The identity of the DOOM Marine

[njiska]

http://media.putfile.com/BillDoomTitles74

It's an old vid from 1995 and it's real.

[norkusa]

"Don't loose your head"

What a dork.

[Sph1nx]

Almost as good as Bill gates teen beat layout.

[Zing]

I should have guessed that Bill would have to cheat and use god mode.

[comrade]

"Don't interupt me"

Ah, that Bill, what a jokester!

[Daltone]

"Who do you want to execute today?"

Is it wrong that I actually kinda liked that?

[syd]

I find it pretty ironic he's pushing Doom as a great game for Windows 95, considering it was programmed in DOS, as was Doom 2.

[roushimsx]

I find it pretty ironic he's pushing Doom as a great game for Windows 95, considering it was programmed in DOS, as was Doom 2.

I thought that was pretty funny as well

Pretty nice video... I liked it a good bit more than the Balmer/Gates Matrix spoof they did a few years back (2003?)

[cityside75]

Ah, the good old days when videogame violence was something to be celebrated and enjoyed. You'd never see them make something like that now.

[Zing]

I find it pretty ironic he's pushing Doom as a great game for Windows 95, considering it was programmed in DOS, as was Doom 2.

Doom was one of the first games ported over to Windows using what was then dubbed the "WinG" API. It was a true Windows 32 bit application. This version was never publicly released, but was leaked. After WinG was augmented and merged into the new DirectX API, it was fully ported and named "Doom for Windows 95". This is the version still packaged with the retail versions of Doom today.

Doom was a big deal for Windows 95 since it was able to run in high res (640x400) at a decent framerate with accurate sound effects and showcased the new marketing of Win95 as a gaming platform.

[evildead2099]

I find it pretty ironic he's pushing Doom as a great game for Windows 95, considering it was programmed in DOS, as was Doom 2.

DOS is by Microsoft, actually. Hence, the (now archaic) terms "MS DOS" and "MS DOS Prompt."

[evildead2099]

Ah, the good old days when videogame violence was something to be celebrated and enjoyed. You'd never see them make something like that now.

You said it!

My first reaction to that video was, "man, Bill Gates SUCKS at DOOM! I would destroy him in a deathmatch, considering how he primitive his tactical approach to DOOM is." With all due respect (as a gamer, not as a businessman), he controls DOOM like a novice.

[nik]

Ah, the good old days when videogame violence was something to be celebrated and enjoyed. You'd never see them make something like that now.

You said it!

My first reaction to that video was, "man, Bill Gates SUCKS at DOOM! I would destroy him in a deathmatch, considering how he primitive his tactical approach to DOOM is." With all due respect (as a gamer, not as a businessman), he controls DOOM like a novice.

I very seriously doubt that was even him playing, its just a video ad, a really really nerdy video ad.

[Nez]

Wow why hasn't Bill gone in to acting?

[Sothy]

i cant see it can someone link the file directly?

[evildead2099]

Wow why hasn't Bill gone in to acting?

He sort of has; he made a cameo appearance on an episode of Frasier.

[Daltone]

its just a video ad, a really really nerdy video ad.

I wish all videogame ads were that nerdy. I think it's cool that the owner of a multi gajillion dollar company was willing to have a little fun.

[nik]

its just a video ad, a really really nerdy video ad.

I wish all videogame ads were that nerdy. I think it's cool that the owner of a multi gajillion dollar company was willing to have a little fun.

Doesn't sell, sex breasts and theiving, gangster moron crap, and general "breaking the rules" type stuff does.

[Jasoco]

Alright, small rant here but who the heck made this into a WMV3 file forcing me to only be able to watch it in the piece of shit Mac Windows Media Player? What's wrong with older WMV formats? At least THOSE played in VLC and MPlayerX! God dammit I hate video codecs. VLC can't play WMV3!

NO MORE WMV3 FORMAT!

Rant over.

That is so funny. OMG, I would have never guessed. This is as bad as that Pepsi commercial he was in back then.

[Jorpho]

Alright, small rant here but who the heck made this into a WMV3 file forcing me to only be able to watch it in the piece of shit Mac Windows Media Player? What's wrong with older WMV formats? At least THOSE played in VLC and MPlayerX! God dammit I hate video codecs. VLC can't play WMV3!

NO MORE WMV3 FORMAT!

I say the same thing about the recent versions of Quicktime. ^_^ . (No matter how obnoxious Mac Windows Media Player is, it can't be as bad as Quicktime for Windows.)