I hope my video card is sufficient for this game. I spent some fun hours setting up a couple levels for the entertainment of myself and others. Ha, ha, ha, some were disgusted when they realized they would have to jump or fall into the pit of blood to exit the level.


116 posted on 07/15/2004 9:13:59 AM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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To: Dog Gone
I can't even use that as an excuse, I am still running a machine that started out as a 486 dx 33, in 1992.

Of course it is now an amd 256 with 128 mb ram, so I can build my own machines.

Still think about doing that.

117 posted on 07/15/2004 9:14:18 AM PDT by dts32041 (Gen Karpinski A bullet, A Gun, a Room, her only honorable solution (MP Officer Not))
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To: Kleon
Yes, but you can stress your finger. Click, Click, Click.

I'm playing a Necromancer right now - he doesn't have to do much of anything but stand back and sip tea while his minions work over the bad guys. My Barbarian did give me finger stress, though. Spellcasters are more fun to play.

118 posted on 07/15/2004 9:15:48 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves
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To: Paradox

Anyone freepers play Star Wars Galaxies? If so, send me a /tell on Lowca. I'm addicted...have been crafting in my sleep lately.


119 posted on 07/15/2004 9:17:25 AM PDT by Textide
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To: Incorrigible

I'm not much of a PC gamer. PS2/XBox is what I've got. Halo is Awesome. Halo 2 is supposed to blow our minds. I cannot wait for its release.


120 posted on 07/15/2004 9:17:55 AM PDT by BigBlueJon
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