Doom

Let’s hear it for the humble in-game map, the stoic orientation-enabler of our favourite medium for decades. But not all maps are created equal. In fact some maps are so amazing that they’re amongst the very best parts of their respective games.

No seriously. And even in good games.

Bbbbbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! As much as we love irritating, repetitive noises, we must admit the constant din omitted by the vuvuzelas is literally ruining the World Cup for us. Seriously, they're worse than bagpipes. Such is the overwhelming dark power residing in these horns that they can even conquer the forces of evil in Doom. Don't believe us? Just watch a modded version of the classic shooter inside. Bbbbbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

When it comes to first-person-shooters, there can be no studio more influential than id Software. Wolfenstein 3D practically invented the genre, Doom perfected it and Quake dragged us kicking and screaming into true three-dimensional combat.

Of these three games, Doom is arguably the most iconic. A tour de force in its day and a classic in its twilight, the original Doom series gave many great things to the FPS genre. However, despite its bountiful offerings, not everything that Doom delivered was taken up by subsequent pretenders to the throne...

If you're going to be an evil character in a video game, like a properly qualified evil entity, then it's best to have a name that is befitting of your evilness. It's difficult to be too terrified of a guy who wears sunglasses indoors and is called Albert.

Back in the 90s, the Crate used to be the most powerful force in gaming. It was actually impossible to find a title which didn’t involve trekking through some warehouse, factory or, in a perfect universe, a Crate research facility. And it didn’t matter if you were exploring an alien world because even despotic extraterrestrial races needed cubic storage devices to transport their ammo and health supplies. It was a golden age for

Film/TV shows

Rule 1: Over exuberant button bashing: it’s the law – As portrayed by Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me

If you want to really convince your audience you’re a hardcore gamer raised on the likes on Pong and…erm, that one with the aliens, you’ve got to hammer those buttons. Hard. Watch below as America’s least comedic comedy actor displays the technique admirably during Shadow of the

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