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Doom: The Dark Ages has been permanently discounted to $50 (engadget.com)

2026-09-14 | by Anna Washenko | get SteelSeries Arctis 7 Wireless Headset → | tags: doom, doom dark ages, id software

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Someone got Doom running on a 2009 Canon DSLR camera, and it's surprisingly playable (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Daniel Sims | tags: doom, canon dslr, magic lantern

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Back in 1996, Quake's shareware CD locked id Software's entire catalog behind flawed encryption that made it a free-for-all (techspot.com)

2026-08-20 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: quake, id software, shareware

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$10 Quake shareware CD locked copies of all id Software games behind a flawed encryption scheme — pay-over-the-phone system only held up for 39 days after 1996 release, leaving developer with 150,000 discs it couldn't sell (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: quake, id software, shareware

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Finger: Social network that never died (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: finger, unix, stanford

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Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: quake, id software, cd-rom

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A Game Dev Used Retail Therapy to Navigate a Divorce, but Found a Long-Lost ‘Quake 4’ Expansion Instead (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: quake 4, id software, alpha version

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Running Doom on Our Custom CPU and Going Viral (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: doom, id software, fpga

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Union Fights Microsoft Over Layoffs at Game Studios (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: microsoft, xbox, bethesda game studios

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Bethesda teases Fallout 5 soon after Xbox’s mass layoffs (theverge.com)

2026-07-17 | by Andrew Webster | tags: bethesda, fallout 5, xbox

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A Doom developer says Microsoft "destroyed an immense amount of value" at id Software (techspot.com)

2026-07-17 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: doom, id software, microsoft

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Id Co-founders Carmack and Romero Respond to Microsoft's Layoffs (slashdot.org)

2026-07-12 | by Posted | tags: games, great, id software

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Doom Developer id Software Is Reportedly Losing Half Its Staff (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | get Doom Developer Merchandise → | tags: cuts, developer, doom

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Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff (engadget.com)

2026-07-07 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: game, id software, layoffs

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Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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If It Has a Screen, It Can Run Doom. How a Game From 1993 Became a Porting Legend (cnet.com)

2026-06-30 | by See Full Bio | get Doom Portable Game Console → | tags: doom, id software, xbox series x

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Game designer Sandy Petersen recalls how Quake's development "broke" id Software (techspot.com)

2026-06-25 | get Quake Official Strategy Guide → | tags: quake, id software, sandy petersen

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John Carmack on the mistakes around Quake that ruined id software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | tags: quake, id software, john carmack

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Quake changed gaming forever 30 years ago today — seminal title established online multiplayer culture and made 3D graphics accelerators essential PC components (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-22 | by Mark Tyson | get Quake Remastered Game → | tags: quake, id software, 3d graphics

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Doom Composer Bobby Prince Has Died (slashdot.org)

2026-06-19 | get Doom Soundtrack Vinyl → | tags: doom, id software, bobby prince

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Doom composer Bobby Prince has died (engadget.com)

2026-06-19 | by Kris Holt | get Doom Soundtrack Vinyl → | tags: doom, id software, wolfenstein 3d

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Commander Keen Games (free book) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | get Commander Keen Classic PC Game → | tags: commander keen, id software, video games

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Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | tags: commander keen, game engine, white papers

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Game Engine White Papers Commander Keen (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | tags: commander keen, game engine, white papers

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Dear Google, Please Don't Ever Mention Doom Again (cnet.com)

2026-05-20 | by See Full Bio | get Google Nest Audio Speaker → | tags: google, doom, antigravity

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America's Library of Congress Officially Inducts... the Soundtrack for the Videogame 'Doom' (slashdot.org)

2026-05-18 | by Posted | get Doom Soundtrack Vinyl → | tags: library of congress, doom, bobby prince

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The original Doom soundtrack is officially in the Library of Congress (engadget.com)

2026-05-14 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Doom Soundtrack Vinyl → | tags: doom, bobby prince, id software

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Doom: The Dark Ages is the first Denuvo DRM game of 2025 to be cracked (techspot.com)

2026-03-16 | get Doom: The Dark Ages Collectible → | tags: doom, denuvo, id software

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Cracker removes controversial Denuvo DRM from Doom: The Dark Ages (techspot.com)

2026-03-16 | get Denuvo DRM Removal Tool → | tags: denuvo, voices38, id software