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Article #299967Re: Pentagrams, Goat heads, Upside-down crosses: Woo Hoo Quake 3
From: Bull On Parade
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 00:00
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Sir, you are the naive one. Do you know the history of the upside down cross or the significance of it? I guess we would call black people naive if they wouldn't play because it had KKK imagery throughout it... Baron Spamedi <here@there.and.everywhere> wrote in message news:82a231$bug$1@neptunium.btinternet.com... > > Waver <Wav...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:38488141$0$10686@motown.iinet.net.au... > > I agree. I'm sick of this crap. Its like id can't think of anything ells > to > > put in. DOOM 1 was OK. DOOM 2 it was getting boring. Quake1 i was hoping > it > > was the last we would see. Now they have gone back fullon in Q3a. that > > sucks. I'd buying UT. > > > > Waver > > > > > Oh for fucks sake - are all you people really this naieve? > > The satanic imagery is just the style of the artwork in the game. I doubt > very much that anyone at ID is a devil worshipper. Speaking as someone who > holds no particular religious beliefs I can honestly say the 'satanic' look > doesn't bother me at all (don't believe in God, don't believe in the Devil) > but I do appreciate what they are achieving by using it. > The are giving the game a recognisable style - it ties in with work they > have done in the past and gives helps the game have 'brand recognition'. > Besides, I would have thought that all the 'God-botherers' amongst you > would have relished going around and killing heretics etc. > Try to remember - the graphics are there to give the game a certain mood > and a certain style, NOT to convey some meaningful religious significance. > > Personally I find ID's graphics to be well crafted although if the only > games I owned were ID ones I would get bored of their brown & red palette! > > > Baron Spamedi > >
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From: "Bull On Parade" <B...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Pentagrams, Goat heads, Upside-down crosses: Woo Hoo Quake 3 Date: 1999/12/03 Message-ID: <oR024.8302$%n.287363@news3.mco> X-Deja-AN: 556462934 References: <384810df.145176613@news.teleport.com> <38488141$0$10686@motown.iinet.net.au> <82a231$bug$1@neptunium.btinternet.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 X-Trace: news3.mco 944282068 209.214.184.199 (Fri, 03 Dec 1999 23:34:28 EST) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 23:34:28 EST Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit