My absolute favorite quote from a video game giant is when George Romero was told that doom encouraged Satan worship and he responded with something along the lines of "your character hacks apart demons with a chainsaw... If your worshipping anything: it's the chainsaw"
Edit: John Romero. My dumbass brain mixes the two up... Giants of similar genre throwing me off I guess.
Edit Edit: OK so turns out it was one of the designers Sandy Petersen. A Mormon who vehemently defended the "anti-satan" viewpoint of the game, stating the above and also frequently pointing out the fact that the demons were the bad guys.
Acoustag on August 5th, 2019 at 10:37 UTC »
The shooter also wore sneakers (like most), not sure why this has been covered up.
kiaeej on August 5th, 2019 at 12:46 UTC »
Yes. Yes. Its the evil games we play.
Not to mention why all the shooters were breathing oxygen. Must be the oxygen that made them violent.
myotherusernameismoo on August 5th, 2019 at 13:31 UTC »
My absolute favorite quote from a video game giant is when George Romero was told that doom encouraged Satan worship and he responded with something along the lines of "your character hacks apart demons with a chainsaw... If your worshipping anything: it's the chainsaw"
Edit: John Romero. My dumbass brain mixes the two up... Giants of similar genre throwing me off I guess.
Edit Edit: OK so turns out it was one of the designers Sandy Petersen. A Mormon who vehemently defended the "anti-satan" viewpoint of the game, stating the above and also frequently pointing out the fact that the demons were the bad guys.