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Marine Finds Duct Tape on Mars
mhore writes "It seems that one of the biggest complaints about Doom 3 has been resolved. Thanks to Glen Murphy, you may now use your flashlight and weapon at the same time, thanks to the ingenious 'Duct Tape' mod! While some may think this ruins the game play, I disagree and think it is worth noting." There's plenty of other Doom 3-related coverage over at PlanetDoom, including a pointer to a new IGN review, which PlanetDoom considers "a lot more fair and balanced than some of the reviews we've seen so far", with an overall 8.9/10 score.
MacGuyver. That prick. Incidentally, Duct tape makes a fine prophilactic.
" I kept wondering why, why why why, that marines in the year 2195 didn't have flashlights standard on their helmets.... or why for that matter our hero in this game didn't have a helmet. =/"
Flashlight on helmet==target.
Helmet==messes up hero's hair.
where said marines are not likly to be properly equiped ... to fight wars at night. We in the Space Marines expect all our wars to be fought in well-lit conditions!
deus does not exist but if he does
Look at the flashlight from the viewpoint that it is a weapon. It shines light and lets you see shit. That's its purpose. This marine travelled to Mars, not expecting a hell intrusion. Instead he gets one, has few weapons, picks up a flashlight and some other weapons and starts kicking ass. Awesome.
Okay, it's the future. Dudes in the future should have high tech badass gear. I mean, nightvision, we have, but in the future, shit, man, there should be some crazy shit that looks through walls and sees DEMONS. And, it sees them in the dark! Damn, in the future, they might even have dogs that wear electric turbons that allow them to focus energy that allows them to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. WOW.
This is a game. He went in without a weapon. Apparently, which is plainly obvious, there are idiots that work on Mars and do stupid shit. They're conjuring Hell and demons and crazy ass spiders. It's clear they care little for their own safety; and, therefore, they have not duct taped flashlights on their machineguns.
I'll continue playing without a pussy flashlight taped on. I'm in hell, and I'm kicking demon ass. F a flashlight, and F this mod.
Down with the DEMONS.
porp
"If the access logs prove to be interesting, I'll summarise and post them, as I was always curious what it was like to be slashdotted."
Well first the room lights dim to red, and a warning klaxon goes off. Then there can be heard the increasing sound of steam escaping, with the gagues on front registering overload. Then the server case starts bulging, rivets popping and flying across the room. There's a call for evacuation over the intercom, while solid steel pressure doors drop down. Standing outside five minutes latter, a muffled boom can be heard. A moment of silence, then a call is placed to Dell.
Not that I
Maybe now I'll stop shitting my pants every time I play DOOM 3.
John Carmack should have thought to include toilet paper with the game.
/dev/random
Good job ID, you made it so scary I don't want it!
Pussy.
Haliburton still has the contract to provide all the gear. This also explains the need to scavenge ammo.
Yes, it makes sense -- space marines in 2045 should have duct tape and/or helmets with flashlights and/or nightvision and/or fucking-A genetically engineered cat-eye night-proof eyes-from-hell.
But that's not what this space marine happened to have handy when the shit hit the fan.
Exactly. If the year 2045 is anything like the year 2004, the duct tape is in that drawer with dominos coupons, scissors, random notes, a few screws, a can opener, a few overdue bills, a popsicle, some salad tongs, a few bottle openers, and a bunch of other shit.
Obviously the marines couldn't get the drawer open.
Wow... I can't beleive I just spent $1,700 on a new machine just to display all this damn darkness. My old video card displayed a screenful of black just fine.
The graphics aren't that good.
HAND.
I really doubt that in 2145 when some architect is designing a mars base that he will read this but...
CHOOSE YOUR GODDAM LIGHTING SUBCONTRACTERS CAREFULLY.
I don't think that the marine thought that the gates of hell would be opened on his first shift.
Great mod man, to quote my friend when doom3 first came out: "I guess all the ducttape is being used to hold the portals to hell closed so I cant even ducttape my flashlight to my shotgun"
Pain lasts, kid. Its how you know you're alive. Sometimes I think this growing up thing is just pain management-TheMaxx
LIES!
I eat about 6 carrots a day and the only reason I don't creep around in the dark anymore is because my wife says it creeps her out!
(well, I guess in order to get the reference, you'd have to be seriously old-school...)
As a state gets corrupt, its laws multiply; the most corrupt states have the most numerous laws. (Tacitus, Annales 3:27)
This is how it was MEANT to be. A little more thinking rather than just rushing in and blasting away. If all you want is a blastfest, then just flip on godmode and gimme all and knock yourself out. I particularly don't care for the teamplay type games, so I DON'T BUY THEM. The graphics etc on them are great, but I don't care for that style of game. That doesn't mean they're bad games, just not for me. I've seen the "hide in closet" comments before. Hey, we're talking about the forces of Hell. Bossdevil say "wait in closet" Imp wait in closet. Probably a nice break for them after all those eons in Hell. (hey, it's dark and quiet. I can take a nap) I wasn't too keen on the darkness to start, but it does work, and is RIGHT when you think about it. All those explosions etc, will have knocked out power and lights. Most everyone is dead. The UNdead of course do not like the light. The badguys aren't going to turn on all the lights just so I can see better to kill them. (nowthen, an OPTION to brighten things up for those with weak hearts or minds, would have been fine, but this mod helps with that, and the gamma changes as well) It's a shooter still, but one much closer to real than previous ones. (btw, for those who haven't tried it, play the reactor level in multi and jump down the core. You get a funky teleport and squirt out with the berserk powerup on. The effect of THAT is incredible. (and freaky if it's the first time you've seen/heard it)
Although I know it is mainly to make the game darker and scarier, which is more enjoyable to some people (and I rather take fun over realism), I think that it is still not too unconceivable. I am sure they have all of the technology there, but they don't always have their stuff together. One email in the game mentions how they got a shipment of chainsaws by mistake and there seem to be other logistical blunders. So I would guess things don't always run too smoothly there. Maybe their shipment of gun lights and night vision equipment was sent to the moon by accident.
That, and I have to wonder how many flashlights do they need. It is in the future when they would think power should be readily available and everything is supposed to be brightly lit.
And as to the question of why there was no duct tape around, I think the demons knew what they were doing. The first thing they probably did was take all of the duct tape, since they knew its awesome power. Why else would stuff all of sudden start breaking and failing through out the base? Hell does tend to break loose when you can't find any duct tape to hold it in place.
Or I could just play Doom III on XP TODAY! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Have fun waiting.
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If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
I think that in 2145 the Bush Machine is still in power... and thanks to soaring defecits such "combat luxuries" as Duct Tape are no longer afforable... after all I hear it costs the DoD like 5 grand to buy one roll of Duct Tape these days.... just think of the inflation on that by 2145!!
I feel your pain brother. I too have had monsters in my bed because of ale and badly lit clubs.
Liberty.
He did have a flashlight on his helmet. His real goal throughout the whole game has been to find his helmet!
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I live in the present, in a shitty old house, with shitty electrics. The power goes off 3 times a week. I love my flashlight.
Yeah...I consider bruising to be safe.