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Re: WTF? Doom3 rocks!

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From: McGrandpa
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:48
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orison wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:13:44 +0000, Brian wrote:
>
>> I thought Doom3 was great.  I do like first person shooters, but
>> face it, running around in circles fragging folks and monsters gets
>> old sometimes.  I expected and hoped that Doom3 would be exactly how
>> it turned out:  A very immersive, interactive and visually stunning
>> sci-fi thriller movie (with an occasional frag-fest thrown in for
>> good measure).
>>
>> The game didn't hang or crash during the entire 24 hours it took to
>> finish the game.  It was definitely worth the $47 bucks I spent
>> (including state sales tax) which is about the same that I would pay
>> to take my wife and I out to a two-hour long movie at the local
>> theater (with over-priced coke, hotdogs and popcorn included ).
>>
>
>
> Holy cow. $47 for two people to watch a movie with snacks? I'm in the
> wrong line of business...and the MPAA is complaining about..what?

Cinemark-TinselTown (here): $4.75 matinee ticket, $17.50  for small
popcorn, box of Raisinettes, one hot dog and a large Coke.  Time in
theater, 2 hrs 20 mins (The Catwoman).  Thing is, I enjoyed it.

We'll just be enjoying Doom3 longer!  :)

We're all in the wrong business! :)
McG.
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