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It was on December 10, 1993 that id dropped the first-person megaton bomb on the gaming community. While Wolfenstein 3-D was a monster hit and firmly established id as a player in the action gaming genre, it was Doom that annihilated everything that came before it and set the standard for years to come. 
Consumers would race to upgrade their PCs or purchase new ones just to be able to play it – one of the few titles other than Wing Commander and 7th Guest to do so. As the Space Marine, it was your responsibility to send the denizens of hell back to whence they spawned, shooting everything that moved. 
Yep, everything and anything that moved was a viable target and made for the most visceral action experience ever up to that point. With an engine that supported an incredible amount of enemies on-screen at any time, Doom made for some tense, nail-biting blasting action. 
9 years later, after being damned by mainstream media and opportunistic politicians on both sides of the political spectrum for the moral destruction of teenagers everywhere, we celebrate the birthday of the classic first person shooter here at Gaming-Age. As a personal tribute, please enjoy some Doom haiku poetry, dedicated to the shooter that established the FPS genre and paved the way for hundreds more to follow.
Heading down the stairs
Strange noises from the darkness
Testicles tighten
Download new id game
Doom? Ha! I laugh at shooters
Now my girlfriend’s gone Face and monitor
Inches apart – a small stain
Spreads across my pants Didn’t know the imp
Was a precursor for worse
Don’t play in the dark Demons, stomach rumble
Been playing since Monday morn
Today is Thursday John Carmack, linguist
New phrase for fanboy language
“[Fill-in-blank] is DOOOOOOOMED”
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