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Doom III Takes E3 Awards

Posted by michael on from the marines-taste-good-with-ketchup dept.

Talinom writes "This has just simply gone too far. CNN has a story that tells how the video game Doom III by id Software has won the "Best Of Show" award at the E3 convention about one year before its release. Does this mean that Duke Nukem Forever is overdue for its "Game Of The Year" award?" The awards site is E3Awards.com. I don't see how they can give an award called "Best Action Game" to something that doesn't exist as a playable game, but then again looking at the past awards I see Neverwinter Nights won in 2000... in 2001... and in 2002.

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  1. What? by sheepab · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doom III? You mean there was a Doom II?!

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    1. Re:What? by sheepab · · Score: 4, Funny

      How do you not Remember DooM 2?

      With sarcasm.

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    2. Re:What? by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Doom III? You mean there was a Doom II?!"

      Yep! And it was called "Doom II". Doom 1.1 would have been a better name for it....

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    3. Re:What? by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "So does that mean that a better name for Doom III would be Doom 1.11, or maybe Doom 11.1? "

      I was implying that Doom 2 wasn't much more than Doom 1 with extra levels. It's the type of thing that comes to mind when you add more processing cycles to your cognative process.

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    4. Re:What? by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's the type of thing that comes to mind when you add more processing cycles to your cognative process.

      I'd mod this as (+1, Burn) if I could :]

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    5. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I didn't even know that sarcasm has been rated. What was its score?

  2. who cares by wo1verin3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    >>Does this mean that Duke Nukem Forever is
    >>overdue for its "Game Of The Year" award?"

    Who cares, Never Winter Nights is now in stores!

  3. Comment of the Year Edition by Floyd+Turbo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Does this mean that Duke Nukem Forever is overdue for its 'Game Of The Year' award?"

    Since every game that so much as hits the shelves gives itself a "game of the year" award, the answer is yes. Next question.

  4. Duke Nukem Forever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that Duke Nukem Forever is overdue for its "Game Of The Year" award?"

    "Duke Nukem Forever" is not the actual name of the game. It's the expected date of release.

  5. I see the logic here. by wackybrit · · Score: 4, Funny

    The buzz generated by this early show made Doom III the indisputable 'must see' of E3 2002.

    Yeah, I see the logic here. Let's apply this to women.

    The Olsen Twins are hot. Okay, they're 16, but hell, they're hot. Their buns might not yet be fully cooked, but they're due for release in two years, and I can already say that those puppies will be bouncy and full of fun.

    So what if Doom isn't finished? It's like a barely underage girl. You just know they'll be even hotter in a year or two.

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    1. Re:I see the logic here. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      You just know they'll be even hotter in a year or two.

      Maybe in your case it's another beer or two. Perv.

  6. Re:doom |||? by fdisk3hs · · Score: 3, Funny

    DOOM II stole my early drinking days (early twenties)

    10 Swig of beer
    20 puff of cig
    30 click click click click
    40 goto 10

    :)