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Pro Game Designer since 1987! Co-founded id, ION Storm. Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Rise of the Triad, Anachronox, DASH, VR. Current:-REDACTED-. Pico-8 fanatic!
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    Aug 8, 2019
    #SUPERMARIOMAKER2 people: 3D MAZE HOUSE P59-698-55G It's a 3D Maze drawn like Wizardry or Bard's Tale. You navigate in a MINIMAP. And it TELLS YOU WHAT FLOOR YOU ARE ON. SO BRILLIANT.
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    @ThatTomHall
    Dec 10, 2020
    DOOM 1 is 27 today. I was 27 when I worked on DOOM. THIS MEANS SOMETHING. Anyway, Happy Anniversary DOOM! An honor to work on such an amazing game with super-talented folks.
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    May 12, 2021
    I just lost the light and love of my life on May 2nd. Will black out social media for a bit. She was so amazing. Eighteen years was everything and not enough. Terri, my love, sweet dreams.
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    Apr 6, 2021
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    And this:
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    Dec 10, 2023
    John said this eloquently. I feel lucky to have worked with these geniuses to birth the FPS genre. And thanks all of you for playing and letting us have these crazy game jobs all these years. DOOM LIVES! #doom #doom30
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    Dec 10, 2023
    Happy 30th birthday, DOOM. I'm grateful to have been a part of this incredible team. Thank you for playing our games, and thank you for keeping DOOM alive, all these many years.
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    Oct 11, 2024
    Happy 30th anniversary, DOOM II! I had left id by that time, but was surprised by one of my DOOM 1 level's architectures winding up in the game! #DOOM2 #DOOM (I thiiink it was this one... would have to dig up my notes, heh.)
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    Apr 6, 2021
    I want shorter games that busy / work-life-play-balanced folks can finish. AND an easy mode in all games (it would be okay if it unlocks after playing โ€œfor realโ€ โ€œthe way it should beโ€ for an hour).
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    Feb 1, 2020
    id was founded Feb 1st, 1991. So glad to see it is still going and making cool games! Happy birthday, @idSoftware ! (cc: @romero @ID_AA_Carmack )
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    Dec 10, 2022
    HAPPY 29TH ANNIVERSARY, DOOOOM! #DOOM #fpsgames #fps
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    Jun 10, 2019
    Itโ€™s just not #CommanderKeen. To be honest, it feels like the 2005 DOOM movie, like an IP awkwardly slapped on something that already existed. It deserves better. It smells like a Biz Deal game.
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    Sep 21, 2020
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    Yeah I have one particular one in mind. ๐Ÿ˜‰
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    Feb 17, 2019
    Happy Anniversary, Rise of the Triad! Full version released Feb 17, 1994.
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    Dec 10, 2018
    25 YEARS since id released the seminal First-Person Shooter, DOOM. When @Romero, @ID_AA_Carmack, Adrian Carmack, and I founded id, we were just happy to make a living making games. Our pursuit of our passion led to some really fun, amazing games! HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY, DOOM!
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