The Independent - London, September 6th, 1994
The aim in Doom, the top-selling computer game on PCs at the moment, as in so many other computer games, is to kill as many aliens and zombies as possible. What makes it different is that it seems startlingly realistic and gruesome. Instead of zapping aliens with a laser gun or bombing them from an aircraft, the player of Doom can use a chainsaw or his bare fists as well as the usual armoury of futuristic weapons.
The makers, three young Texans, drew on imagery from horror films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in their work. The monsters burst open with a squelching noise when hit, spatteri...
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