"Name: Todd Hollenshead
Email:
Description: CEO
Project:
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10-18-2004

First off, for DOOM 3 bargain shoppers, several retailers are running special ad prices this week at $39.99,
including Best Buy and CompUSA. Check your local circular ads.

Secondly, the subject of id-related tattoos came up during some water cooler talk last week. I've seen some
pretty amazing ink on some folks: a guy has the Quake II invulnerability powerup tattooed across his back (shoulder to shoulder); the "stuck car mudwrestle girl" with the Quake 3 logo at the bottom of her back; a girl with interlocking Q-Q2-Q3A logos on the back of her neck; a guy with an ankle-to-knee Quake II logo, and there are several others. I know there must be a ton out there that no one here even knows about, but we think they're pretty cool, and might even be worth having a contest to get people to send us pics of their tats.

So, here's the deal: email me a genuine id-related tattoo photo of you or someone you know who has one. It's probably best to take a couple different pics if you can. Whoever has the best legitimate tattoo, judged in my sole discretion (with maybe some help from the team) will get one free copy of DOOM 3 + strategy guide + new "Making Of DOOM 3" book and I'll sign the game box for you. Now, I'm not trying to encourage people to go out and get a tattoo - this is supposed to be for those who already have one. If we get enough cool entries, the idea is that we'll compile and frame all the photos and put them in a big frame to hang on the wall here at id. That's a pretty good consolation prize if you don't get the game/guide/book.

This isn't an "official" contest, so I'm not going to post lengthy lawyerly rules. But, it needs to be your own tattoo. You can't take a pic of someone else and get the stuff that way. Photoshops don't count. Temporary tattoos don't count. The definition of "id-related" is in my sole discretion, but logos and art from the games work. You need to email the photo to me at toddh@idsoftware.com with TATTOO as the subject. If you have the best tat, I'll contact you later for details using the email address you sent the photo from. Please don't send files that are so big that they will choke my email client (i.e. be reasonable).

This should be fun. When it's all done, if we get a good response and put all the pics together and frame them, I'll post a photo up on the front page of our website or something so eveyone who sends a photo can see what the final deal looks like hanging on the wall here."

Five outta five - 54%
Four outta five - 31%
Three outta five - 11%
Two outta five - 2%
One outta five - 2%

"In developing the Doom script, Callaham said that the games themselves helped in terms of the visuals that he wanted to put in. However, he said, "In terms of character development it is non-existent (in the games) and the id guys are the first to admit that." Callaham said that in his meetings with the id Software team they were very supportive and open with his ideas on changing the Doom mythology and allowing for real characters to be put into the script. "They were not clinging to anything." he said, "They were really quite generous in changing the Doom mythology a bit." One thing that id did insist upon is that the main character in the movie be named John. When asked, Callaham was unsure if that was a tribute to id’s master programmer John Carmack but did admit there is another character named Carmack in the movie.

And what about those newly created characters? Callaham said that John, the Space Marine to be played by Karl Urban (best know as Eomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), is stationed along with his unit in a research base on an alien planet (the planet is unnamed in the movie unlike the games Doom and Doom 3 which are set on Mars). In the movie he is reunited with his sister, a scientist on the based named Samantha (to be played by Die Another Day villainess Rosamund Pike). They were separated after an accident that killed their parents and Callaham says, "They are a little estranged" However, strange things are afoot on the base as alien monsters begin to appear and both brother and sister have to put aside their differences in order to survive. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will also appear as Sarge, the head space marine, but Callaham warns, "He is not going to be smiling a whole bunch. You won’t see him raise his left eyebrow."

"Doom 3 is a very resource intensive game. If you’re not particularly willing to upgrade your hardware to improve performance, then some of our previous Tweak Guides will aid you in getting the most out of what you’ve already got.

Finally, before using any of the settings covered here be sure to enter the Options menu, select System, select Scan Hardware and Select Optimal Video Quality. This sets up many of the necessary options you will need to run the game correctly and it would be worth doing so again should you change Graphics card also."

"Have you got the DOOM II GBA DM skills to pay the bills?

Caryn 'Hellchick' Law and I have decided to throw down at this year's QuakeCon. We're bringing our Gameboy Advances, DOOM II on the GBA, and link cables, and we're challenging QuakeCon gamers to take us on in an old-school DOOM 2 deathmatch...but on the GBA.

We'll be bringing some swag to give away to anyone who can beat us (and you have to beat both of us) -- DOOM t-shirts from id, Raven t-shirts, GBA games, whatever we can scrounge up between now and QuakeCon.

If you want to take us on, you'll need to bring two things: your own Gameboy Advance, and your own copy of DOOM II for the GBA. We'll bring link cables to link up.

When and where: we're not sure yet. As soon as we nail down our QuakeCon schedules, we'll announce when and where you can show up to take us on.

Practice up, and we'll see you there."