Knee Deep in the Dead: The History of First-Person Shooters
From Doom in 1993 to today, a lot has changed when it comes to shooting people in video games. Let's slog through almost 30 years of blood and guts.
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From Doom in 1993 to today, a lot has changed when it comes to shooting people in video games. Let's slog through almost 30 years of blood and guts.
Back in my day, everything was 90 degree angles I was a pretty Doom-obsessed kid. After playing it on my Uncle’s computer, I begged my parents for it when we got an Intel 486 powered PC of our own. I never got it for PC, but it wasn’t because my parents were afraid of exposing an eight-year-old to violence. They eventually bought me Duke Nukem 3D and the SNES port of Doom (which was better than no Doom). No, I think computers were just a mysterious device to them and they were afraid I’d load it up with games. Which I probably would have!